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New policies on Cuba create backlash
July 15, 2004New regulations affecting Cuban Americans who go to Cuba to visit family there have backfired. The Bush administration is facing both divisions within the U.S. Cuban community and opposition in Congress. In early May, a Bush-appointed...
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Cold numbers show heavy price of Iraq war
July 15, 2004Nearly 900 U.S. troops killed, more than 16,000 ill and injured. Some 9,000-11,000 Iraqis killed and an estimated 40,000 injured. The bill to U.S. taxpayers: $151 billion and counting.
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Billions for war, kids left behind
July 15, 2004WASHINGTON – Reg Weaver, president of the 2.7-million-member National Education Association (NEA), touched off cheers from 11,000 NEA delegates and guests, July 4, when he accused the Bush administration of leaving millions of school children behind...
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Economy, war heat up Ohio battleground
July 15, 2004MASSILLON, Ohio – A standing-room-only crowd of 4,500 crammed into the Perry High School auditorium here June 25 to greet Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and to rally for jobs. Hundreds more waited outside, hoping for...
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Support our troops: bring them home now!
June 11, 2004Events on both coasts last week reflected the worry growing throughout the country about the impact on soldiers and their families of ever-lengthening deployments in Iraq and Kuwait.
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