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Anniversary
Posted on September 11th, 2007 on Daily Kos
The patriotism of this particular national anniversary is still sharp-edged and opaque, and seems to happen in complete isolation to whatever ha...

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  • The tone of the Iraq war debate got more strident today with Democratic presidential candidates competing to be more anti-war than the next and Republicans delivering bi-partisan blasts. While stumping for Democrats in California yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama reiterated his… Comments Off


Trusting the Millennium Bomber
Posted on January 4th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
Interesting story in today's Seattle Times. Ahmed Ressam, aka "The Millennium Bomber", has written the judge in his case recanting part...

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Quote of the Day
Posted on January 2nd, 2007 on The RCP Blog
"These are really hard problems, and it's nobody's fault that we're not getting them all resolved. One of the biggest problems of all,...

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Krauthammer vs. Dowd on Rumsfeld
Posted on December 16th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Charles Krauthammer on Rumsfeld's legacy from last night roundtable on Special Report with Brit Hume: The person who had the stature...

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More on the Military and Who is Fighting and Dying
Posted on November 21st, 2006 on The RCP Blog
A couple of emails in response to my post on Only the Poor and Depressed Join the Military?Good article. Campos gives me a pain. I went...

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Letterman, Iraq and Losing the Public
Posted on November 20th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Following up on the post from VDH's essay, this exchange between David Letterman and Bill O'Reilly a couple of weeks ago sums up the...

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VDH on the West’s Resolve
Posted on November 20th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Victor Davis Hanson has written a tremendous essay for RealClearPolitics today. Here are a few excerpts: Intelligence sources announce...

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Lunch with Rumsfeld and Pace
Posted on October 24th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
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Protesting Bush
Posted on October 6th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Just to be clear, this is not a staffer from Congressman John Conyers' office heading in to work: (Photo credit: Betty Udesen, Seattle...

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The Clintons, Bin Laden and 2008
Posted on October 2nd, 2006 on The RCP Blog
I understand Bill Clinton's desire to attempt to influence history's judgment of his administration's efforts to reign in Al Qaeda and...

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