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	<title><![CDATA[Baby Steps -- and Big Questions -- for General Colin Powell]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-ralls/baby-steps-and-big-questi_b_150490.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It could have been a political earthquake that, in the end, was more of a subtle shift on the ground.</p>

<p>Yesterday afternoon, CNN's <em>Situation Room</em> began promoting <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2008/12/colin-powell-it.html">an interview with General Colin Powell</a> that promised the "strongest statement yet" from the retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the federal law that prohibits lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans from serving openly in our armed forces. And while that may have technically been true, it was hardly...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-12T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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