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• Pictures, Words

  
  The Awl — Authority: 749
  “There’s been a lack of acknowledgement by our president in understanding what it is that the American military provides in terms of, obviously, the safety, the security of our country. I want him to acknowledge the sacrifices that these individual men and women, our sons, our daughters, our moms, our dads, our ...
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• Sarah Palin Groupie Watch

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  They see themselves as innocent and sincere, and she’s one of them, so they perceive her as innocent and sincere. Who’s in the family, who’s not? Politics is often less about formal platforms and policies and more about cultural signals and cultural style, isn’t it?
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• Obama: I Will Explain My Afghan Decision To America Shortly

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  During a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, President Obama addressed his upcoming announcement on his Afghanistan troops decision. "I will be making an announcement to the American people about how we intend to move forward," the president said. "I will be doing so shortly." ...
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• The Wrong Word

  
  Swampland — Authority: 743
  Over at the Commentary blog, Max Boot notes that even the gung-ho U.S. special forces seem "a bit worn down and pessimistic" in recent conversations hes had with them about the situation in Afghanistan. Ive had similar conversations with rank-and-file members of the U.S. military recently--in part, because theyre not ...
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• Obama’s Killers

  
  Skeptical Eye — Authority: 436
  If history classes ever resume in our public schools, it’s important — since global terrorism has no discernible end -- for students to know and debate whether our history of extra-judicial killings accompanying deaths of innocent civilians, is at war with America’s values and our rule of law. ...the United ...
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• Quick Hits At The Loop

  
  King Politics — Authority: 136
  Quick hits you should read at The Loop : My employer, the University of Mississippi, played host to unwelcome guests , the KKK, this weekend. In the meantime, Haley Barbour is looking to save a few bucks by merging the three HBCUs in the state . Speaking of HBCUs, Lincoln University is telling fat kids to ...
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• Washington-New Delhi Relations: What Can We Expect?

  
  Risk Watchdog — Authority: 126
  Following the hullabaloo of US President Barack Obama’s whistle stop tour of Asia in November – the focus of which was primarily on China, Japan, the Koreas and South East Asia – it might be logical to assume that Washington-New Delhi relations have fallen down the pecking order of America’s list of foreign ...
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• Obama to honor Indian PM with state visit

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 169
  Behind the elaborate ceremony of the Indian prime minister’s state visit Tuesday, Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama will be working to smooth over differences on climate change and U.S. ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan.The White House is eager to show that, despite what some Indians see as…
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• Obama Thanksgiving at the White House and Arrival of Christmas Tree

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 153
  Tomorrow at 11:30 am eastern, Obama will participate in the traditional turkey pardoning ceremony and then the Obamas will be volunteering in DC. The Obamas will spending Thanksgiving at the White House and on Friday, the White House Christmas tree from West Virginia will be presented. Robert Gibbs press briefing ...
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• 34,000 Troops and the Wuss Factor

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 641
  By Steve Hynd McClatchy has the scoop - President Obama will announce on Dec 1 that he will order 34,000 additional troops sent to Afghanistan. As it now stands, the plan calls for the deployment over a nine-month period beginning in March of three Army brigades from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, ...
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• Obama To Announce Afghanistan Plans Within Days

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 574
  Shortly after Thanksgiving, we should know what the President has decided to do in Afghanistan: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama held a final strategy session with top aides on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and plans to announce his decision within days, the White House said. NBC News ...
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• More Fraud in SBA Managed Small Business Programs

  
  American Small Business League — Authority: 117
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2009 Petaluma, Calif. – In a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into fraud in the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program, investigators stated, "By failing to hold firms accountable, SBA and contracting agencies have sent a ...
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• State Dinner Will Highlight American and Indian Musicians

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 777
  The First Couple plan to wow Indias prime minister with a mélange of musical entertainment, presenting musicians and singers that represent a rich sampling of American (and Indian) genres.
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• UK Inquiry: Blair Conspired with Bush as Early as February 2002 to Plot Iraq Invasion

  
  Democrats.com - The Aggressive Progressives! — Authority: 559
  By Dave Lindorff Most Americans are blissfully in the dark about it, but across the Atlantic in the UK, a commission reluctantly established by Prime Minister Gordon Brown under pressure from anti-war activists in Britain is beginning hearings into the actions and statements of British leaders that led to the ...
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• Dick Still Trying To Defend His Miserable Vice Presidency

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 153
  On Morning Joe (see video below), Joe Scarborough gets a dig in saying that Obama has delayed the decision on Afghanistan ( which by the way is coming Dec. 1 ) because he doesnt want to make one. Are people really that stupid? Why cant anyone understand the enormity of engaging in war? Obama actually asked for an exit ...
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• Ever Wonder How Two People Can Read the Same Thing and Reach Completely Different Conclusions?

  
  Gold-Plated Witch on Wheels — Authority: 436
  Thats the feeling I had after reading David Brookss column and the Firedoglake screed linked to it at Memeorandum. Brookss column, titled The Values Question , goes into a philosophic tale about what American was, is, and hopes to be. During the first many decades of this nation’s existence, the United ...
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• White House Releases Presidential Proclamation for Thanksgiving Day 2009

  
  Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog — Authority: 145
  The White House has released the Presidential Proclamation for Thanksgiving Day, 2009 Thanksgiving Day, 2009 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution ...
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• Dueling Op-Eds

  
  2parse — Authority: 129
  Last Friday saw two sets of dueling op-eds on the opinion pages of the Washington Post and the New York Times . At the Post , Charles Krauthammer, professional pundit, accuses the Obama administration of aiding Khalid Sheikh Muhammad in giving “voice” to the “propaganda of the deed” that was September 11 ...
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• Deep Thought

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 451
  H/t Ted Rall . [IMG: http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8109/imgsrvgocomicscom724334.gif]
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• Obama: Give me 34,000 More Troops for the "Necessary War," But Just Till I Can Blame Someone Else for Retreat

  
  Gold-Plated Witch on Wheels — Authority: 436
  Thats the impression one gets from President Obamas proposal, to be announced next week, to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan...but with "off ramps" to allow the POTUS to retreat but still blame someone else for his decision to bug out. This is really quite distressing. Barack Obama and the Democrats running ...
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