Webb gets 'The Last Word' - Barack Obama, Afghanistan, White House

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WASHINGTON (CNN) - Democratic Sen. Jim Webb gave the Obama administration a mixed report card Sunday on CNN's State of the Union: questioning the administration's approach to health care reform but praising its approach to the war in Afghanistan. On health care reform, Webb suggested that President Obama had pursued the wrong strategy to gain passage of Obama's key domestic agenda item during the first year of his presidency. "That's been the difficulty since day one," Webb said Sunday of the ...

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/26/2009

CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks

— mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com — CNN, which invented the cable news network more than two decades ago, finishes fourth behind Fox News,... MSNBC and its own HLN. (more) CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks

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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/27/2009

CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back 'cap and trade'

— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Six in 10 Americans support a "cap and trade" proposal to cut pollution, according... to a new national poll. Sixty percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say they favor "cap and trade," a ... (more) CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back 'cap and trade'

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washingtonindependent.com - 10/27/2009

Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan « The Washington Independent

— washingtonindependent.com — Fresh from a trip last week to Afghanistan, where he scored a diplomatic coup by securing Afghan... President Hamid Karzai’s acquiescence to a runoff election , Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) urged President Obama to endorse a counterinsurgency campaign ... (more) Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan ...

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