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Around Town: Why must Semper Fi do it?
Here in the civilian world, we like our victims to be victims. We like to wring our han ds. But in 2003, a group of Marine wives responded when the wounded began coming home from the Iraq war. They founded the Semper Fi Fund to offer assistance to the...Tags: Medical Services, Injuries and Wounds, Pakistan, Amputation, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Obama Announces Plan to Start U.S. Exit From Afghanistan
ReutersWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday a plan to start bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan in a significant first step toward ending the long, costly Afghan war. In a televised address, Obama said he would pull 10,000 troops...Tags: Government, Defense, International Military Interventions, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Congress
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Right for all the wrong reasons
Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) is right to call on President Obama to follow the War Powers Act vis-a-vis Libya but for all the wrong reasons, namely political opportunism. If the president folds over the use of force in Libya, Boehner...Tags: Libya, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, U.S. Department of State, Republican Party
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Libya: It's the Constitution, stupid
There's a debate swirling in the country right now about the War Powers Act in relation to the war/non-war/"squirmish" in Libya.
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to cut funding for the Libyan war unless President Barack Obama seeks...Tags: Libya, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Climate change hits a new greasy high
timr@herald-mail.comMy contract allows me one conspiracy theory a year, and while I hate to use it up by June, I’ve stumbled across one that is too big to ignore, and when Oliver Stone comes out with the movie, I want to be the one thanked in the credits for bringing...Tags: Ecosystems, Lindsay Lohan, Conservation, Global Change, Environmental Issues
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A Libya stalemate
The war that tugged the U.S. and its allies into Libya is in its fourth month. NATO warplanes have flown more than 11,500 sorties against Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
Result so far: Nothing definitive. Gadhafi is nominally still in power. The rebels are...Tags: Barack Obama, Defense, Muammar Gaddafi, John Boehner, NATO
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Obama to unveil Afghan troop cut plan on Wednesday
ReutersWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will lay out a plan for U.S. troop reductions in Afghanistan on Wednesday in the face of growing pressure from Congress and the U.S. public for an endgame in the costly, 10-year-old war. Obama will present a blueprint...Tags: Government, Defense, International Military Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Politics
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Thune backs Johnson's bill to cap commodity payments
A bill offered by South Dakota Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley to cap annual farm commodity payments to $250,000 is an example of how both political parties should be working together, Johnson said Wednesday. "It is...Tags: South Dakota, Energy Resources, Biofuels, Government, Tim Johnson
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Russian TV: Weiner 'gossip replaces news in U.S.'
It's often interesting to see how foreign news outlets cover the stories the American media find so important.
For instance, consider this example from Russia Today, the English-language news outlet, and how its journalists covered New York congressman ...Tags: New York, Television, Libya, Media Industry, Entertainment
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Tuesday morning talkers: Bachmann's in
On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. Articles • Sarah who? Bachmann's in. (AP) ...Tags: CNN (tv network), Barack Obama, Republican Party, MSNBC (tv network), USA Today
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