He Was No Wilsonian
New York Times - 41 minutes agoA central aim of this major biography of Woodrow Wilson is to explain why he deserves our national esteem.
George W. Bush
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Blackwater Linked to Covert CIA Raids
CBS News - Fri Dec 11, 2:47 am ETWashington Post: Sources say Contractors Fought Alongside Federal Agents in Afghan, Iraq Operations
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House passes $447 billion spending bill
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 3:36 pm ETThe House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $447 billion bill that boosts funding for a large part of the U.S. government and reflects priorities of Democrats who control Congress and the White House.
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Analysis: Biz has role in Va. gov-elect transition
INO News - Fri Dec 11, 3:56 pm ET(AP:RICHMOND, Va.) Corporate titans, well-connected lobbyists and staunch conservatives share Virginia Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team with some Democrats.
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The Land Mines Obama Won't Touch
consortiumnews.com - Fri Dec 11, 3:39 pm ETEditor’s Note: President Barack Obama’s well-crafted Nobel Peace Prize speech cited the importance of enforceable standards for international conduct among nations.
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Justice Department refuses to pardon Jack Johnson, who had Fight of Century in Reno
Reno Gazette-Journal - Fri Dec 11, 3:26 pm ETWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is refusing to grant a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.
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Paranormal Politics and the Perspicacious President
The Stoutonia - Fri Dec 11, 7:37 pm ETAmidst growing concerns of an overreaching empire, the world watched as a united coalition of democrats, republicans and independents of all races voted to change what had become of Washington and its image around the globe. We came together behind an intellectual who inspired us to seek thought beyond the realms of ourselves; behind a community organizer who created an organization that became ...
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Obama accepts peace prize, defends "just war"
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 2:40 pm ETPresident Barack Obama, accepting the Nobel Prize for Peace, on Thursday defended the right of the United States to wage "just wars" like the one in Afghanistan.
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House adopts spending measure over GOP protests
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 2:33 pm ETThe House has passed a massive year-end spending bill awarding generous funding boosts to domestic programs despite massive budget deficits.
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U.S. House Passes Bill Tightening Financial Rules
Free Internet Press - Fri Dec 11, 7:10 pm ETThe U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a Democratic plan to significantly tighten federal regulation of Wall Street and the financial sector, advancing a far-reaching Congressional response to the financial crisis still reverberating through the economy.
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House Passes Far-Reaching Bill Tightening Financial Rules
International Herald Tribune - Fri Dec 11, 2:48 pm ETThe regulatory overhaul, meant to address what supporters have called the underlying causes of the financial crisis, has yet to pass in the Senate.
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Homegrown Terror Tests U.S. as Cases Hit Post-Sept. 11 High
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 12:01 am ETDec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The case of five Muslim Americans who traveled to Pakistan, possibly to train to fight against U.S. troops, may represent part of a growing threat: homegrown Islamic extremists.
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Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize, defends 'just war'
Washington Post - Fri Dec 11, 12:00 am ETOSLO -- President Obama delivered an impassioned rationale for war in accepting the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a paradox that he acknowledged, even as he defended the United States' record abroad in promoting human rights, individual freedom and global security.
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Blackwater tied to clandestine CIA raids
Washington Post - Fri Dec 11, 12:00 am ETHighly trained personnel employed with the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide sometimes operated side by side with CIA field officers in Iraq and Afghanistan as the agency undertook missions to kill or capture members of insurgent groups in those countries, according to ...
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Homegrown Terrorists Test U.S. as Cases Reach High (Update2)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 11:00 am ETDec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The case of five Muslim Americans who traveled to Pakistan, possibly to train to fight against the U.S., may represent part of a growing threat: homegrown Islamic extremists.
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Washington Flap Over White House Hanukkah Party
New York Times - Thu Dec 10, 9:44 pm ETThe first Hanukkah party in the Obama White House has sparked a debate over what the gathering’s size says about the president’s relationship with Jews.
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Administration wants suit against Yoo dismissed
Tue Dec 8, 3:00 am ESTSan Francisco Chronicle - By Bob Egelko - Dec. 08 (News Report) ...
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Documents Reveal New Information About Destruction of Torture Tapes
Tue Dec 1, 3:00 am ESTTruthOut - By Alex Abdo - Dec. 01 (News) - The new records obtained ...
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Army Suicides Hit Record and Will Likely Continue to Rise
Thu Nov 19, 3:00 am ESTTruthOut - By Yana Kunichoff - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Suicides ...
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CIA Secret Prison Found
Wed Nov 18, 3:00 am ESTABC News - Nov. 18 (News Report) - "It obviously took a lot ...
