Today on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, Gary Bauer and Tony Perkins joined Candy Crowley to discuss Pres. Obama’s same-sex marriage announcement and the commencement addresses given by the president and Mitt Romney. A full transcript of the interview will be posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2012.05.13.html. A highlight is after the jump.

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Today on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I) and Rep. Peter King (R) discussed the assassination of a senior member of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, the secret service scandal and more. Sen. Lieberman told CNN’s Candy Crowley, “I haven't announced it, but first I'll announce it this morning.  On May 23rd, at which we're going to have Director Mark Sullivan of the Secret Service and the acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, Charles Edwards.”

A highlight is after the jump; a full transcript of this interview will be posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2012.05.13.html.

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Today on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) join Candy Crowley to discuss Pres. Obama’s same-sex marriage announcement, the Congressional agenda and more. A highlighted excerpt is after the jump; visit http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2012.05.13.html for a full transcript of the interview.

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Today on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke about ending his bid for the presidential nomination, Mitt Romney’s credentials and whether he would entertain an offer to be Romney’s running mate. He also discussed the tea party movement and the senate race in Indiana. Highlighted excerpts are after the jump and a full transcript may be found here.

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In an exclusive interview that aired Sunday on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) spoke on a wide-range of topics including President Obama, Mitt Romney’s bid for the nomination, possible GOP vice presidential running mates and whether the Republicans will hold the majority in the House after the 2012 elections. A transcript of the interview may be found here.

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In an interview on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley on Sunday, April 22, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) confirmed that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on which he serves as Ranking Member, would be sending a letter of inquiry to the Department of Defense (DOD) about their knowledge of the prostitution scandal now enveloping the Secret Service, and any possible DOD personnel who may have been involved.  A highlighted excerpt from this interview is below. FULL POST

In an interview on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley on Sunday, April 22, President Obama's re-election campaign senior adviser David Axelrod responded to criticism for President Obama's inability to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation during his first term in office.  A highlighted excerpt from this interview is below. FULL POST

In an exclusive sit down on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley on Sunday, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio commented on speculation that he may be selected as the vice presidential nominee by GOP presumptive nominee, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.  A highlighted excerpt from this interview is below.

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CROWLEY: Jeb Bush – your mentor, your colleague – says he really hopes if Mitt Romney comes to you and asks you 'I want you to be vice president' that you would say yes.

RUBIO: Well that's very nice of Jeb, I hope he'll say yes if future President Romney asks him. You know-

CROWLEY: And he in fact indicated he'd certainly look at it.

RUBIO: Yeah, well that's good because I think he'd be a fantastic vice president. But let me just say this about the vice presidential process. Up to now it's all been theoretical, we have a nominee now, and our nominee, Mitt Romney, the leader of the Republican Party, has a vice presidential process in place. And I think from this point moving forward, I think it'd be wise for all Republicans to kind of respect that process, myself included, and say moving forward, we're going to let his process play itself out. He's been a great decision maker throughout his career in both the private sector and in politics and he's going to make a great choice.

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Today on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin apologized for his critical remarks of the Pentagon’s budget proposal saying, “I was clumsy in how I was describing the point I was trying to make.” A highlighted excerpt is below, and a full transcript may be found here.

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