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Cheney seeks sixth deferment
December 2, 2005Veep hopes to secure place in history. Vice President Dick Cheney announced plans today to seek an historic sixth draft deferment, realizing a longstanding personal dream of his. Clutching his deferment application in his hand as...
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Greenspan, Bernanke, and the Fed
December 2, 2005The federal deficit is becoming a central point of political struggle. Republicans in Congress are trying to enact a series of cuts in vital programs while extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. In the...
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Bush aims to derail Amtrak
December 2, 2005PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak’s Board of Directors is engaged in union busting in order to shift the ownership of this valuable public asset over to the Bush administration’s private campaign contributors. This was the charge leveled by...
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WORLD NOTES
December 2, 2005Ireland: Ferry workers protest A ferry workers’ protest over hiring of lower-paid replacement crews from Eastern Europe has taken on national dimensions, with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern soundly criticizing the company, and the ferry workers’...
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Bolivians set to elect left-wing leader
December 2, 2005Evo Morales, an indigenous leader and candidate of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), is favored to win Bolivia’s presidential elections on Dec. 18. His party and a coalition of popular forces are calling for the nationalization...
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