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Turkey president shops at Brooks Brothers and other NATO sightings
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had dinner at upscale Mexican restaurant Mercadito Monday while in Chicago for NATO. And as you would expect, he had plenty of company. Besides the Prince's table of seven, the large...
Tags: Abdullah Gul, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, The Publican, Turkey, Politics
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All sides must put political nonsense aside
Not every night will you see Gov. Pat Quinn shaking hands with players in the Cubs dugout or Sen. Dick Durbin mingling with team Chairman Tom Ricketts on the field. Not every night at Clark and Addison will you find Sec. of State Hillary Clinton...
Tags: Fenway Park, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Cubs, Barack Obama, Major League Baseball
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McManus: What's the Afghanistan mission?
Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the Defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...Tags: White House, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush
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Surprising reaction to L'affaire Petraeus
People magazine has named its "Sexiest Man Alive," and the nation was surprised to learn he was not a general. The winner was actor Channing Tatum, who may be a movie star but doesn't have any stars on his chest. He is good looking enough, but no so much...
Tags: Tampa, Channing Tatum, United States Naval Academy, People (magazine), Adultery
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Obama Gloating, Biden Buffing, Fiscal Cliff Looming, And So Much More
The Hartford CourantIt's been a busy few weeks, what with the election, the Petraeus scandal, the Thanksgiving holiday, and UConn being dissed yet again by the ACC, so I thought I might provide a quick rundown of what's been going on with some of the major players....Tags: Scott P. Brown, Atlantic Coast Conference, Joe Lieberman, White House, David Petraeus
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American complex
WASHINGTON -- As events have unfolded in what shall ever be known as "The Petraeus Affair," one cannot escape noticing that the women in this sordid saga have been handed the short end of the shtick, as though the men are mere victims of ambitious,...
Tags: Tampa, West Point, Paula Broadwell, Jill Kelley
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State Fiscal Crisis Needs Sex Appeal
The Hartford CourantWe have some kind of looming fiscal crisis here in Connecticut, but I don't know much about it because a) it is not a cliff and b) it is not as interesting as other things I could conceivably know about. On the first point, I blame whoever started...Tags: Tampa, Colin McEnroe, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Ben Barnes, Police Investigations
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McManus: Petraeus, the comeback general
Gen. David H. Petraeus, long the most famous overachiever in the U.S. Army, is already on his way to a new career distinction: breaking the land speed record for rehabilitation from a scandal. It was only two weeks ago that Petraeus resigned from his...
Tags: Tampa, Adultery, David Petraeus, Afghanistan, Mitt Romney
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Choice: Fiscal Cliff Talk Or Petraeus Scandal
The Hartford CourantI think I speak for most everyone when I say, thank you Peaches, Paula, and the entire cast of "All In" for saving us. With the election over, our immediate prospects were pretty much limited to rehashing the results, and the partisan posturing over...Tags: Tampa, West Point, Mitt Romney, Central Intelligence Agency, Paula Broadwell
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Petraeus' Shakespearian storyline - Fond fools serve mad jealousy
In William Shakespeare's "Othello," an important general finds himself the victim of a little scheme, concocted by a disgruntled subordinate, to bring him down by making him jealous. It's a tawdry, less-than-credible bit of business involving a...
Tags: Tampa, William Shakespeare, Adultery, David Petraeus, Central Intelligence Agency
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It isn't easy to be good
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he was planning this even before the recent scandals in the top ranks of the Pentagon and CIA, but he's ordered the military to double down on ethics training for its senior officers. In a memo to Gen. Martin Dempsey,...
Tags: Tampa, David Petraeus, Afghanistan, Central Intelligence Agency, Paula Broadwell
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Taint Of Petraeus Mess Likely To Spread
The Hartford CourantThe Oxford English Dictionary unveiled its word of the year last week, helpfully providing a succinct description of the scandal that has claimed Gen. David Petraeus' glittering career and appears to have only begun its cull. Omnishambles: "a situation...Tags: Kevin Rennie, Adultery, NATO, David Petraeus, Police Investigations
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