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Obama proposes end to “state of perpetual war”
May 25, 2013In a speech at the National Defense University yesterday President Barack Obama declared the nation must move away from the "state of perpetual war" that has existed since 9/11.
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Veterans need more than flags on Memorial Day
May 24, 2013Eighteen veterans each day kill themselves; an average of 950 veterans each month attempt suicide, shouldn't this be considered a national emergency?
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Battling crisis, Iraq’s communists remain optimistic
April 17, 2013Ten years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, pretty much no one is optimistic about the prospects for democracy and a decent life for the people in that cradle of civilization.
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Thatcher – Britain’s most-hated prime minister
April 9, 2013Victims of Margaret Thatcher's attacks in the 1980's against workers and their allies showed little sorrow. Celebrations actually happened in communities across the UK.
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Syria: a multi-sided chess match
April 2, 2013The Syrian civil war resembles a chess match between supporters of the Bashar al-Assad regime: Iran, Iraq, Russia and China, and its opponents:Turkey, oil monarchies, U.S., Britain and France.
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