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Washington in 60 Seconds -- Terror Clues on Facebook: 'I HOPE THEY FIND THAT BASTARD'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! The big stories in the country may be hundreds of miles away from Washington in the Gulf of Mexico and New York's Times Square. But you know your fearless leaders will manage to put themselves in the middle of it all nonetheless. We'll monitor that while you catch up on what's making news in Washington today. - Intent to Kill. Attorney General Eric Holder held a rare, middle-of-the-night press conference in Washington early this morning to announce the arrest of the man behind the Times Square terror plot. Holder said, "It is clear that the intent behind this ...
Michelle Obama Tests Her Appeal to Mexico's Young People
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyMEXICO CITY -- If the young people listening could not find inspiration in her life, then First Lady Michelle Obama cited others in her speech here Wednesday -- Benito Juarez, Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and even Mother Teresa -- to make the point that people can make a difference. Mrs. Obama's roll call came on the second day of her first solo international swing, and she was speaking -- slowly -- to some 3,000 area high school and college students invited to the speech at the Universidad Iberoamericana, a Jesuit institution in the Santa Fe part of town that ...
Biden Keeps Toehold in Senate, Stoking Friendships, Promoting Policies
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyVice President Joe Biden is in Israel this week, but his heart is never far from his old stomping grounds the United States Senate. Biden, in contrast to his predecessor Dick Cheney, does not attend his party's weekly policy luncheons. But he keeps the phone lines humming, entertains at the Vice President's Residence on Embassy Row, works out with former colleagues at the Senate gym, and offers his old friends personal tours of the West Wing. Biden has deep roots on Capitol Hill. He was elected to the Senate at age 29 and served there for 36 years before leaving to join Barack Obama's ...
Will the War in Iraq Ever Go Away?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyThe war in Iraq just isn't going gently into the night, is it? Sunday's parliamentary election took place amid a backdrop of mortar, grenade and bomb attacks in Baghdad and other major cities. The good news is that the elections went ahead and people voted. But the extreme political fragmentation that characterizes the country -- with some 6,000 candidates, from more than 80 parties, chasing a mere 325 parliamentary seats -- means that whatever coalition government results will be necessarily fragile. And even as President Obama praised Iraqi voters for their bravery in casting their ballots, ...
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