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Rewarding War Crimes (The Nation)

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The Nation - The Nation -- A doddering old former US secretary of state wants President-elect Obama to do more than keep Robert Gates on a secretary of defense. He suggests that Obama ought to retain W.'s policy of preventive,...

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Today in The Nation: Smart Defense

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I think there needs to be additional review." And according to the Boston Globe, "Pentagon insiders and defense budget specialists say the Pentagon has been on a largely unchecked spending spree since 2001 that will prove...

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State senator writes book about Barack Obama

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22 hrs ago
        

THE SCOOP: State Sen. Rickey Hendon has written a book on President-elect Barack Obama titled Black Enough, White Enough: The Obama Dilemma, coming out in January and published by the Third World Press.

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Bushies to Remain in Government

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By David Swanson Not only is President Elect Obama talking about keeping on key Bushies like Robert Gates. Not only is Bush transforming appointees into career civil servants, in order to prevent Obama from bringing in new...

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Obama team meets with Rice, Defense officials

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WASHINGTON (CNN) – Members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team met with key officials in the Defense and State Departments Monday, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice met with Tom Donilon and Wendy...

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Quantum of Nonsense (Mona Charen)

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Mona Charen - Absurdity, cartoonish violence, sexism, campiness — these are no bars to enjoying a matinee with my teenaged boys. So off we went to see Daniel Craig as James Bond do his suave star turn in “Quantum of Solace”...

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So far so good on the Obama change front

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Barack Obama's campaign themes of hope and change are in the early stages of taking shape. So far, we like what we see. On Monday, the president-elect met with his former rival, Sen. John McCain, who like Obama campaigned on a...

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Obama administration faces hard choices in managing ground troops

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By Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@govexec.com November 17, 2008 The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments on Monday released three new reports aimed at informing the next administration as it makes difficult...

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Russia may use 'overkill' missiles to counter U.S. shield

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MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - In addition to deploying tactical missiles near the Polish border, Russia could use precision-guided air-based weapons to counter U.S. missile defense plans, a Russian military expert said on...

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Iran's Lobby Drooling in Washington Bazaar--Obama’s upcoming Iranian challenge

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Iran's Lobby Drooling in Washington Bazaar By Jamie GlazovFrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, November 17, 2008 Frontpage Interview's guest today is Hassan Daioleslam, an Iranian human rights activist and political scholar....

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