google.com - 11/22/2008
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22 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) The US Senate will take up two sweeping global warming bills in January, in the latest sign that Barack Obama's election could quickly reverse years of US footdragging on climate change. Democratic Senators, openly gleeful that years of fierce struggles against ...
mcclatchydc.com - 11/20/2008
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WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed
the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from...
Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for ...
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Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq
mcclatchydc.com - 11/26/2008
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Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops or military
contractors who kill Iraqis on operations. The agreement calls...
for Iraq to prosecute U.S. troops according to court procedures that have yet to be worked out. Those negotiations, administration ...
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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 11/25/2008 | U.S. staying ...
online.wsj.com - 11/19/2008
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Much has been said about the impact of
the credit crisis on U.S. auto makers, and whether...
or not the government should assist the industry during this extraordinary financial turmoil. In these discussions, many critics simply ignore the substantial ...
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Why GM Deserves Support
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Here’s Comes The AGW Legislation
Pirate's Cove —
... The US Senate will take up two sweeping global warming bills in January, in the latest sign that Barack Obama’s election could quickly reverse years of US footdragging on climate change. ...
Here’s Comes The AGW Legislation
Stop The ACLU —
Because the economy isn’t tanking as far and as fast as Democrats really want it too The US Senate will take up two sweeping global warming bills in January, in the latest sign that Barack Obama’s election could quickly reverse years of US footdragging on climate change. Democratic Senators, openly gleeful that years of fierce struggles against George W. Bush’s Republican administration on the issue were drawing to a close, proclaimed the United States would undergo a “sea change” in environmental policy.“The time to start is now,” said Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, vowing ...
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Reuters: Politics 11/22/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday he was crafting a two-year plan to fight an economic crisis of "historic proportions" and Chinese leader Hu Jintao said his country was ready to play a big role in the global effort.
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