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Laura Bush in Afghanistan
The Swampby Katie Fretland The first lady traveled to Afghanistan today in a surprise visit ahead of a conference in Paris where the United States hopes donors will pledge international aid to help the country, The Associated Press reports. Laura Bush......Tags: Religious Leaders, Terrorism, Politics, George W. Bush, Executive Branch
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Bush, Merkel, climate change, asparagus
The Swampby Mark Silva German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is looking for more than handshakes in her relationship with the soon-retiring President Bush, pressed him publicly today for progress on a promised international agreement on climate change. "We had a......Tags: Weather, Summits, Politics, Global Change, United Nations
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Should Obama tour globe this summer?
The Swampby Frank James According to a McClatchy report, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is considering an international trip that would allow the senator to showcase his great popularity abroad. The article even suggests that the campaign would work in a visit......Tags: Elections, John McCain, Politics, Government, Barack Obama
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Tim Russert, political journalist, dead at 58
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsAmerican political journalism suffered a loss today. Tim Russert, the NBC News Washington Bureau chief and host of "Meet the Press," has died. He was 58. Russert last appeared publicly in Palm Beach County when he served as moderator of......Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, John McCain, Politics, Boca Raton
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Bush: U.S., Europe 'working together'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, during a weeklong tour of Europe - his farewell, second-term survey of a continent where relations with the United States were strained by the president's first-term policies - spoke of the many ways that the......Tags: Silvio Berlusconi, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Contracts
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Bush: (Welcome) American in Paris
The Swampby Marc Silva There have been, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy gently put it today, a few "hiccups'' along the way in that long history of Franco-American relations. Must have been the "Freedom Fries.'' But you wouldn't have known that......Tags: Death, The New York Times, Politics, Social Issues, Government
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Is Barack Obama a US citizen? Yes.
The SwampBy John Crewdson Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the TV...... It took some weeks to settle the ultimately irrelevant and immaterial question of whether Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was eligible......Tags: Elections, John McCain, Politics, Patrick Leahy, Government
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Bush's war regrets
The Swampby Katie Fretland In Europe yesterday, President Bush gave this reflection on the war in Iraq: he could have used different words to indicate a better effort at diplomacy. "First of all, you don't get to do things over in......Tags: Terrorism, Politics, Sociology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ceremonies
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John McCain, Barack Obama: Patriots
The Swampby Mark Silva It's probably time to stipulate that John McCain and Barack Obama are good Americans. It may also be time to acknowledge that McCain is not "confusing the basic facts and reality'' in Iraq, as Obama's chief foreign......Tags: Elections, Harry Reid, Politics, John McCain, George W. Bush
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Obama vs. McCain: Debating debates
The Swampby Mark Silva Who wants a debate? The underdog, generally. Who doesn't? Someone who has something to lose. Republican Sen. John McCain, pressing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for a weekly series of "town-hall''-styled debates, faces a mere six-point...Tags: Education, Elections, John McCain, Politics, Hillary Clinton
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Condi Rice: 'Actions not always popular'
The Swampby Mark Silva "We Americans engage in foreign policy because we have to, not because we want to, and this is a healthy disposition -- it is that of a republic, not an empire.'' The words of Condoleezza Rice, nearing......Tags: Values, Politics, Economy, George W. Bush, Economic Policy
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Town halls: Not happening
Spin CycleJohn McCain has been pushing for the last week for a series of ten supposedly free-flowing, mostly unmoderated Town Hall meetings with Obama this summer. Apparently, it's not going to happen. The Obama campaign responded today by offering a......Tags: Minnesota, Elections, Political Candidates, John McCain, Politics
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