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Why Is Gas So Expensive?
KickingTiresGas prices hit the $4-per-gallon mark in Southern California and Chicago this weekend, and the national average price for a gallon regular unleaded breached the $3.50 mark, according to AAA. Prices for 2011 were already supposed to be some of......Tags: Travel, Facebook, Commodity Markets, Saudi Arabia, Electronics
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Lockerbie bomber salute 'objectionable'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who has voiced his objections to Scotland's release of the terminally ill Libyan convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, had this to say......Tags: Tripoli (Libya), Gordon Brown, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prostate Cancer
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A bipartisan abdication
"President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily virtually anywhere without the consent or the approval of Congress, at his own discretion and for as long as he wishes." -- Jim Webb WASHINGTON -- As...
Tags: United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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McManus: Inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights Watch, Turkey
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Who will bat against 'Alibi' Obama?
"If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a lump o' dirt,...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Politics, Libyan Civil War (2011), Ring Lardner Jr., John Anderson
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Obama, Libya and the ghosts of '68
In 2008, Democratic voters had their pick of many candidates for president — from Hillary Clinton to John Edwards to Joe Biden. Why did they choose Barack Obama?
After all, he had less experience in office than many of his rivals. He was not as...Tags: John Larson, Primaries, Jimmy Carter, Connecticut, Wars and Interventions
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Figuring out professor Obama's war
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is proud of how he put together the Libyan operation. A model of international cooperation. All the necessary paperwork. Arab League backing. A Security Council resolution. (Everything but a resolution from the...Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Libyan Civil War (2011), Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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What we learned in Iraq
Ten years ago this week, Americans were about to be introduced to a strange new concept, as they awaited the U.S. war to bring regime change in Iraq. Coined by American military officers, it encapsulated a situation in which everything went right until...
Tags: Dick Cheney, Wars and Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Iraq, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Senator on the growl
WASHINGTON -- Lindsey Graham is turning himself into the mad dog of Capitol Hill. First, the Republican senator from South Carolina opposed Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary because of Hagel's foreign policy views. Then he argued that...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Susan Rice, Politics, Republican Party, Georgetown
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Putting Benghazi in context
My initial impression of the murderous attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was probably similar to yours. A horrific incident. A security failure. Another example of radical Islamic overreaction to the most tepid of incidents — in this case,...Tags: United Nations, Religion and Belief, Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Politics, Al-Qaeda
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Obama's second term, thoughts on Benghazi
A relaxed, confident and forward-looking president stepped to the podium last Monday to lay out a progressive agenda for the United States in his next four years as our chief executive -- as well he should. He had the votes, he won the election, it's his...Tags: Rand Paul, Republican Party, Benghazi, Hurricane Sandy (2012), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Hillary Clinton's dodgy testimony
A lot of people in Washington apparently forgot how good Hillary Clinton is at not telling the truth. Wednesday, in her testimony before both the Senate and, later, the House, Clinton brilliantly fudged, dodged and filibustered. Of course, she's a pro....
Tags: United Nations, Susan Rice, Republican Party, Politics, Jay Carney
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