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The Senate voted to confirm William J. Lynn III as deputy defense secretary, which will put a former military lobbyist in charge of day-to-day operations at the Pentagon. >
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The Early Word: 'The Art of Compromise'
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... of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases linked to global warming,” The Times’s John M. Broder and Matthew L. Wald report: Dr. Chu, who once called coal “a nightmare” in the way it is currently used, said the United States must also lead the world in finding a way to burn the fuel cleanly, because other countries with big coal reserves, like India and China, will not turn away from coal. The president’s choice to fill the No. 2 job at the Pentagon, William J. Lynn III, won Senate approval on Wednesday. And both Leon E. Panetta, who is up for director of ...
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WSJ.com: Washington Wire 2/12/2009
Jonathan Weisman reports on the White House.
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