swamppolitics.com - 1/15/2009
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by Frank James
President-elect Barack Obama sat down with Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, to debrief them on their just-ended official trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.
In remarks in the photo-op that followed, the men sang the ...
breitbart.com - 1/13/2009
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breitbart.com —
BAGHDAD (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden told
Iraqi leaders Tuesday that the incoming U.S. administration is...
committed to a responsible troop withdrawal that does not endanger improvements in security, an Iraqi spokesman said. Biden delivered ...
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Iraq official: Biden affirms 'responsible' pullout
worldaffairsjournal.org - 1/14/2009
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worldaffairsjournal.org —
Wrong, terribly wrong T he wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq, and the political debates concerning the nature...
and scope of U.S. involvement in those countries, have resurrected the “lessons” of Vietnam once again. Far from having kicked the “Vietnam ...
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The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
dawn.com - 1/14/2009
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dawn.com —
Pakistan, Afghanistan will be Obama's priority: Hillary By
Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Jan 13: US Secretary of State-designate...
Hillary Rodham Clinton told her confirmation hearing on Tuesday that fighting terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan would be ...
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Pakistan, Afghanistan will be Obama
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... UN headquarters shelled in Gaza City.
But hey, at least they apologized.
BART cop in jail.
Kudlow on Obama dinner -- Nooners was there, too.
If I see the b-word one more time...
Federal judge orders WH emails to be retained.
An honest mistake?
Some good news about Afghanistan?
A health care stimulus.
Obama's national approval = Bush's approval with GOP.
Huckleberry Makes Nice? It’s All Sweet, Except for the Prickles.
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Hoggle among candies via madflowr.
Nothing like cozying up and making nice bipartisan sweet music:
...In remarks in the photo-op that followed, the men sang the praises of bipartisanship.
"... Joe I drafted as ...
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