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• World leaders in Berlin to mark fall of Wall

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Obama too busy making us the Socialist States of America to attend the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall. World leaders past and present gathered in the German capital on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Walls fall, which led to German reunification and hastened the demise of the Soviet ...
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• H1N1 vaccine: One big confusing mess

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  But Obamacare will be efficient and cost effective. There are plenty of reasons to get upset about the H1N1 influenza situation. Over-optimistic projections of vaccine supply have given way to acknowledgements that by the time the vaccine is widely available, this wave of H1N1 infection may well be over. There have ...
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• Ft. Hood shooter was part of Obama’s Homeland Security transition team

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Or maybe he wasn’t. The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI), an entity that "creates innovative strategies and solutions to current and future threats to the nation," published a report entitled "Thinking Anew - Security Priorities for the Next Administration - Proceedings ...
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• Ft. Hood shooting proves we need more gun control laws

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  What an asinine idea! This past week, we were sadly reminded that guns in the hands of the aggrieved or the disturbed can produce horrific consequences. Just as the nation dealt with the shock of an Army psychiatrist killing 13 and causing injury to another 38 on Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas, a disgruntled ...
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• The Gulf Between Robert Gates And The Obama Administration

  
  The New Ledger Chequer-Board — Authority: 141
  It is reflected in the following passage from this profile by Michael Crowley: . . . The day Gates departed Washington on his plane, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had suggested that a decision about General Stanley McChrystal’s request for more troops might wait until after a November 7 runoff election ...
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• US Collapse: Economist Predicts Second Crises Wave Will Shatter U.S. in 2010, Shattered Union To Begin with Texas

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 543
  Russian economist and academic Igor Panarin says that there is a strong possibility that the United States will break into six pieces by June 2010, which he says will be the result of a second economic crisis in late November. After Texas Governor Rick Perry mentioned the possibility of his state seceding from the ...
  21 hours ago

• The Reinvention of Robert Gates

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 760
  One afternoon in October, a blue and white jumbo jet flew high above the Pacific Ocean, approaching the international dateline. On board was the secretary of defense, Robert Gates, who was on an around-the-world trip that would end with a summit of NATO defense ministers, where the topic of the day would be ...
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• Today At TNR (November 9, 2009)

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 140
  The Reinvention of Robert Gates: How His Ideological Journey Will Shape the War in Afghanistan , by Michael Crowley Twenty Years After Berlin: What Separates a Failing Former Soviet Satellite From a Thriving One? by Joshua A. Tucker The House Health Care Bill Should Be Faster, Stronger, and Bigger , by ...
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• Cheesehead hat is bigger news than Obama’s speech

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Why did Obama escape the oval office to go to Madison? Liberian immigrant Mansfield Neblett just wanted to wear his cheesehead hat to President Barack Obamas speech at a Wisconsin middle school. The first roadblock were U.S. Secret Service agents. They initially told him the bright yellow hat in the shape of a ...
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• Global Warming News: Dog owners killing the planet

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  And it is not a PETA study that says pets have bigger carbon footprint than SUV. In "Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living," authors Robert and Brenda Vale argue that resources required to feed a dog -- including the amount of land needed to feed the animals that go into its food -- give it ...
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• Obama: By the way there was a little incident at Ft Hood

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Did Obama handle his first Ft Hood statement correctly? President Obama late this afternoon expressed his sadness and shock at the murderous rampage at Fort Hood. Speaking at a meeting of Native American tribal leaders at the Interior Department, the president denounced "the horrific outburst of violence" on the ...
  3 days ago

• Ft Hood shooter: Islamic terrorist or one of Obama’s antiwar base

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Obama’s base objects to the Iraqi/ Afghan wars as does Hasan. A mass shooting at the largest army base in the US has left 13 people dead and at least 31 wounded, military officials say. The incident took place inside the Fort Hood military base in Texas as soldiers were awaiting medical and dental treatment at a ...
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• Ft.Hood Updates From DoD...

  
  Little Drops..... Into the pool of life. — Authority: 125
  Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.~~~~~Ulysses S. GrantThe video below is from the Department of Defense network. This was part of the statement Sec. of Def. Robert Gates has released on the horrific ...
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• Gates, McHugh Statements on Ft. Hood Horror

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  The Secretary of Defense : “I am deeply saddened by the tragic events today at Fort Hood. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the fallen, the wounded, and all those touched by this incident. There is little we can say at this point to alleviate the pain or answer the many questions this event ...
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• Obama: Fort Hood Shootings A Horrific Outburst Of Violence

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 801
  President Obama spoke briefly about the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas today which left 12 dead and 31 wounded, calling the incident "horrific." "A number of American soldiers have been killed and even more have been wounded in a horrific outburst of violence. My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the wounded, ...
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• Exclusive: Pentagon Pursuing New Investigation Into Bush Propaganda Program

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 618
  The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General is conducting a new investigation into a covert Bush administration Defense Department program that used retired military analysts to produce positive... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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• US-Japan: Waking up to a new alliance

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 502
  Author: Tobias Harris The day of Barack Obama’s first visit to Japan is approaching rapidly and the focus of the allies remains on the future of Futenma and the US-Japan agreement on the realignment of US forces in Japan. The Hatoyama government is still weighing its options — and Prime Minister Hatoyama has ...
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• Dems crow over NY-23 results

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Was NY-23 a defeat for Limbaugh, Beck, Palin? The Right Wingnuts led by Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Malkin lost their self-selected signpost election the 23rd Congressional District in New York. The ultra-conservative Republican candidate Doug Hoffman conceded to Democrat Bill Owens just about a ...
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• Obama finds more reasons to escapes the Oval Office

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Obama golfing more than Bush did. While his predecessor in the White House had a reputation as a golfing playboy, Barack Obama has cultivated a somewhat more serious, down-to-business image. So it may be a surprise to learn that in his ten months as U.S. President, Mr Obama has already played as much golf as ...
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• Take HC townhall to Congress noon Thursday

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 128
  Dems need to be defeated in HC Superbowl this friday. Representative Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) has mobilized a national Tea Party of her own with just one a few words with Sean Hannity on Fox News Friday night. Buses are being filled as we speak to join her on the steps of the nations Capital on Thursday, November ...
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