mudvillegazette.com - 10/29/2009
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From the pool reports on the president's midnight trip to Dover : POTUS' final scheduled event was a 6:05 p.m. reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. When it was over, the in-town pool was asked to stick around. Only late ...
taylormarsh.com - 10/30/2009
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This post has been edited and updated with
reporting from the event. The event today, “Afghanistan: Basic...
Questions – Strategic Choices,” was organized by the Rand Corp., with Steve Clemons of NAF. As backdrop, ...
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Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney
mudvillegazette.com - 10/28/2009
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mudvillegazette.com —
By the looks of it, this NY Times
story was going to tell the whole truth :...
The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan -- By the looks of it, the ceremony that unfolded last week inside the Presidential Palace here was marking a joyous, even triumphant, occasion. ...
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Round Two
themoderatevoice.com - 10/29/2009
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themoderatevoice.com —
Speaking as one who has been critical of
most of President Obama’s domestic initiatives this year, I...
find myself in the curious position of having to praise him three times in one week. First, he moved to finally provide long overdue improvements to the nation’s power grid . Then he ...
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Obama Goes to Dover
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From the pool reports on the presidents midnight trip to Dover:POTUS final scheduled event was a 6:05 p.m. reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. When it was over, the in-town pool was asked to stick around. Only late in the night did the reason become clear.Actually, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a part of the defense spending bill (not to be confused with... read ...
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