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After a report from Betty Ann Bowser on heightened security for the Fourth of July holiday, Ray Saurez talks to Teresa Chambers, Chief of the U.S. Park Police, about securing the nation's capitol.

Despite recent efforts to ease tensions between nuclear-capable rivals India and Pakistan, twelve people were killed last night during clashes within the Indian-controlled section of Kashmir. Nine of those killed were separatist militants.

For two views on the debate over the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance, Jim Lehrer talks with Barry Lynn, president of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State; and Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the…