redstate.com - 11/21/2008
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A Big 3 Bailout Could Kill Thousands of Export Jobs
If nothing else, the Great Depression proved very instructive.
Plenty of commentators and analysts learned one of its important
lessons: protectionist policies are only likely to deepen and
worsen an economic slowdown. One person who's ...
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
reuters.com - 11/21/2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Associated Press plans
to cut up to 10 percent of its workforce
in 2009, according to sources at the news service, as it copes with tough financial times and ailing member newspapers. The AP has one of the world's largest ...
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Associated Press to cut 10 pct jobs in '09: ...
washingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
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Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 17, 2008;
4:43 PM The U.S. military would require two to
three years to remove its roughly 150,000 troops and equipment from Iraq safely, and the timing of that withdrawal should be based on security ...
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Mullen: U.S. Would Need More Than 2 Years for Iraq ...
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