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Murtha Turned Against War, but Not Grab-While-You-Can Politics
Rep. John Murtha, Advocate for Pa. District, Pentagon, Dies at 77
Liz Christman, Enemy of the Passive Voice, Who Rocked Some Jaunty Hats
Is Obama's Search for 'Common Ground' Real?- Tim Tebow's Brilliant Fake Leads to Pro-Life Score
'Snowmageddon' in D.C. -- The Politics, Talk Shows and Snowball Fights Go On
Sarah Palin Serves Tea Party Delegates Red Meat and Certainty
My Left Breast Put Fancy TSA Scanner to the Test
From a Grass Roots Tea Party, a PAC Blooms
At Nashville Tea Party: Saving the Country, Waiting for Palin
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Murtha Turned Against War, but Not Grab-While-You-Can Politics
By Walter Shapiro
House Democratic titan John Murtha, who died Monday at 77 following complications from gallbladder surgery, was not a congressman cut out for an era of $1.3 trillion budget deficits. As a grab-while-you-can champion of earmarks, Murtha risked becoming a national symbol for old-fashioned ...
Obama's Approval Rating for Handling the Economy Reaches a Low
By Bruce DrakePresident Obama's job approval rating for his handling of the economy has fallen to its lowest point since he took office with only 36 percent giving him positive marks on the issue, according to a Gallup poll conducted Feb. 1-3. Sixty-one percent disapprove of his performance. In March, 59 percent ...
Sarah Palin on Fox News Sunday
By Bruce Drake"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" FEBRUARY 7, 2010 SPEAKERS: CHRIS WALLACE, HOST SARAH PALIN, FOX NEWS [*] WALLACE: I'm Chris Wallace at the Tea Party convention in Nashville, and this is "Fox News Sunday." Sarah Palin takes the national Tea Party convention by storm. Now it's her first appearance on a Sunday ...
Hillary Clinton Says al-Qaeda Groups Pose Bigger Threat Than Iran or North Korea
By Bruce DrakeSecretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that while North Korea and Iran are the nations that pose the biggest security threat to the U.S. because of their pursuit of nuclear weapons, the greater danger is from the "transnational, non-state networks" of al-Qaeda branches around the ...
Five Reasons to Be Bullish on America
By Delia Lloyd
I recognize that the mood in the U.S. isn't particularly buoyant right now. Between high unemployment rates, a recent near-miss terrorist attack, and the collective angst around the future of health care reform, Americans of all political stripes are pretty gloomy. Which is why I was shocked to ...
Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Pakistan
By Christopher WeberThree American soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a bomb attack in northwest Pakistan, it was reported Wednesday.The explosion near a school in the Lower Dir region also killed a Pakistani soldier and three children and injured 122 other people, according to The New York Times. ...
Are Female Suicide Bombers the Wave of the Future?
By Delia Lloyd
In the aftermath of the Christmas Day bomb plot, Western countries are beefing up security to combat terrorism at airports and universities. Mounting evidence suggests that, as they do this, they should pay particular attention to one group of people who've so far flown under the radar: women. ...
Accused Christmas Day Bomber Cooperating With Investigators After Visit From Family
By David Sessions
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of attempting to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, has been talking openly with investigators "for days" after visits from two of his family members, the New York Times reports. CIA operatives located the relatives in Lagos, ...
Obama Administration Vision: War Without End
By David Wood
Suicide bombers inside the United States. Nuclear-armed nations collapsing and losing control of nuclear weapons. Bloody new conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan. American troops under attack at bases around the world. Terrorist attacks using unknown new diseases. Chinese missile attacks on Taiwan. ...
U.K. Bans Passengers Who Refuse Full Body Scans from Flying
By David Sessions
As international debate swirls around the use of full body scanners for airline security, the United Kingdom announced that it would bar any travelers who refused to submit to the scans from getting on airplanes, the Daily Mail reports. The government also overturned a planned exemption for children ...
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