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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: Health Care Reform (2009), U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Minority Groups, Planned Parenthood, Government
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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), Human Interest, U.S. Congress, Connecticut Business and Industry Association
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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: John Allen, Ethics, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Afghanistan, Leon Panetta
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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: Prosecution, David Petraeus, Economy, Business and Finance, Madeleine Albright, Defendants
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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: John Brennan, United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Chuck Hagel, Republican Party
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Rachel Marsden: The French view of the Petraeus sex scandal
American VoicesPARIS -- French public reaction to American CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus' suicide-bombing of his own career demonstrates a lack of understanding of the perceived offense in favor of a blind defense of libertinism. It was learned last week that...Tags: Paris (France), Manhattan (New York City), Police Investigations, FBI, Rachel Marsden
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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: Peter King, Police Investigations, FBI, Harvard University, Republican Party
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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: Iran, Egypt, Wars and Interventions, Israel, Politics
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John Boehner takes Republican Party over cliff
Well, what do you know? We didn't go over the fiscal cliff, after all. In the end, the country was spared. Only the Republican Party was destroyed. Or, at least, severely damaged. Thanks to John Boehner. Commentators quickly ran out of words to describe...
Tags: Public Finance, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party
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Navy SEALs busted for giving secrets to make video game more real
Seven U.S. Navy SEALs have been reprimanded for giving up classified information connected to their work so a video game could seem more realistic, according to a Navy official. The seven were charged with the unauthorized showing of their official...
Tags: Electronics, Science and Technology, Gaming, Authors, Osama bin Laden
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Sandy teaches a lesson
WASHINGTON -- Back when he was being "severely conservative," Mitt Romney suggested that responsibility for disaster relief should be taken from the big, bad federal government and given to the states, or perhaps even privatized. Hurricane Sandy would...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Long Term Care, Hurricanes, Politics, Republican Party
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Tobacco Free for Life program begins Oct. 29
A Tobacco Free For Life class begins Monday, Oct. 29. The class meets twice per week from 11 a.m. to noon Mondays and Thursdays, at Washington County Health Department, 1302 Pennsylvania Ave, and from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Western Maryland Hospital Center,...Tags: The Herald-Mail, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, White House, Fox News Channel (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics
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