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John David Dyche: Why is Hillary so popular?
Contributing ColumnistA recent Gallup survey shows Hillary Clinton with a 64% favorability rating. She is the clear favorite for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. But why is Hillary so popular? She came on the national scene in 1992 as presidential...Tags: Bill Clinton, U.S. Congress, White House, Executive Branch, Barack Obama
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Mail Call - May 6
“This is to the person who thinks the Senate is protecting this country. Well, they did not close the borders, they are going to get raises, they pass bills and don’t read them. Their kids go to private schools, they get free health care, they...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Justice and Rights, Social Security, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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Real questions for Hagel and Brennan
Whether Chuck Hagel and John Brennan are the ideal men to lead the Pentagon and CIA remains to be seen. We need the exercise of a through vetting in Senate confirmation hearings, and certainly an examination of the nominees' past statements and actions is...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Terrorism, Democratic Party, John McCain
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'The Body Of War' Examines Psychic and Physical Damage Caused By the Iraq War
The Body of War TV host Phil Donahue will be present for Q&A, with EMMY-Award-Winning TV journalists, Ira Joe Fisher and Morton Dean. Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30p.m. The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, (203) 438-5795,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, White House, Culture, Arts and Culture, John McCain
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Baltimore VA office worst in nation for processing disability claims
The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the slowest in the country in processing disability claims for servicemen and servicewomen — averaging about a year — and makes more mistakes than any other office. The...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, U.S. Congress, Social Security, Paranoia, Headaches
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Republicans begin filibuster against Hagel
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans refused to allow a vote Wednesday on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department, staging the first filibuster against a president’s choice to head the Pentagon since the agency was created. ...
Tags: Harry Reid, George W. Bush, Benjamin L. Cardin, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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GOP's civil war stumbles on
After Mitt Romney's 2012 election shellacking, a predictable blame-storm erupted between Republican pragmatists who want to win elections and the conservative zealots who love to argue. The big divide is most evident in such events as the Tea Party...Tags: Executive Branch, Reince Priebus, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, The New York Times
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SEAL sniper Chris Kyle gets public farewell at Cowboys Stadium
Thousands of well-wishers, including dozens of Navy SEALS, descended on Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Monday to remember the life of a famed Navy SEAL sniper killed at a nearby gun range on Feb. 2. The body of Chris Kyle, author of "American...
Tags: Randy Travis, Executive Branch, Wars and Interventions, Sarah Palin, Government
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Gender equality takes step in combat
Recently, the secretary of defense announced that the long-standing ban on women in combat is to be overturned. A story on Aberdeen News.com reported, “hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members” will...Tags: U.S. Military, Iraq, Minority Groups, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Feminism
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In defense of Hagel
The main Republican objection to Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Defense Secretary is that he has taken past positions which are nuanced versus black and white. For instance, anyone with an ounce of critical thinking ability would admit that there are...Tags: Politics, Lobbying
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Iraq War vet charged in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — An Iraq War veteran charged with murdering former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a friend turned a gun on the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said Sunday. Eddie Ray Routh, of Lancaster, was...Tags: Butterfly Ballots, Book, Wars and Interventions, Chad, U.S. Military
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Injured soldier gets double arm transplant
Brendan Marrocco sometimes looks down at his arms and can't believe they really exist. Until six weeks ago, the 26-year-old didn't have arms. He lost both of his, as well as his legs, in the Iraq War when the armored vehicle he was driving ran over a...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Union Memorial Hospital, Iraq, Staten Island (New York City)
Apr 30, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 26, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013
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Jan 28, 2013
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Feb 4, 2013
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Feb 3, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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