Iraq
Jeers to fat assets, cheers for action on jobs
August 30, 2010Fortune 500 companies are sitting on $1.18 trillion while Alan Simpson calls seniors "greedy geezers" - but cheers to the folks and organizations who are doing something about it.
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The U.S. and Iraq: what now?
August 27, 2010Since President Obama took office, more than 90,000 U.S. troops have come home from Iraq. The question is: now what?
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Iraq/Afghanistan vets give support to Islamic center
August 26, 2010Veterans call Islamic center near Ground Zero "about as pro-America as one can get."
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Gates announces Pentagon cuts, but not really
August 11, 2010When Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Pentagon spending cuts on Monday, he indicated it was an effort to squelch growing calls for cutting the bloated military budget.
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Hitch-22: When the left moves right
August 10, 2010In lining up with Bush on the war in Iraq, the former Nation columnist shocked the left, and his militant atheism has inspired animosity on the right. Still, in his memoir Hitchens comes off as a...
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