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washingtonmonthly.com - 3/19/2009
Wednesday's Mini-Report
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WEDNESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * More from the Fed: "Saying that the recession continues to deepen, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would pump an extra $1 trillion into the mortgage market and longer-term Treasury securities...

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Pres. Obama to World: Homosexuality Is Not a Crime
Comments from Left Field — Obama commits the United States to become a full participant in the twenty-first century…. Via Steve Benen: The Associated Press has learned that the Obama administration will sign a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that President George W. Bush had refused to endorse. U.S. officials said Tuesday they had notified the French sponsors of the declaration that the administration wants to be added as a supporter of the declaration. ...

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