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Law introduced to Leave my child alone
March 30, 2007Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced legislation March 6 that would amend the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to direct schools to release student contact information to military recruiters only if a written request is submitted...
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Calls for diplomacy as tensions rise on Iran
March 30, 2007UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council unanimously added further sanctions on Iran, March 24, for not complying with a February deadline for halting its nuclear activities. But diplomats said sanctions were not the solution and...
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Senate votes to pull troops from Iraq by 08
March 30, 2007WASHINGTON — In a sharp rebuff to President George W. Bush, both the House and Senate have approved versions of a supplemental spending bill calling for withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq next year. The...
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Texas leads nation in Iraq deaths
March 23, 2007HOUSTON — Texas, home to both President Bush and his father, now leads the nation in number of troops sent to Iraq. It also leads in the per capita death rate among large states, according to...
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Halliburton moves top office to Dubai
March 23, 2007HOUSTON — Halliburton, the world’s second largest oil-field services company and largest U.S. contractor operating in Iraq, announced on March 11 that it will move its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai in the United Arab...
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