Month: November 2008

Obama’s Economic Presser

The take-away from Obama’s presser is that budget hawks can take a long vacation because they won’t be relevant for a while. I expect most Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats to huff and puff about this, but there is...

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On Special Investigative Commissions

Michael Isikoff reports on the potential for an independent commission to investigate counterterrorism techniques, including the use of torture in interrogation. Obviously, with any such proposal there is going to be significant...

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PLO advertises peace deal in Israeli newspapers

A newspaper reader displays a copy of an advertisement by the Palestinian Authority published in an Israeli newspaper, at a coffee shop in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has taken his...

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War? What War?

Oh, that war. I thought it was long over months ago. At least 18 people have been killed in two rush-hour bomb attacks in Baghdad. Security officials say at least 13 people died when a roadside bomb blew up a minibus carrying...

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