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Bill and Melinda Gates: Global Health Initiatives Working

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:10:10 +0000

The billionaire philanthropists want Americans to see success and do more.

The Note found this 10 days ago on abcnews.go.com

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President Signs Law Granting Defense Authority To Suppress Torture Photos

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:16:44 +0000

President Obama Thursday signed into law a Homeland Security appropriations bill that contains a provision to grant the Department of Defense (DOD) the authority to continue suppressing photos of prisoner abuse.

MediaMan posted 8 days ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com

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President Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act (video)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:00 +0000

The President is joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and others as he signs a bill that will both provide for the countrys ...

The Political Carnival found this 9 days ago on youtube.com

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Gates, Crowley Spotted Together In Cambridge Bar

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:40 +0000

Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley were spotted at a pub in Cambridge Wednesday night.

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Beer Summit Goes Another Round

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:17:00 +0000

As someone who found the whole Crowley-Gates-Obama beer summit kind of absurd the first time around, I'm actually kind of impressed--not to mention surprised--by the news that Crowley and Gates met for a second round of beers (minus Obama and the cameras) at a Cambridge bar last night. Is it ...

Ben Smith's Blog found this 9 days ago on tnr.com

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Obama To Say Waste Cut From Pentagon Budget Proves 'Change Is Possible'

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:13:24 +0000

President Obama today will trumpet his administration's efforts to slash wasteful projects from defense spending when signing the Defense Authorization bill approving the Pentagon's funding blueprint. At 2:30 in the White House Rose Garden Obama will sign the measure authorizing 2010 ...

The Note found this 10 days ago on tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com

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Gates Receives ‘Mounting Endorsements’ of Strategy Proposals

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:16:54 +0000

Gates Receives ‘Mounting Endorsements’ of Strategy Proposals

At-Largely found this 8 days ago on familysecuritymatters.org

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DefenseLink News Article: Gates Receives ‘Mounting Endorsements’ of Strategy Proposals

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:16:54 +0000

American Forces Press Service BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Oct. 23, 2009 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he’s encouraged by unofficial endorsements NATO defense ministers are expressing for Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy proposals for Afghanistan, along with indications they’re ...

At-Largely found this 8 days ago on defenselink.mil

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Beer Summit II

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:54:44 +0000

Gates and Crowley share informal suds. Boston Herald: In a setting a tad less formal, with no president or national press on hand, the Harvard professor and the Cambridge cop at the heart of last summer’s White House “beer summit” met for a second round - this time, at a ...

Outside The Beltway | OTB found this 8 days ago on julescrittenden.com

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ACLU Urges Secretary Gates Not To Block Release Of Torture Photos

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:33:08 +0000

WASHINGTON – After the Senate today passed a Homeland Security appropriations bill with an amendment that would grant the Department of Defense (DOD) the authority to continue suppressing photos of prisoner abuse, the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to Secretary Robert Gates urging ...

Stop The ACLU found this 11 days ago on aclu.org

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Spotted!: Gates And Crowley Reportedly Partake In Beer Summit Part Deux

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:40 +0000

Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley -- of White House Beer Summit fame -- were reportedly drinking together once again last night -- this time in a Cambridge pub. Sponsored Topics: Henry Louis Gates - White House - Cambridge - Sgt. James Crowley - Joe Biden

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Chavez insults Colombian minister

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:47:19 +0000

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has insulted Colombia's defence minister over comments critical of the country's anti-drug trafficking efforts. In his weekly TV programme, Mr Chavez said that Gabriel Silva must be "mentally retarded". Last week, Mr Silva released a statement accusing Venezuela ...

The Corner on National Review Online found this 12 days ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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Gates: injured troops face too much bureaucracy (AP)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:21:26 +0000

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that troops injured in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to face too many bureaucratic hurdles.

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Did the Bush Administration Sit for 8 Months on a Request for Troops?

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:03:09 +0000

In the new issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Stephen F. Hayes debunks two Obama administration talking point on Afghanistan: "First, that the Bush administration had no real Afghanistan policy and failed for eight years to ask the important questions about the war there. And second, that the Bush ...

News found this 13 days ago on weeklystandard.com

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Nato backs McChrystal in snub to Biden plan

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:09:00 +0000

Nato defence ministers signalled their backing for the Afghan strategy put forward by the American commander General Stanley McChrystal yesterday in an implicit rejection of the alternative plan proposed by US Vice-President Joe Biden. The general had made an unscheduled appearance at the ...

Commonsense & Wonder found this 14 days ago on independent.co.uk

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