tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/19/2009
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Even more than Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) found it impossible to suppress his admiration for Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. Petraeus deserves that fifth star, Graham said, and Crocker (who has devoted his career to public service in the Middle East) ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/27/2009
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The Republicans, the party of no, are now
the party of no new ideas. The plan they...
released today is a rerun of the same failed policies that got our country into this deep financial and economic crisis: massive tax cuts for the wealthiest of the ...
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poligazette.com - 3/17/2009
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Although I am aware of groups to debate
policy and news, this is new to me: For...
the past two years, several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics have talked stories and compared notes in ...
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Petraeus ‘Frustrated’ By Admirers Lindsey Graham And John McCain’s Opposition To Chris Hill
Think Progress —
... – “If I could promote you to five stars, I would,” said Graham when Petraeus testified before Congress last April. “I cannot tell you how proud I am of both of you,” he said to Petraeus and Ryan Crocker. ...
Petraeus ?Frustrated? By Admirers Lindsey Graham And John McCain?s Opposition To Chris Hill
The Hollywood Liberal —
... Graham.– “If I could promote you to five stars, I would ,” said Graham when Petraeus testified before Congress last April. “ I cannot tell you how proud I am of both of you,” he said to Petraeus and Ryan Crocker. Former McCain aide Michael Goldfarb writes at the Weekly Standard that Petraeus and Odierno’s support for Hill deals “ ...
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