A.M. Links: Congress Invites Pope To Speak, Scott Brown May Run Again, Facebook To Start Running Video Ads

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
extended an invitation to
Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress in 2015, an
invitation supported by leaders from both parties. It would be the
first time a pontiff addresses Congress.
In a post on Facebook, CEO
Mark Zuckerberg said he called President Obama in the wake of
revelations about the NSA’s surveillance operations to express
“frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of
our future.”
Scott Brown, formerly a senator from Massachusetts, may be
preparing for another Senate run in 2014, in New Hampshire.
That
former cop who fatally shot a man for texting in a Florida
theater? He was texting too.
Facebook plans on starting to run 15 second video ads for users
in early April.
The mayor of
Mogadishu, who also serves as governor of the Benadir region of
Somalia, has suggested that all security agencies in the region
report directly to him.