Editor's note: On AC360° David Gergen and Dana Bash discussed the controversy surrounding the IRS targeting conservative groups.
The Internal Revenue Service has identified two "rogue" employees in the agency's Cincinnati office as being principally responsible for "overly aggressive" handling of requests by conservative groups for tax-exempt status, a congressional source told CNN.
In a meeting on Capitol Hill, acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller described the employees as being "off the reservation," according to the source. It was not clear precisely what the alleged behavior involved.
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CNN's Dana Bash and Jeffrey Toobin discuss the circumstances of the report that some journalists' phone records at The Associated Press were secretly obtained by the Justice Department.
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CNN's Dana Bash reports on claims Tea Party groups were targeted by the IRS. Jeffrey Toobin advises judgment should be reserved until more facts surface.
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Dana Bash and Gloria Borger report on the president's response to the defeated bipartisan gun legislation in the Senate.
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President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will discuss the looming fiscal cliff impasse Friday at the White House, aiming for a last-minute deal to stave off automatic tax increases and spending cuts.
The 3 p.m. meeting - which will include Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boeher, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell - will come days before the deadline to reach a deal, and after another day of Republicans and Democrats blaming each other for the stalemate.
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President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner talk for the first time in a week, edging closer towards a deal.
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Fran Townsend tells Anderson that it is a "stretch to say the president was lying." She adds, "There was clearly some indication early on that this was in fact a terrorist attack, and they were sorting through it."
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Dana Bash, Ali Velshi and Gloria Borger discuss fiscal negotiations and why the election delays an agreement.
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Politics experts Wolf Blitzer, David Gergen and Dana Bash discuss the false claims coming from both campaign sides.
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