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West Issues Warning; Putin Fumes
Associated PressWestern leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War. Moscow said it was NATO expansion and Western...Tags: Charity, Society, NATO, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin
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What's NATO worth?
Today's question: How far east should NATO expand? Should the United States concede Russian dominance over the Caucasus in exchange for admitting, say, Ukraine into NATO? Previously, Moynihan and Meier discussed Russia’s membership in G-8 and...Tags: National Government, NATO, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Mental Illness, Wars and Interventions
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Bush's personal touch has its limits
The Washington PostWASHINGTON — He glimpsed inside Vladimir Putin's soul and found something to his liking. He has shown off his Texas ranch to Saudi King Abdullah, talked economics with Chinese President Hu Jintao and visited Graceland with then-Japanese Prime...Tags: National Government, NATO, The White House, Tony Blair, Wars and Interventions
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Nukes -- and chicken prices -- at stake as Georgia tension simmers
The Associated PressWestern leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to change course, hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War. Moscow said it was NATO expansion and Western...Tags: Charity, NATO, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin
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Secret Service agent: 'We always plan for the worst'
Denver PostDENVER—Ron Perea, special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service's Denver office, moved from Washington, D.C., about a year ago. He is the point person for the agency's plans for the Democratic National Convention. He sat down last month to...Tags: Bill Clinton, John Edwards, National Government, John McCain, George Bush
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Santa Barbara Co. Supervisors Expected to Back Offshore Oil Drilling
Los Angeles TimesNearly 40 years after a disastrous oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast galvanized the nation and gave birth to the modern environmental movement, the county Board of Supervisors is poised to vote today in support of offshore drilling. Proponents of the...Tags: Disasters, Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Allen, Credit and Debt
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Strategists shiver at prospect of Biden's speech
bart.jones@newsday.comFor some strategists, the most dangerous speech of the Democratic convention is the one Joe Biden will deliver Wednesday night. That is because Biden -- long known as something of a loose cannon with his off-the-cuff comments -- might throw the...Tags: Christianity, John McCain, Injuries, Elections, Joe Biden
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Biden, an impressive choice for VP
In choosing a running mate, every presidential candidate insists that he is seeking above all someone who could serve as president at a moment's notice. Often that assertion is patently preposterous. With his choice of Joe Biden, Barack Obama can make...Tags: National Government, John McCain, Dan Quayle, Indiana, New York
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McCain uses Biden's own words against Obama in new ad
SEDONA, Ariz. - Sen. John McCain immediately began using Joe Biden's own words against him early yesterday morning, drawing on the Democratic vice-presidential nominee's criticism of Sen. Barack Obama during the Democratic primary. "There has been no...Tags: John McCain, National Government, Parliament, National Security, The White House
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Is NATO reaching too far east?
Today's question: Did the U.S. overplay its hand in Eastern Europe when Russia was weak and reeling from the collapse of the Soviet Union? Previously, Moynihan and Meier discussed the extent to which Russia wants to exert control over former Soviet...Tags: National Government, NATO, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, New York
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Santa Barbara County supervisors expected to back offshore oil drilling
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNearly 40 years after a disastrous oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast galvanized the nation and gave birth to the modern environmental movement, the county Board of Supervisors is poised to vote today in support of offshore drilling. Proponents of the...Tags: Disasters, Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Allen, Credit and Debt
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Unconventional Moments In Convention History
Even as stage-managed an event as a political convention can sometimes manage to upstage conventionality: WEE-HOURS ORATORY: Most people never heard Democrat George McGovern's acceptance speech in 1972. He didn't deliver it until nearly 3 a.m. McGovern...Tags: National Government, John Kerry, John Davis, United States of America, Executive Branch
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