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Obama, the Karzai brothers & the ghost of Najibullah
November 14, 2009In 1992 Afghan President Najibullah issued a warning. Unfortunately, it was rejected.
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Weekly jobless claims and the ‘Jobs Summit’
November 13, 2009President Obama announced that he will convene a "Jobs Summit" in December to explore the means for tackling this seemingly intractable problem of mounting unemployment even in the face of positive GDP (Gross Domestic Product) numbers...
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16 workers killed per day, thoughts on Ft. Hood, ‘Precious’ and other letters to the editor
November 12, 2009It is time to change the feeble and antiquated rules that fail to protect workers on the job. Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of...
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Difficult victory
November 11, 2009Overcoming the intense lobbying efforts of the health insurance-industrial complex and their far-right "tea party" stormtroopers, which spent some $640,000 a day opposing health care reform, the American people and their organizations, especially their unions, mobilized...
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First Americans & all Americans
November 11, 2009Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Obama met with nearly 400 leaders of Native American tribes, Nov. 5, at a White House Tribal Nations Conference.
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