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In May 2006, USA Today reported that the National Security Agency, under then-CIA Nominee Gen. Michael Hayden's leadership, had, since 9/11, secretly collected tens of millions of phone call records from the nation's three largest telephone companies -- Verizon, AT&T and BellSouth. Jeffrey Brown held this conversation on May 12, 2006 about the government's alleged data collection program.
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In May 2006, USA Today reported that the NSA, under then-CIA Nominee Gen. Michael Hayden's leadership, had, since 9/11, secretly collected tens of millions of phone call records from the nation's three largest telephone companies -- Verizon, AT&T and BellSouth. On May 12, 2006, Ray Suarez held this conversation with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.
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President Obama spoke at a press conference today addressing concerns over the NSA surveillance of data and his own thoughts on the revelations.
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Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, attend a service, conducted by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, to mark the start of his term as Russia's new president at the Kremlin in Moscow in this May 7, 2012 file photo.
By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced Thursday on Russian TVthat their nearly 30-year marriage was over, the news seemed to confirm the gossip swirling around for years -- that Putin and the first lady had long been leading separate lives.
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In this Friday June 24, 2004 file photo, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi and his ex-wife Veronica Lario wait for President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush at the Villa Madama residence for a social dinner, in Rome.
“This is true,” Putin said. “All my activity is to do with publicity, absolute publicity, and some people like this, and others do not. But there are some people who are absolutely incompatible with this ... Lyudmila Alexandrovna has stood by this post for eight or nine years - so it's a mutual decision.”
Lyudmila confirmed Putin’s words, adding: “Our marriage is over due to the fact that we no longer see each other.”
The newly single Putin now joins a small group of world leaders whose marriages ended during their tenures.
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Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia walk together during a garden party at the Elysee Palace, as part of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, in this July 14, 2004 file photo.
1. Silvio BerlusconiGiven the former Italian Prime Minister's fondness for bunga-bunga parties and barely legal dancers, it is perhaps no surprise that his second wife, Veronica Lario, announced in 2009 she was divorcing the billionaire media mogul. Once the divorce was finalized in 2012, Berlusconi was ordered to pay Lario $4 million a month in alimony.
2. Nicolas SarkozyThe former French president separated from his wife, Cecilia, in 2007, but it only took about a year for the politician to rebound and marry the glamorous model and singer Carla Bruni. Prior to Sarkozy getting elected, Cecilia had famously declared: "I don't see myself as a first lady. It bores me. I'm not politically correct."
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias smiles during his visit of the German pavilion at the ground of world exhibition Expo 2000 in Hanover, northern Germany, on Saturday, July 8, 2000. Next to Frias stands his wife Marisabel Rodriguez de Chavez.
3. Hugo Chavez The late Venezuelan president was rumored to have a long list of romances, but he was only married -- and subsequently divorced -- twice. He divorced his second wife, Venezuelan radio journalist Marisabel Rodriguez in 2004, claiming she had a bad temper. For her part, Rodriguez blamed Chavez's affairs for the dissolution of their marriage.
4. Nelson MandelaThe former president of South Africa was married to his wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, for 38 years. The two broke it off in 1996, with then President Mandela accusing his wife of having had an affair with a younger man. Mandela remarried in 1998 at the age of 80.
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South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela, along with his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and former members of the National Reception Committee, celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of his release from prison in Johannesburg on Feb. 4, 2010.
5. Thomas Klestil The late Austrian president married Edith in 1967, when they were both 17. Two years into his presidency, Klestil announced he had an affair with a younger woman. Edith left her husband, and the two were finally divorced in 1998. Soon after, Klestil married his paramour. When he passed away while in office in 2004, both women attended his funeral.
6. Jaime LusinchiThe former Venezuelan president and his wife Gladys separated in 1987 while he was still in office. The divorce was not final until 1991, after Lusinchi had left power. Setting off a national controversy, Lusinchi divorced his wife so and wed a former private secretary.
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Austrian President Thomas Klestil and his first wife Edith Klestil attend the Viennese Opera Ball, on Feb. 18, 1993.
7. Habib BourguibaThe founder and first president of the Republic of Tunisia married his second wife, Wassila Ben Ammar, in 1961. He was still in power in 1986, when he divorced and banished her. Bourguiba said in a statement he was divorcing her for violating the constitution by making political statements without his approval, according to Reuters.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila attend a service at Blagoveshchensky Cathedral in Moscow on May 7, 2012.
By Albina Kovalyova, Producer, NBC News
Standing awkwardly side by side, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putina announced Thursday their decision to divorce on Russian television.
Putin confirmed the two no longer live together.
“This is the case,” he said. “All my activity is to do with publicity, absolute publicity, and some people like this, and others do not. But there are some people who are absolutely incompatible with this ... Lyudmila Alexandrovna has stood by this post for eight or nine years - so it's a mutual decision.”
Lyudmila confirmed Putin’s words, adding: “Our marriage is over due to the fact that we no longer see each other.”
She also said she did not enjoy publicity or flying on planes.
Their appearance was filmed by the state-controlled television Russia24 as the two prepared to attend the ballet Esmeralda at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
Putin's private life has been shrouded in mystery. He has rarely been seen together with Lyudmila in recent years, and rumors have circulated that the first lady had moved to the Elizarova monastery. In 2008, Russian media reported that Putin was set to marry the former Olympic gold medalist gymnast, Alina Kabaeva. The two have also been rumored to have a child together.
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Vladimir Putin smiles at gymnast Alina Kabaeva during a meeting with members of the Russian Olympic team in 2004.
Although neither Putin nor Kabaeva have confirmed these rumors, they have been seen and photographed together at public events. Kabaeva retired from sports and became a member of the Public Chamber of Russia – which drafts laws for the Russian parliament.
Putin’s private life has long been a no-go area for journalists, and some critics have raised concerns about how a man with so much authority could be trusted, when so little was known about him. Putin and Lyudmila have two daughters together, but almost nothing is known about them. Maria was born in 1985 and Ekaterina Putina in 1986 and both have been rumored to be living abroad, although in 2011 some photos of them surfaced online.
Putin said both his daughters had been educated in Russia, where they continue to live.
Putin, now in his third term, won the presidential election last year, a move followed by large anti-government demonstrations. There has since been a clampdown on the Russian opposition and demonstration participants, with critics viewing his new term as a return to old authoritarian tactics.
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