huffingtonpost.com - 1/28/2009
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Dear President Obama,
Welcome to U.S.-China relations! You didn't even mention China in your inaugural address, but the Chinese censors still took it personally. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's remarks in his confirmation hearing about currency manipulation have got everyone in a tizzy. ...
nytimes.com - 1/22/2009
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nytimes.com —
Timothy F. Geithner’s comment, made in writing to
the Senate Finance Committee, is certain to anger the
Chinese government and raise fears that it could sell off some of its huge reserves of dollars. >
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Geithner Says China Manipulating Its Currency
thinkprogress.org - 1/27/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
In their latest attempt to rally against the
new economic stimulus package, many conservatives are ridiculing a
measure that would aid states by making it easier to provide comprehensive family planning services to low-income women. Rep. Robert ...
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Matthews on family planning measure in stimulus bill: ...
newledger.com - 2/3/2009
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newledger.com —
There’s really no rhyme or reason to the
conflict between great powers. Sometimes it comes with no
real warning: No one in January of 1913 could have reasonably imagined that a mere five years later Europe would be a war-torn mess, with the best and ...
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The New Ledger: It’s Not Just Generals Who Fight the ...
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Daily Digest: Right and 'Net Getting Over First Decade Jitters
techPresident —
... Global Voices co-founder (among many other distinctions) Rebecca MacKinnon argues that when President Obama talks about China, he should think past its government to its Internet -- and the wide variety of strong opinions the Chinese people regularly express there. "[W]hile these people are not citizens of a democracy," writes MacKinnon, "they are by no means an undifferentiated mass of brainwashed drones." ...
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First 100 days: Iraq, Afghanistan —
First Read 1/28/2009
Obama heads to the Pentagon today, where he "was to hear the opinions of the four U.S. military service chiefs on Wednesday in a meeting the White House called one more step toward fulfilling his promise of withdrawing all combat troops from Iraq. The ...
White House 'expects more' from Karzai —
CNN Political Ticker 1/28/2009
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