A Center-Right Nation
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Not that I want to give too much succor to Jon Meacham, but I think the way
the Afghanistan debate has played out over the past nine months or so
illustrat...
Quote of the Day
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"So if you're trying to make a case that I've lived off the public tit all
these years, I think you're saying correctly in the years I've been in the
Congr...
Today in Congress
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In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
*FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
House Meets At... 10:00 a.m.: Legislative Bu...
The human rights gap
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I wrote Sunday about Obama allies pleading with him to appeal to human
rights' and women's rights to build support for the Afghan war.
Tommy Friedman's War
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Accountability free pundit world. Little Tommy Friedman today:
To me, the most important reason for the Iraq war was never W.M.D. It was to
see if we could...
Afghanistan, the Speech, and Its Shaky Foundation
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I've re-read Obama's Afghanistan speech, and I think it was perhaps designed
to displease everyone - hawks, doves, Democrats, Republicans. Afghanistan
and ...
ThinkFast: December 2, 2009
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In announcing his 18-month escalation strategy for Afghanistan, President
Obama underscored his view that “Islamist extremism in the region remains an
endu...
The Morning Plum
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Some quickie reactions to Obama’s Afghanistan speech and the political
fallout… * Peter Baker: Escalation combined with exit plan a “jarring”
contradiction...
NY marriage vote coming soon
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Andy Towle has the latest. We almost had a vote yesterday, but now it looks
like it might happen today. Joe Sudbay has good friends in NY who are quite
con...
Obama Has Spoken; Now, Let's Have a Debate
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President Obama delivered a carefully-constructed and nuanced call Tuesday
night for the extension of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. Obama came to
t...
The Speech Isn't the Story
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I feel underqualified to talk about this one because I don't claim any
expertise in the area of foreign policy and have rather ambivalent feelings
toward A...