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Maureen Dowd: Visceral has its value

Obama needs to connect on the gut level, as Palin does WASHINGTON -- As Judith Doctor, a 69-year-old spiritual therapist, told The Washington Post's Jason Horowitz at Palin's book signing in Grand Rapids, Mich., "She's alive...

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Swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars from US

When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend. When he called with his good news, "the stakes just went way up," said his girlfriend, Libby Longino, who had to wait 45 minutes...

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Threatening package found on Ft. Benning

Story Created: Nov 22, 2009 at 7:18 AM CST Story Updated: Nov 22, 2009 at 7:18 AM CST According to the Army Times, a box of hollow-point bullets and an anonymous note threatened an incident similar to the one that happened at...

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Polk: Let America be America, and Depart Afghanistan

William R. Polk writes in a guest editorial for IC, which he wishes someone would pass on to President Obama, quickly: In its war in Afghanistan, the United States has come to a crossroads. President Obama will be forced to...

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Soldiers' families still searching for answers

The seeds of the Wanat battle were sown long before fighting broke out on July 13, 2008. That morning, more than a year's worth of accumulated hatred rained down on the Americans. Sixteen months later, the Battle of Wanat...

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Officials Investigate Threat on Fort Benning

It’s being reported that on Thursday a solider at Fort Benning discovered a suspicious package and a note threatening a massacre similar to the Nov. 5 attack at Fort Hood. The anonymous note and package – reported by The Army...

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Obama Weighs Troop Increase in Afghanistan

The debate over sending more troops to Afghanistan got more complex this month as another heavy hitter on President Obama's national security team questioned whether more soldiers can truly help the U.S. cause in the...

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Support the Closing of Guantanamo! Bring Guantanamo Detainees to Justice!

The Obama administration is closing Guantanamo and wants to both 1) bring the September 11th conspirators to trial in US federal court and 2) move other detainees to a maximum security federal prison in Illinois. The prison...

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Afghanistan Options and Decisions

There is a good piece today in the Washington Post by David Gerson about the soup sandwich that the decision-avoiding process about Afghanistan has become. He discusses the leaks from pro and con sides re. a troop increase and...

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Barack Obama's Chump Diplomacy

Oh, how the international community loves Barack Obama -- loves to stiff him, play him along, and manipulate him. He's the world's celebrity ingenue, the slender naïf perpetually undone by the recalcitrance of foreign leaders.

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