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In an interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly again took the blame for the rocky rollout of the travel ban and for failing to notify congressional leaders of the policy's implementation. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Homeland Security Secretary: Travel Vetting Could Include Passwords, Tweets

John Kelly tells NPR that screening needs to improve. He also says President Trump's travel ban is not based on religion, and one of the great strengths of the U.S. is diversity of religious views.

In an interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly again took the blame for the rocky rollout of the travel ban and for failing to notify congressional leaders of the policy's implementation. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Homeland Security Secretary: Travel Vetting Could Include Passwords, Tweets

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Gordon Jones, left, shows off the painting to an Atlanta History Center donor. Sam Whitehead/GPB hide caption

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Atlanta Rolls Up, Moves An Old Oil Painting — All 374 Feet And 12 Tons Of It

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People line up to withdraw money from an ATM in Allahabad on Dec. 9. The government's removal of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes from circulation triggered a severe cash shortage. Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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What Can India Teach Us About Abolishing High-Value Currency?

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Research shows that financial analysts have biases in things like gender and names when it comes to evaluating companies. Saul Gravy/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption

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How Biases Affect Stock Analyst Predictions

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President Trump, shown boarding Air Force One in Tampa this week, is to meet with airline CEOs at the White House. Dated infrastructure is one topic expected to be discussed Thursday morning. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Airline CEOs To Discuss Aging Infrastructure, Foreign Competition With Trump

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speak at the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Economic Council in Ankara on Feb. 7. Voters will decide in April whether to give Erdogan broad, new powers that would eliminate Yildirim's job. Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Turkey's President Erdogan Pushes For Broader Powers

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