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Dueling dozens
For the past year, left-leaning Tribune columnist Eric Zorn has regularly been trading views on the presidential race with writers from the other side of the political spectrum, looking for trends, points of agreement and areas of divergence. For the last...Tags: Paul Ryan, Politics, Business, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Republican Party
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Defense Worries A Microcosm Of CT Economy
The Hartford CourantThere's good news and bad news for Connecticut in the Pentagon's spending strategy for the next several years, and that reflects what's happening in the state's economy overall. The bad news is that defense spending in the state will decline by about 10...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Connecticut Economic Development, Connecticut Technology Council
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Why Connecticut's Jobs Machine Is Sputtering
The Hartford CourantAs the year draws to a close, Connecticut, more than most states, remains hostage to the fiscal cliff talks in Washington D.C. But even without that bit of Yuletide feuding, the jobs picture here is grimmer than just about anyplace as the nation as a...Tags: Consumer Confidence, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics, United Technologies Corporation, Local Government
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Defending the world, bankrupting ourselves
The argument for leaving 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is more or less reasonable on its face. The Kabul government is fragile; our gains might be reversed; the Afghan military is not ready to stand on its own. Here's the unreasonable,...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Wars and Interventions, World War II (1939-1945), Armed Forces, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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A new strategy for the GOP
WASHINGTON -- It has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are suffering an internal split that President Obama is successfully exploiting to neuter the Republican House. It is not true, however, that the Republican split is philosophical and...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Politics, Philosophy, Elections, Public Finance
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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: David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, Afghanistan, Sex Crimes, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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So Much For An Officer And A Gentleman
The Hartford CourantWhen David Petraeus' admirers refer to him as one of the nation's most distinguished and venerable military leaders, why do I get the sense that what they really mean is that he'd never be dishonorable enough to lie to a man? Because it's clear that...Tags: David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, Companies and Corporations, Prosecution, Corporate Officers
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Hagel nod a sign of president's second-term intentions
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." -- Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON - The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other party...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, U.S. Navy
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From Annapolis to Afghanistan
They were walking to class on that bright blue September morning when the World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon were hit and when a plane destined for Washington crashed into a Pennsylvania field. The midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy had come...
Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Afghanistan, Tom Hanks, U.S. Navy, Annapolis
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McManus: Reshuffling Obama's Cabinet
"Second terms are hard work," a veteran of the Bill Clinton White House told me Tuesday. "It's a good idea to get some fresh blood in there." But so far, President Obama seems more inclined to simply shuffle the chairs as he reshapes his Cabinet for...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, National Security, Politics, Janet Napolitano, U.S. Cabinet
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Another top general under investigation amid Petraeus probe
The spiraling scandal that took down former CIA Director David Petraeus has apparently ensnared another powerful general, as authorities announced that Gen. John Allen is under investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to Jill Kelley, a...
Tags: David Petraeus, Afghanistan, Harvard University, Politics, National Government
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Obama's Foreign Policy Decisions Coming Due
The Hartford CourantOn foreign policy, President Barack Obama effectively posted a sign on the White House lawn last summer that said: Come back after Election Day. Now, the moment has arrived and the world's problems are lining up for Obama's attention. To manage the...Tags: Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Elections, White House
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Nov 19, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Sep 19, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
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Nov 13, 2012
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Nov 9, 2012
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