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COMMENTARY: Kill them all!
July 22, 2009“It was straight out of the movies. It was like: Let’s kill them all.” --A former CIA intelligence officer commenting about building military teams of Special Forces commandos to kill al Qaeda members. On July 22,...
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Obama: Families in urgent need of health reform
July 21, 2009Families are in desperate need of health reform, President Obama said in remarks at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, July 20. In his statement, after meeting with the hospital's administrators, doctors and nurses, the president...
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Roger Rader: 1929-2009
July 21, 2009TACOMA, Washington – Roger Rader’s family and friends gathered in the front yard of the family house here July 18 to remember his irascible personality but also his unwavering, lifelong fight for trade union rights, civil...
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Obama takes lead on health reform
July 21, 2009Pushing back against Republican opposition to health reform, President Obama this week launched a national campaign for urgent passage of health reform proposals in Congress. 'Now there are some in this town who are content to...
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Cost of health reform becomes new battleground
July 21, 2009Opponents of real health care reform are now zeroing in on how it will be financed. They are arguing that universal health coverage, especially a public plan, is too expensive or, if they can’t block a...
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