TODAY'S TALKING POINTS 08-12-15




TODAY'S TALKING POINTS
The FBI seized Hillary Clinton's emails. Officials investigating the former secretary of state to see if she sent or received classified information on an unsecured system reportedly discovered that two emails on Clinton's private server were marked above top secret. Clinton, who has maintained that nothing on her server was classified when she saw it, agreed Tuesday to hand over her email server to investigators. 
The officer who fatally shot an unarmed Texas football player was fired. Arlington Police Officer Brad Miller reportedly "used poor judgement and made a tactical error" while responding to a burglary call that resulted in the shooting of 19-year-old Christian Taylor. 
In Ferguson, police released surveillance footage Tuesday they say shows Tyrone Harris pulling a gun from his waistband before he was shot by officers.
Iraq’s parliament OK’d an intense government overhaul plan. Reform measures passed Tuesday aim to eliminate the corruption within the political system that began during government restructuring after the U.S.' 2003 invasion. The plan will cut some high-level positions and nix fancy perks, following mass protests.
Amnesty International recommended the decriminalization of sex work. The human rights group's endorsement marks a historic policy shift on those involved in often-stigmatized adult consensual sex work. The organization stressed that coercion or involvement of a minor should still be a “major human rights violation.” Amnesty International doesn’t have the power to enforce laws, but has used its influence to lobby for change in the past. 
35,000 combat veterans were reportedly denied VA health care because of a computer error. A leaked document obtained by the Huffington Post revealed that thousands of veterans were listed by the computer system as “pending” because they hadn’t submitted a means test, which assesses their household income. While this test is required for many veterans, it isn’t for combat vets. Nearly 19,000 applications have been listed as “pending” for periods between one month and five years. After the five-year mark, combat veterans lose their eligibility for free health care.

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