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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: Facebook, Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, Energy Saving, Trips and Vacations
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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: Prostate Cancer, Barack Obama, Tripoli (Libya), Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House
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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: Parliament, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Afghanistan, 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: Saudi Arabia, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), U.S. Air Force, Wars and Interventions, Politics
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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: Politics, Political Candidates, The Washington Post, Tim Pawlenty, Executive Branch
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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: Wars and Interventions, Joe Biden, Afghanistan, Jim Webb, John Larson
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How Obama can rescue his candidacy
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...
Tags: Politics, Susan Rice, Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Justice, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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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: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Human Rights, Washington (U.S. state), 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: Wars and Interventions, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dick Cheney, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage
WASHINGTON — Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-Contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't...
Tags: Susan Rice, Politics, Jay Carney, The Washington Post, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Parties and Movements, Chuck Hagel, Immigration, Politics, Susan Rice
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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: Islam, Politics, Jay Carney, Fox News Channel (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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