Month: September 2007

Friday News Bucket

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.  –  Booker T. Washington

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Abortion Politics in our Foreign Policy

Yesterday, after a series of votes on amendments, the Senate passed H.R. 2764 as Amended; Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008. The bill itself passed easily, 81-12. However,...

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The Little Engine That Couldn’t

The memo said there are reports of “intervention by the prime minister’s office to stop military action against Shia targets and to encourage them against Sunni ones, removal of Iraq’s most effective commanders...

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More of This, Please

Finally, the Democrats show some spine. It’s good to see Jane Harman and Chris Carney taking the lead on this too. September 6, 2007 The Honorable Michael Chertoff Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528 Mr....

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