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washingtonmonthly.com - 12/22/2008
Iraq 'consensus'
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IRAQ 'CONSENSUS'.... The trio of John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham didn't have much luck on the campaign trail this year, but they nevertheless believe they have an important contribution to make to the discourse: they have a plan...
John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham - A Chance for Consensus on Iraq
washingtonpost.com - 12/20/2008
John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham - A Chance for Consensus on Iraq
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham - A Chance ...

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Iraq Declares Christmas an Official Holiday for First Year - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
foxnews.com - 12/25/2008
Iraq Declares Christmas an Official Holiday for First Year - International News | News of the ...
— foxnews.com — Thursday, December 25, 2008 BAGHDAD — Iraq's Christians, a small minority in the overwhelmingly Muslim country, quietly... celebrated Christmas on Thursday with a present from the government, which declared it an official holiday for the first time. But ... (more) Iraq Declares Christmas an Official Holiday for First ...

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news.yahoo.com - 12/25/2008
For first time, Christmas official holiday in Iraq - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — BAGHDAD Iraq's Christians, a scant minority in this overwhelmingly Muslim country, quietly celebrated Christmas on Thursday with... a present from the government, which declared it an official holiday for the first time. But security worries ... (more) For first time, Christmas official holiday in Iraq - ...

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Newshoggers.com:  Caving is not consensus

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Caving is not consensus
Newshoggers.com — ... is, as Steve Benen notes, the same policy that McCain ran on and got crushed on.  The prescribed policy is to fetishize the Surge, never question the logic, seek tactical results at the blindness of operational or strategic impacts, ignorance of reality (prevent Iranian hegemony and influence --- the guys in charge that they praise in the previous and proceeding paragraphs are heads of parties whose membership receive numerous Iranian government pensions!) and disregards both domestic political realities, fiscal realities, and pre-existing agreements.  But beyond that, it is ...

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