cunningrealist.blogspot.com - 12/6/2008
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Classy: A Russian warship will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II, the navy announced Wednesday, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow's power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence. The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko will arrive Friday ...
post-gazette.com - 12/5/2008
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post-gazette.com —
Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S.
Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick...
around. "It doesn't serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time," she said yesterday. U.S. attorneys ...
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Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney
thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Mary Beth Buchanan was appointed by President Bush
to serve as U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh in Sept....
2001. Buchanan has held several significant posts within the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department, most notably serving as director the Executive ...
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A New Attorney Scandal? Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney ...
breitbart.com - 12/3/2008
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MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian warship will sail
through the Panama Canal this week for the first...
time since World War II, the navy announced Wednesday, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow's power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence. The ...
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Russian warship to cross Panama Canal
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