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Why Is Bush Always Absent When Bad Things Happen That He’s Responsible For But Mourner In Chief At Vt?

6 hours ago ago from The Oklahoma City 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Oklahoma City, OK

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.h… By FRANK RICH PRESIDENT BUSH has skipped the funerals of the troops he sent to Iraq. He took his sweet time to get to Katrina-devastated New Orleans. But last week he raced to Virginia Tech with an alacrity not seen since he hustled from Crawford to Washington to sign a bill interfering in Terri Schiavo's end-of-life medical care. Mr. Bush assumes the role of mourner in chief on a selective basis, ...

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14 hours ago ago from Iraqi Dinar - Iraqi Dinar Value, Iraqi Dinar Exchange Rate, Buying Iraqi Dinar, Iraqi Dinar Buying Guide

He's BACK! And I doubt that the Soros team will be guilty of another ad saying that Patraues Betrays Us . That campaign went over like a lead balloon. But you can rest assured that the Senators running for president will get in as much shine time as they can. And they'll be very careful to speak to the constituency that they think will be voting for them. What's right just isn't the issue right now. It's called politics! Gen. David Petraeus ...

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Does Anybody Know Why Are We In Afghanistan? Clark County Conservative

10 hours ago ago from Clark County Conservative

A curious question you might ask? I have to agree, but that is one asked by a reader of our local paper, The Columbian in the December 14, 2009 Letters To The Editor and titled Deploying more troops is regrettable. How have people been lulled back to sleep after September 11, 2001? How has the left forgotten and ignored how they demeaned President Bush’s efforts in Iraq by crying often, “Afghanistan is where the fight is” or ...

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Daily Gut: Rock Against Obama

12 hours ago ago from Big Hollywood

So I came across a lot of people who thought Obama's speech last week in Norway was pretty nifty. And by a lot of people, I mean my mom, and by I mean not stinky. To me, the speech was little different from whatever President Bush would have given that is, a capable defense of American interests based on an acknowledgment of evil in the world. Which raises the question: where are the protests against this new wartime ...

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General says Afghan troop surge will take longer (AP)

12 hours ago ago from Ryan444123 dot Com

AP The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander said Monday a slower pace than President Barack Obama has described. The White House insisted it was sticking with a goal of completing the buildup by late summer.

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Gen: Some troops will arrive later in Afghanistan

20 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Gen: Some troops will arrive later in Afghanistan KABUL (AP) -- The second-highest ranking U.S. general in Afghanistan says it will take longer to send some troops to the ramped-up war there, indicating it will probably be nine to 11 months before all are in place. Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez says logistical challenges involved in bringing so many forces in quickly will likely mean that the escalation will take longer than expected to phase ...

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Sharmine Narwani: US Swagger Equals Foreign Policy Disaster

17 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday announced Iran's willingness to begin swapping in increments its enriched uranium for the higher-grade uranium offered by six world powers. But the concession is unlikely to be accepted by the United States, in what has become an old pattern: "Do it our way or else." US officials are already suggesting that Mottaki's proposal -- which would see Iran immediately part with one-third of ...

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General David Rodriguez: Afghanistan Troop Surge Will Take Longer

8 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

KABUL The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander said Monday a slower pace than President Barack Obama has described. The White House insisted it was sticking with a goal of completing the buildup by late summer. The reinforcements begin arriving next week, and the bulk of the troops are scheduled to be in Afghanistan by the end of summer. But it will ...

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