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Lois Lerner: 'I didn't do anything wrong.' Pelosi: Affordable health care, equal pay long overdue. White House to lock its front doors.
Happy Tuesday. Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the controversial crackdown on tea party groups during the 2012 election cycle, knows she's toxic — try getting a job when your name hits the paper and TV newscasts constantly — and she's spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to defend herself from accusations. But she's not apologizing. "I didn't do anything wrong," Lerner said in her first media interview. "I'm proud of my career and the job I did for this country." [Politico]
Topping the news: During a speech to a group of Latino business owners in Salt Lake City, Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi said that affordable health care and equal pay for women are overdue. [Trib][DNews][Fox13]
-> When it comes to using pictures of children with their same-sex parents, just because you have the right to do so doesn't make it the right thing to do, ethics experts say. [Trib]
-> A new study provides proof for southern Utah farmers' concerns that if Nevada taps into Snake Valley aquifers, the groundwater levels would shrink. [Trib]
Tweets of the day: From @charliespiering: '"They call us the three amigos," - Ted Cruz when noted that he voted with Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders against arming Syrian rebels"
From @RexHuppke: "The U.S. has begun airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. Don't worry, everything should be straightened out in about 530 years."
From @RyanLizza: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4"
In other news: Those involved with a photo shoot for Patagonia's 2011 catalog have paid a $4,000 fine for damaging an off-limits area in Capitol Reef. [Trib]
-> High school students from Bingham High School walked out of school to support students who were sent home from Saturday's dance for wearing dresses that supposedly didn't pass the dress code. [Trib][DNews][Fox13]
-> Sens. Mike Lee and Marco Rubio tout their tax reform legislation they say should not only help revive the American dream but make it more attainable for more Americans. [WSJ]
-> Utahns support guns in classroom but prefer that they know which teachers possess a loaded weapon, according to a Utah Policy/Zions Bank poll. [Trib][DNews]
-> Hill Air Force base is adding maintenance for the Air Force's F-22 Raptor in a move that will bring an additional 200 jobs. [Trib]
-> Pat Bagley pokes fun at the GOP and oil and gas companies new plans for the arctic. [Trib]
-> An Incident Management Team, known as the freeway 'guardian angels,' celebrated its 20th anniversary. [Trib]
-> The Salt Lake County Council approved money to help develop a pond next to the Salt Lake County jail where inmates will help the breed lesser chub, a fish that is close to extinction. [Trib]
Nationally: The United States and allies have begun airstrikes in Syria against Islamic jihadists. [NYTimes][WaPost][WSJ][Politico][LATimes]
-> Syrian refugees looking to avoid attacks by jihadists have entered into Turkey. [NYTimes]
-> The White House will now lock its front doors when not in use — after an intruder made it through them Friday — though a study two decades ago warned that the fence outside the executive mansion was a weak barrier. [WaPost]
-> An Alaskan news reporter, an owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, quit her job on air after using profane language and then walked off set. [AlaskaDispatch]
Where are they?
Rep. Jason Chaffetz attends a political event in Moab.
Rep. Chris Stewart meets with the Utah Technology Council and flies a plane with UVU's aviation program.
Gov. Gary Herbert attends an Education Excellence event at the Capitol and sits down with the National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He later hosts Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in his office, sits down with BLM Director Niel Kornze and visits the Utah Tourism Hall of Fame.
Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at UVU for its Ethics Awareness Week, attends a Native American Strategy Meetings and ends his day speaking to the Family Career and Community Leaders of America student leader training.
SL Co. Mayor Ben McAdams attends the Salt Lake Chamber Board of Governors meeting and hits the County Council meeting.
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Climate Summit and at the Clinton Global Initiative. He meets with the United States Mission to the United Nation's Mission employees and their families, delivers remarks and answers questions at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee event, and finally attends a reception for visiting Heads of State.
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— Thomas Burr and Mallory Jesperson Twitter.com/thomaswburr and Twitter.com/JespersonM