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	<title><![CDATA[Time to Stand Up as Congress Stands Down with War Funding Bill]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-andrews/time-to-stand-up-as-congr_b_203923.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>How is it that, after winning the White House and strong Congressional majorities in 2008, Democrats are <em>still</em> playing defense when it comes to national security? How is it that those same politicians who were handed a mandate for change in November are, just a few months later, losing the fight to close the Guantanamo Bay prison? <strong>How is it that someone as widely discredited as Dick Cheney is setting the terms of debate on national security?</strong></p>

<p>For years, Congressional Democrats...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-05-15T12:35:00-04:00</date_published>
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