Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee talked about important topics like a potential White House bid and the Duck Dynasty controversy on Fox News Sunday. On 2016, Huckabee said he'll have to make a "decision of the heart," weighing whether or not he should run. He's not sure quite yet. On Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson, Huckabee stood by the embattled southerner, who Huckabee says is the victim of "a new level of bullying" from gay rights advocates. “Homosexuality is no more sinful to a Christian than pride” Huckabee said, arguing that all sins carry equal weight. “We’re all sinners — none of us are perfect,” he said.

Rep. Mike Rogers told ABC's This Week that Edward Snowden committed treason by asking for asylum in Brazil while defending the NSA surveillance program. Rogers, who is also the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the White House report urging surveillance reform at least made the case that the agency's tactics tactics are legal. But the recommendations had one major flaw, he said: private companies should not hold user data. "I think it opens it up to more privacy violations when the company holds it," Rogers said. "These are business records, not private records of content, so they’re not listening to phone calls." On Snowden, he accused the former contractor of treason for seeking asylum in Brazil. "I do think he should come home — I would personally pay for his plane ticket — and be held accountable for his actions," Rogers said. "He has contacted a foreign country and said I would sell you classified information for something of value... We call that treason, and I think that letter very clearly lays out who this gentleman is and what his intentions are clearly." Snowden offered to protect Brazil from NSA spying. He did not, in fact, offer to sell them state secrets.

Sen. Mark Udall wants the President to adopt all of the recommendations in the report on surveillance reform, including the one Mike Rogers hates. "There are many, many important reforms," he said on This Week. "It’s time to have real reform, not a veneer of reform." Udall still thinks NSA spying violates the constitution. "It doesn't fit the standard in the Fourth Amendment of unreasonable search and seizure," he said. "There has been no abuse, but the potential for abuse is always there, and Americans have always aired on the side of privacy." But Udall does think Snowden should return to the U.S. and fight a battle in court. "He broke his oath; he broke the law; make the case that somehow there was a higher purpose here," Udall said.

Sen. Chuck Schumer still wants sanctions against Iran even though the President promised to veto any Senate bill so negotiations with the country would continue running relatively smoothly. "The Iranians didn't come to the table out of the goodness of their heart," he said on Meet the Press. Schumer wants sanctions to kick in after six months, when the current good faith deal with Iranians expires, if the country doesn't abandon their nuclear program. "The bottom line is very simple; it’s pretty logical that it’s sanctions, tough sanctions, that brought them to the table," Schumer said. "I think that will make them negotiate and give up more."

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