Obama’s Afghanistan Speech
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Here’s the full transcript. More coming. 8:09: It’s striking how heavily
Obama is laying the blame at the feet of the Bush administration, blaming it
for d...
Afghanistan Speech Open Thread
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Let us know what you're seeing and thinking--the speech itself and coverage
of the speech.
Obama is scheduled to take the...
McChrystal vouches for strategy and process
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This makes it harder to accuse Obama of shorting the generals, as McChrystal
praises not just the policy, but also the process:
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A Live-Blog of the President's Speech
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In the historic speech that begins in a few minutes, we have been told that
President Barack Obama will explain that he has ordered 30,000 more U.S.
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Congressional Offices: Understaffed and Underpaid
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Lobbyists run Washington, DC. One part of the problem is that money is the
mother's milk of politics in this country, and politicians need to spend
half th...
Endgame
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You’ll think I’m dead: — China’s perception of threats. — WTF is going on
with excess reserves. — Maybe the White House should be less secure against
the l...
Working this Weekend
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Senators should expect to be
in session this weekend to continue debating the health care reform bill, Roll
C...
When to repeal Prop 8?
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It's a more difficult question than it sounds: When to try for gay rights
advances. It's understandable that some people think "it's always a good
time to ...
A Cop-Killer's Impact on 2012
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Our deepest sympathies to the families of the four Seattle police officers
-- Mark Renninger, Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold, and Greg Richardson -- who
were ...
Democrats Campaign Against Obama's Afghan Plan
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Even before President Obama formally announces his plan to surge more than
30,000 additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan, Democrats who want to win
elec...
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