washingtonpost.com - 11/2/2009
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The idea that the government of a major advanced country would default on its debt -- that is, tell lenders that it won't repay them all they're owed -- was, until recently, a preposterous proposition. Argentina and Russia have stiffed their creditors, but surely the likes of the United States, ...
washingtonpost.com - 11/3/2009
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TEHRAN -- Iran's supreme leader, spurning what he
described as several personal overtures from President Obama, warned...
Tuesday that negotiating with the United States would be "naive and perverted" and that Iranian politicians should not be "deceived" ...
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Iran's Khamenei rejects U.S. outreach
washingtonpost.com - 11/1/2009
newsweek.com - 27 days ago
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newsweek.com —
In my latest NEWSWEEK column , I suggested
that the unthinkable had become thinkable: some advanced society—say,...
the United States, Spain, Italy, Japan, or Great Britain—might someday default on its government debt. It wouldn't pay its creditors all ...
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... Ross Douthat: Third parties (see NY 23 and NJ Gov) are a good thing for America. I can't get it together to say it's because the GOP sucks (or I'd never say such a thing about third parties), but you get the picture. EJ Dionne: The next health-care fight has already started. It's the battle to define the bill that President Obama will eventually sign as a victory for consumers, taxpayers and the common good. Robert J. Samuelson: Could America go broke? I should have ...
ROBERT SAMUELSON: Could America Go Broke? Depends on whether this gang gets a second term . . . ….
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ROBERT SAMUELSON: Could America Go Broke? Depends on whether this gang gets a second term . . . .
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