The two companies spoke on Monday to discuss the issue, with Yahoo contending that Facebook is infringing on 10 to 20 patents, according to these people, who were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

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The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall issue any necessary guidance on implementing this memorandum, and is also hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

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The committee also authorized Leahy to subpoena Rove, but in June, two Democratic congressional sources said they decided not to issue a subpoena for him because they are building their case by talking to and gathering information from lower-level witnesses and officials before they get to the more senior, more important witnesses.

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