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Biden on the Middle East: Experienced, Yes. But Smart?
Time - By Scott MacLeod - Aug. 27 (News Analysis)
All eyes are on Joe Biden as he gives his speech to the Democratic National Convention. Denver will be thick with party backslapping. Barack Obama put him on his Democratic ticket... More »
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How healed is Hillary?
Time - By Win MacNamee - Aug. 26 (News Analysis)
Going into Tuesday, Hillary Healing Day, the only question on the table is whether the patient -- and the considerable following that ministers to her -- wants to get well. More »
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FBI saw threat of mortgage crisis
Los Angeles Times - By Richard B. Schmitt - Aug. 25 (Special Report)
Long before the mortgage crisis began rocking Main Street and Wall Street, a top FBI official made a chilling, if little-noticed, prediction: The booming mortgage business, fueled... More »
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Democrats Confront National Security Challenge by Trying to Broaden the Definition
Congressional Quarterly - By Josh Rogin - Aug. 27 (Special Report)
Democrats will use Wednesday night to try once again to persuade voters they can protect the nation's national security interests -- a political hurdle that has tripped up their... More »
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Immigration Debate Stirs Up GOP Platform Meeting
Congressional Quarterly - By Kathleen Hunter - Aug. 27 (News Report)
Disagreement among Republicans about the party's stance on immigration -- and lingering unease about John McCain 's past positions on the issue -- were on display here Tuesday as... More »
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A Biblical Seven Years
New York Times - By Thomas L. Friedman - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
As I sat in my seat at the Bird's Nest, watching thousands of Chinese dancers, drummers, singers and acrobats on stilts perform their magic at the closing ceremony, I couldn't... More »
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America Against The World
Atlantic Monthly - Aug. 27 (Blog Post)
The op-ed in today's WSJ by the McCain duo of Lieberman and Graham is far more important for this election, it seems to me, than parsing the dynamics of the Clinton-Obama marriage... More »
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The Myth of Biden v. Bork
New York Times - By Jeffrey Rosen - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
Senator Biden, who had built a national reputation by attacking the excesses of liberal interest groups, made clear that he would not tolerate these ad hominem attacks... More »
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The Big Tent in Denver
The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - Aug. 28 (Blog Post)
[Disclosure: The is a post from the blog of a NewsTrust staff member.] It seems some of the more serious conversation on the future of the Democratic party in Denver this week--at... More »
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Day 2 Snapshots
Talking Points Memo - By David Kurtz - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
The truth is that when you're at an event like the Democratic Convention, it's almost impossible to have a bird's eye view of everything going on... More »
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Obamanomics: How Obama Reconciles Dueling Views on Economy
New York Times - By David Leonhardt - Aug. 23 (Special Report)
I have spent much of this year trying to get a handle on what is sometimes called Obamanomics and have come away thinking that Obama does have an economic ideology... More »
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Flaws Found In Watch List For Terrorists
Wall Street Journal - By Siobhan Gorman - Aug. 22 (News Report)
The government's main terrorist-watch-list system is hobbled by technology challenges, and the $500 million program designed to upgrade it is on the verge of collapse, according... More »
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Syria seeks weapons deal with Russia amid 'Cold War' ripples
The Independent - By Anne Penketh - Aug. 22 (News Report)
The ripples from a short and brutal war in the Caucasus spread out to encompass the Middle East yesterday, when the Syrian president rekindled a strategic alliance with Moscow... More »
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FBI Seeks Sweeping New Powers
The Nation - By Aziz Huq - Aug. 23 (Special Report)
In June, the bureau issued guidance to local law enforcement agencies about "suspicious activity" to be recorded and shared with federal authorities... More »
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Why Didn't DOJ Name Cheney in Stevens Filing?
Talking Points Memo - By Zachary Roth - Aug. 26 (News Analysis)
We learned over the weekend, via Newsweek, that there's a Dick Cheney connection to the Ted Stevens case. But are federal prosecutors looking the other way? More »
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Syria reaps a Russian reward
Asia Times - By Sami Moubayed - Aug. 23 (Opinion)
Russia sees a good ally in Assad, a man who realizes that the Russians are back and intends on using this strong reality to advance his own country's interests, in regard to the... More »
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Signs of an Iraq Policy
Washington Post - By David Broder - Aug. 23 (Opinion)
That they reached almost the same conclusion from opposite sides of the intraparty debate -- Biden an early and consistent supporter of the U.S... More »
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Obama's Biden pick could herald a better US foreign policy
Daily Star (Lebanon) - Aug. 25 (Editorial)
Biden would come to the post of vice president with more than 35 years of experience in the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee. During that period of time, he has visited the... More »
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Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks
Talking Points Memo - By Greg Sargent - Aug. 23 (Blog Post)
He's extremely effective when he goes on the attack on foreign policy. Rather than whine about how mean Republicans are when they hit Dems on national security, as so many Dems... More »
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The March On Washington -- 20 Years Late
National Public Radio - Aug. 24 (Review)
When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his thunderous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington 45 years ago this week, he did so before the largest... More »
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Biden on the Middle East: Experienced, Yes. But Smart?
Time - Aug. 27 (News Analysis)
All eyes are on Joe Biden as he gives his speech to the Democratic National Convention. Denver will be thick with party backslapping. Barack Obama put him on his Democratic ticket... More »
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Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care: study
Reuters - Aug. 25 (News Report)
"From society's perspective, covering the uninsured is still a good investment. Failure to act in the near term will only make it more expensive to cover the uninsured in the... More »
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Unique investigative agency tackles NYC corruption
Associated Press - Aug. 25 (News Report)
Many of DOI's cases have made international headlines, including the Kerik probe, the investigation of two deadly crane collapses this year, and the blaze at the former Deutsche... More »
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GOP tries to make Stevens indictment a wash
The Hill - Aug. 24 (News Report)
Republican strategists are working to neutralize the political damage Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is suffering from his criminal indictment by alleging his Democratic opponent has... More »
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Rhetorical Question
New Republic - Aug. 23 (News Analysis)
It's a bright early October morning on Capitol Hill. Joe Biden is bounding up the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building, wearing his trademark grin... More »
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The Myth of Biden v. Bork
New York Times - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
Senator Biden, who had built a national reputation by attacking the excesses of liberal interest groups, made clear that he would not tolerate these ad hominem attacks... More »
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Après Musharraf, patience
International Herald Tribune - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
Western governments clearly have mixed feelings about the legacy of Pervez Musharraf and are trying to grasp what is in store for a nuclear-armed state whose writ is diminishing... More »
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Russia's Aggression Is a Challenge to World Order
Wall Street Journal - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
Russia's aggression is not just a threat to a tiny democracy on the edge of Europe. It is a challenge to the political order and values at the heart of the continent. More »
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Day 2 Snapshots
Talking Points Memo - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
The truth is that when you're at an event like the Democratic Convention, it's almost impossible to have a bird's eye view of everything going on... More »
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Hamer's Convention
Balkinization - Aug. 27 (Blog Post)
in spite of various sorts of whining accompanying this year's Democratic National Convention, it is an historic moment in more than one way... More »