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No FAA Bill? No-Fly List.

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2011

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Chris Weigant

Congress has chosen its priorities -- a month of paid vacation is more important to them than doing the work they have been hired to do. This is unacceptable.

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Obama's Libyan Gamble, Week Two

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.28.2011

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Chris Weigant

If the Libyan war ends well, Obama's Libyan gamble will have paid off handsomely. A little more than one week in, things seem to be going fairly well.

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The Chances of Success in Libya

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Broadly speaking, there are only three possible outcomes in Libya -- win, lose, or stalemate. What chance does each of these have of actually becoming reality in a short stretch of time?

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Mission Accomplished Hand-Off

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Danziger

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Obama's Libyan Gamble

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Rather than selling a war as an existential threat to America, American democracy, freedom, the flag, Mom, and apple pie (as pretty much every president has done for decades), Barack Obama's approach is something new: war as a nuisance.

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Gaddafi's Wager on International Confusion and Hesitation

Raghida Dergham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raghida Dergham

There's an unwillingness, especially on the part of Americans and Europeans, to enter as party to the Libyan war. Such retreat should not signify an open mandate for the Libyan regime to strike violently against the people.

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What I Learned From the Volcano

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

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Vivian Norris

People have not only had to slow down in Europe because of the Icelandic volcano, they have had to full stop and realize they have no control! This is nature. Deal with it.

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No-Fly List Nearly Doubles Since Christmas Attack

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home. It ends when a person is fo...

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No Fly List Match Diverts Newark Flight To Jacksonville

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Continental Airlines jet flying from Newark, N.J., to Bogota was diverted to Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday over concerns a passen...

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