Plot: 2013/10/18 Headlines: Obama Taps Pentagon Lawyer Who Played Key Role in Drone Wars to Head Homeland Security; Budget Committee Begins Talks on Long-Term Spending; Obama Calls on Congress to Pass Immigration Reform, Farm Bill; Iraq: 66 Killed in Attacks; 4 Former Blackwater Operatives Face New Charges for Nisour Square Massacre; Marine Panel: Officer Should Be Forcibly Discharged for Role in Troops Urinating on Dead Afghans; Syrian Official Says Peace Talks Possible Next Month; Rebels Kill Top General; Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia; Snowden's Father Says Son Is a Whistleblower, Not a Fugitive; NSA Director and Deputy to Leave Agency; Canada: Dozens Arrested as Police Descend on Anti-Fracking Blockade in New Brunswick; Romania: Chevron Halts Search for Natural Gas After Mass Protests; Romanians Protest Gold Mine Project Planned by Canadian Firm; Report: Federal Health Exchange Created Using Decade-Old Technology; Transit Workers Go on Strike in California; U. N