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Chief of Staff Jacob Lew talks on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington Feb. 12, 2012. Lew, who appeared on various Sunday shows, said the new compromise on contraception coverage in the health insurance plan had achieved 'broad consensus, not universal consensus.' (Chris Usher/CBS News/AP )
8:19 pm ET -Health insurance program's new rule on contraceptive coverage, after Obama's compromise for religious groups, will have no other changes, says White House chief of staff. But US Catholic bishops say they will still challenge health insurance plan in the courts.
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