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Bash: Alexander is on message

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:55:46 +0000

(CNN) – Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, said he supports the mission change, but he has concerns about the exit strategy. "My major concern is that the administration is more focused on an exit strategy than a success strategy," Alexander said. "An exit strategy should come only after we've achieved success."

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Palin reaches the 1 million mark

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:46:42 +0000

(CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" has sold more than one million copies after debuting only two weeks ago, her publisher Harper Collins tells CNN. In light of the book's overwhelming sales, a Harper Collins spokesperson said they have decided to increase its printing to 2.8 million copies, more than a million more than the initial order. Palin's book sold more than 700,000 copies in the first week alone, 100,000 more than Hillary Clinton's 2003 memoir "Living History" sold in the same timeframe. "Going Rogue" also well outpaces President Barack Obama's 2006 book "Audacity of Hope," which sold less than 100,000 in its first week. But Palin falls short of former President Bill Clinton, whose 2004 memoir "My Life" sold 900,000 copies in week one.

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Cheney hits 'radical' Obama

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:18:10 +0000

Obama is 'far more radical' than Cheney expected. (CNN) –Former Vice President Dick Cheney is again weighing in on President Barack Obama's foreign policy, declaring the relatively new commander-in-chief is projecting "weakness and is "far more radical than I expected." The latest round of hard-hitting comments from Cheney come as Obama is set to detail his long-awaited plan for Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday night at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point. White House officials told CNN Tuesday the president's plan includes sending 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan within three to six months. But in an interview with Politico published early Tuesday, Cheney suggested the president is making his foreign policy decisions based on political considerations. "I begin to get nervous when I see the commander in chief making decisions apparently for what I would describe as small 'p' political reasons, where he's trying to balance off different competing ...

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Atlanta mayoral race to be decided Tuesday

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:52:05 +0000

(CNN) - Atlanta voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to decide a mayoral race that is in part characterized by its racial overtones. Mary Norwood, a white city council woman, faces off against former state Sen. Kamim Reed, who is black. Norwood won 46 percent of the vote on November 3, 4 points short of the 50 percent she needed to secure victory outright. Failing to reach that threshold level, Norwood faced the runoff with Reed, who won 36 percent of the vote on Nobember 3. Should Norwood win Tuesday, she will become the first White mayor of Atlanta since 1973. African Americans make up about 60 percent of the city's population while Whites constitute a little less than 40 percent. Political observers believe it's unclear who will with the runoff given Tuesday's turnout is expected to be considerably lower than that of Election Day. Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

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Poll: Limbaugh most influential conservative, say Americans

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:03:21 +0000

(CNN) – Americans overwhelmingly say talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh is currently the most influential conservative, according to a new poll. In the new survey conducted by CBS' "60 Minutes" and Vanity Fair magazine, 26 percent of those sampled identified Limbaugh as the leading conservative, followed by fellow media personality Glenn Beck at 11 percent. Former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin followed close behind with 10 percent each. The only Republican who currently holds office to make the list is House Minority Leader John Boehner, who registered 4 percent in the poll. The poll of 855 Americans was conducted November 6-8 and carries a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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Price: Obama's tone could spell success or failure in Afghanistan

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:14:22 +0000

(CNN) - Georgia Rep. Tom Price, just back from Afghanistan, told CNN Monday that President Obama must sound resolute about his commitment to winning the war in Afghanistan when he unveils his military strategy for the country Tuesday evening. "If he says that he's going to commit 32,000 or 34,000 more troops and maybe it will work or maybe it won't, that's not the message we need to hear or the world needs to hear," said Price, a Republican who spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Afghanistan. "What the world needs to hear is he's going to commit the number of troops necessary and accomplish the task and mission of keeping the American people safe. That's the most important thing." Ultimately, Price said, success in Afghanistan could come down to the tone of the president's message when he announces his Afghanistan plan in a highly-anticipated speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. "If he talks about an exit strategy only and if he talks about benchmarks in terms of calendar time ...

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Palin takes brief break for Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:10:20 +0000

Palin's book tour continues after the holiday. (CNN) – Sarah Palin is taking a break from her marathon book tour to celebrate Thanksgiving with her family in Richland, Washington, her spokeswoman confirmed to CNN Wednesday. Palin's parents are originally from the area, and an aunt of the former vice presidential candidate currently lives there. But Palin won't be off the book trail for long: She's slated to sign books at a Hastings bookstore in Richland Sunday. The menu at "Aunt Katie's house" isn't public, says Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton, "but there's no doubt there will be meat - right next to the mashed potatoes."

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Women sharply disagree with panel's mammogram recommendation

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:11:03 +0000

(CNN) - Three-quarters of American women between the ages of 35 and 75 disagree with the relaxed medical recommendations for mammograms announced by a government panel last week, according to a new Gallup/USA Today poll. The survey released Tuesday finds 47 percent of women "strongly disagree" and another 29 percent "disagree" with the recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force last week that women in their 40s should no longer get routine breast cancer exams, and that the interval for women getting a mammogram in their 50s should be every two years, rather than every year. Only 22 percent of those surveyed expressed support for the proposals. In what could be bad news for the White House and congressional Democrats as they attempt to calm fears an overhaul of the nation's health care system would result in rationing, 76 percent of those polled believe the panel's recommendations were motivated by cost savings rather than an actual assessment of the true risks involved. ...

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Women sharply disagree with mammogram recommendation

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:11:03 +0000

Three-quarters of American women between the ages of 35 and 75 disagree with the relaxed medical recommendations for mammograms announced last week. (CNN) - Three-quarters of American women between the ages of 35 and 75 disagree with the relaxed medical recommendations for mammograms announced by a government panel last week, according to a new Gallup/USA Today poll . The survey released Tuesday finds 47 percent of women "strongly disagree" and another 29 percent "disagree" with the recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force last week that women in their 40s should no longer get routine breast cancer exams, and that the interval for women getting a mammogram in their 50s should be every two years, rather than every year. Only 22 percent of those surveyed expressed support for the proposals. In what could be bad news for the White House and congressional Democrats as they attempt to calm fears an overhaul of the nation's health care system would result in ...

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CQ Transcript: Sens. Alexander, Bond, Specter and Stabnenow on 'Fox News Sunday' (CQPolitics.com)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:22:22 +0000

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