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  • Bush plays politics as Iraqis struggle for sovereignty

    Bush plays politics as Iraqis struggle for sovereignty

    June 16, 2006 By Susan Webb

    Congressional Republicans last week killed a provision in the latest “emergency” Iraq war appropriations bill that would have blocked permanent U.S. bases in Iraq.

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  • In California, the race is on

    In California, the race is on

    June 16, 2006

    Wasting no time after the June 6 primaries, the labor movement and the California Democratic Party are already gearing up to unseat Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in November. Democratic nominee Phil Angelides immediately came out swinging,...

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  • Autoworkers want traction on jobs, health care

    Autoworkers want traction on jobs, health care

    June 16, 2006

    LAS VEGAS — The fight for jobs and national health care were uppermost on the minds of 2,000 autoworkers and retirees who gathered here for the United Auto Workers convention June 12. In a fiery hour-long...

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  • WHATSREALLYGOOD

    WHATSREALLYGOOD

    June 16, 2006

    Campus climate challenge Is your campus up to the challenge? A coalition of 30 environmental groups, including Greenpeace and the youth arm of the Sierra Club, has issued a “challenge to the generation: Can we overcome...

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  • Progressives set sights to Take back America

    Progressives set sights to Take back America

    June 16, 2006

    WASHINGTON — Ask Steve Robinson, a local Democratic committeeman from Lawrence, Kan., if his state is posed to help reverse right-wing rule in Congress, and he looks you straight in the eye and answers a firm...

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