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Alcee Hastings mourns death of former County Commissioner Dennis Koehler
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsU.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, said Monday he was saddened by the death of former Palm Beach County Commissioner Dennis Koehler. Mr. Koehler, 69, died Sunday after battling melanoma. From Hastings, whose district includes part of Palm Beach County:...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Veterans Affairs, Florida, Alcee Hastings, Defense
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Bill Clinton: 'Shocked' if no health care
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Clinton, who failed to win the health-care reforms that he sought early in his presidency, says he will be "shocked'' if President Barack Obama fails at the health-care initiative that he is seekng early in his......Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Discrimination, Heads of State, Diplomacy
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Petreaus 'realist:' Afghanistan 'hard'
The Swampby Mark Silva Afghanistan is not Sweden, says Army Gen. David Petreaus. Nor is it Vietnam, or Somalia. It is a place, however, where an effective counter-insurgency working in hand with the building of governmental institutions can have the impact......Tags: Somalia, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), Sweden, National Security
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Bill Ayers, Obama: Parting ways on war
The Swampby Mark Silva Our friend and colleague Clarence Page notes that President Barack Obama has lost at least one old friend on one issue: Chicago's Bill Ayers, on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Obama was criticized for "palin'......Tags: Samuel Beckett, National Government, University of Illinois at Chicago, Education, West Point
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Rep. John Murtha, 1932-2010, 18 terms
The Swampby Mark Silva Rep. John Murtha, decorated Marine and powerful veteran of Capitol Hill, was the first Vietnam combat veteran elected to Congress, a force to be reckoned with in the House, and he was, when all is said and......Tags: Wars and Interventions, Washington (U.S. state), Politics, George W. Bush, Colleges and Universities
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As Kentucky Derby nears, these two already have won
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the Kentucky Derby approaches, consider Dennis O'Neill and Tom Knust as Twin Spires for racehorse Goldencents. The backstretch barns at Churchill Downs were celebrity central Wednesday morning, led by the current biggest...
Tags: Public Storage Incorporated, Chemotherapy, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Preakness Stakes, College Sports
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'The Sapphires' a tuneful trip to Vietnam ★★ 1/2
Some diversions invite comparison more readily than others. Take "The Sapphires," the most chipper film ever set in Vietnam. Already, many have seen it and liked it. If you enjoyed "Strictly Ballroom" or "The Commitments," which is to say if you fell...
Tags: Bob Hope, Literature, The Sapphires (movie), Raquel Welch, Chris O'Dowd
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World may be watching, but not enough to see
On a weekend when the streets of Chicago are expected to fill with protesters, the Dog & Pony Theatre Company is staging a look back at a previous time that happened: the 1968 convention of the Democratic Party. Staged promenade-style in an upstairs...
Tags: Celebrities, Music, Protest, Grant Park, Entertainment
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Some questions for Hagel
WASHINGTON -- Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting Cabinet...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, European Union, Lyndon B. Johnson, Iraq
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Engraved bricks at Monument Circle honor Hoosier veterans
Engraved bricks are being installed at Monument Circle to honor our Hoosier veterans. A special ceremony was held Friday morning to kick off the campaign. The first set of laser engraved bricks honor five veterans, including a Marine who lost both...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Prisoners and Detainees, Building Material
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A letter from the president — or the auto-pen?
During the Republican National Convention in Tampa, a website called Gateway Pundit posted photographs of letters of condolence sent by President Barack Obama to the families of Navy SEALs killed in a horrendous combat crash last year as proof that an...
Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Gates
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Veterans Know What Guns Can Do
The Hartford CourantIf President Barack Obama is looking for allies in his quest to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people, I suggest he think about veterans. Not necessarily the guy who ran the movie projector at Fort Dix, but men and now women who served in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, World War II (1939-1945), Barack Obama
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