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Teresa Heinz Says She's Fighting Breast Cancer

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. Preventive Services Task Force, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Edwards, Breast Cancer, Heinz Ketchup, Teresa Heinz, Chemotherapy, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Mammograms, Cancer, Heinz, Radiation, Politics News

BOSTON — Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue u...

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Tora Bora Revealed: How Osama bin Laden Slipped From Our Grasp

The New Republic | Peter Bergen | Posted 12.22.2009 | World

Read More: War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, John Kerry, George W. Bush, Bush Kerry, The New Republic, Osama Bin Laden Message, Bin Laden, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden Capture, Tora Bora, World News

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Sam Stein

John Kerry Breaks Out Oppo, Takes On Howard Dean For 'Kill The Bill' Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean Health Care Bill, John Kerry, Dean Kill the Bill, 2004 Health Care, Dean Kerry, Dean Kerry 2004, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Kerry Dean, Health Care, Politics News

The pushback against Howard Dean for his call to "kill" the Senate health care bill, continued on Friday night, with a prominent Senate Democrat picki...

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John Kerry Explains: Weak Climate Deal Better Than No Deal

Grist | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, John Kerry, Green News

COPENHAGEN--As climate negotiators hash out the eleventh-hour details of an operational accord, one question looms over the discussions: Is a weak dea...

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Copenhagen Climate Change Marathon: Leaders and Lawmakers Negotiate in the Final Hours

May Jeong | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Copenhagen 2009, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Unfccc, cop15, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Green News
May Jeong

The Copenhagen game of tag-in-the-dark enters its eleventh hour. With over 100 heads of states arriving in the next hours, negotiators are gearing up for the last miles of this two week marathon.

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Clinton to the Rescue?

Carl Pope | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Copenhagen, Al Gore, John Kerry, Climate Change, Green News
Carl Pope

In Copenhagen, Hillary Clinton used the magic number -- $100 billion -- precisely the figure that prominent leaders in the South like India's Jairam Ramesh had said would signal real seriousness.

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Copenhagen Blues: Obama's Weak Hand on Climate, and the California Option

William Bradley | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Copenhagen 2009, Jerry Brown, Nancy Pelosi, India, Henry Waxman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, China, Barack Obama, California, John Kerry, Clean Air Act, United Nations, George W. Bush, European Union, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
William Bradley

Obama has cobbled together some impressive-looking cards, including action in California. But he's nowhere near signing a Copenhagen Protocol, were one to emerge, which it will not.

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John Kerry In Copenhagen: "I'm Just Describing The Reality Of What It Will Take"

Yahoo! News | 50 Mins Ago | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, John Kerry Copenhagen, John Kerry, Green News

COPENHAGEN (AFP) -- US Senator John Kerry urged the Copenhagen climate summit Wednesday to ensure transparent action by China, India and other emergin...

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State Department Warns Kerry Of "Serious Substantive Concerns" With Iran Sanctions Bill

The Cable | Josh Rogin | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Sanctions, Chris Dodd, Iran, State Department, John Kerry, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, World News

Next week is going to be a big week for Iran sanctions, particularly on Capitol Hill. As administration officials change their tone and talk more abou...

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Will Congress Undo Obama's Diplomacy?

Jamal Abdi | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Iran, Congress, John Kerry, Iran Sanctions, Iran, Obama Foreign Policy, World News
Jamal Abdi

Congress' newest incarnation of sanctions, just like the Iran sanctions of the past two decades, will be meaningless in changing Iranian behavior but will contribute immensely to the suffering of innocent Iranians.

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Invictus and Global Warming

Jurriaan Kamp | Posted 12.13.2009 | Green

Read More: John Kerry, Rugby, Copenhagen 2009, Hermann Scheer, Morgan Freeman, Nelson Mandela, Joe Lieberman, Climate Change, Invictus, Matt Damon, Global Warming, Green News
Jurriaan Kamp

The movie Invictus is a lesson in statesmanship. Nelson Mandela withstood vested interests and built a new nation. That's what leaders need to do in response to the challenge posed by global warming.

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Senate Releases Climate Framework In The Midst Of Copenhagen Talks, Attempts To Court Republicans

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Lindsay Graham, Copenhagen 2009, John Kerry, Senate Climate Bill, Green News

WASHINGTON — Senators trying to craft bipartisan climate legislation offered a revised proposal Thursday that would add incentives for building ...

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Ryan Grim

Snowe Rejoins Dems At Public Option Negotiating Table

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, #Hcr, Olympia Snowe, Gang of 6, Trigger, John Kerry, Mark Pryor, Senate, Mark Udall, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

In a breakthough in Senate negotiations around a public health insurance option, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) sat down with centrist conservative Demo...

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How Do You Ask Someone to Be the Last to Die for President Obama's Political Image?

David Sirota | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Troop Surge, Us Troops Afghanistan, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Sirota

It is possible that President Obama is risking the lives of 100,000 troops with no intention of actually waging the counterinsurgency strategy he publicly says is necessary.

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The Gay Community's Pope Problem

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Washington Archdiocese, Thomas Tobin, Truth Wins Out, Patrick Kennedy, Brazil, Pope Benedict XVI, Wayne Besen, Bishop Richard Williamson, Chuck Colson, Barack Obama, Vatican, HIV/AIDS, John Kerry, LGBT Rights, Manhattan Declaration, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Wayne Besen

It is time to admit that the gay community has a gigantic Pope problem. Under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an implacable foe of basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

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Senate Report: Bin Laden Was 'Within Our Grasp' In 2001

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan War, Bush, Rumsfeld, US Military, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Pakistan, 9/11, Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Afghan War, John Kerry, Military, George W. Bush, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld, Tora Bora, World News

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made th...

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Stock Ownership Up In Congress: Maximizing Public Good Or Portfolios?

The Washington Post | Robert O'Harrow Jr., Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Wall Street, Max Baucus Stock Market, Congress Wall Street, James Sensenbrenner, Max Baucus, John Kerry Stock Portfolio, John Kerry, Congress Conflict of Interests, John Kerry Stock Market, Congress Stock Ownership, Congress Stock Portfolios, Max Baucus Stock Portfolio, Congress Stock Market, Senate Stock Market, Congress Investments, Politics News

When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this summer proposed a $4 billion tax on medical-device firms to help offset the cost of health-care reforms, an unusua...

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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Tax the Guy Behind the Tree

Carl Pope | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Co2, Kerry-Boxer, Lobbyists, American Petroleum Institute, John Kerry, Api, Climate Change, Clean Air Act, Global Warming, Green News
Carl Pope

Big Carbon is fighting for its life and seems determined to do as much damage as it can before it faces the inevitable. The world will move on to a clean-energy, post-coal-and-oil economy.

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Alexandra Kerry DUI: John Kerry's Daughter Arrested In Los Angeles

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator John Kerry, John Kerry Daughter, Alexandra Kerry Drunk Driving, John Kerry, Alexandra Kerry, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Alexandra Kerry DUI, Politics News

LOS ANGELES — The daughter of Sen. John Kerry was arrested Thursday in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk. Alexandra Kerry, 36, was stopped ...

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Reject False Choices Between Law Enforcement & Military

Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Zacarias Moussaoui, Law Enforcement, Military Tribunal, Terrorists, President Obama, 9/11, Founding Fathers, George F. Will, Independent Judiciray, John Kerry, Constitution, Separation of Powers, Prosecutors, London Terror, False Choices, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

As Obama tasks our independent judiciary with trying more suspected 9/11 terrorists, count me among those who agree with Mayor Giuliani's first position on trying alleged terrorists in US courts: in the yes column

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Howard Berman/Richard Lugar Bipartisan Team Call for End to Cuba Travel Ban

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom to Travel, Bill Delahunt, Embargo, Latin America, John Kerry, US-Cuba Travel, US Economic Policy, US Foreign Policy, Howard Berman, Jeff Flake, Cuba, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar, Miami Herald, Politics News
Steve Clemons

It is a remarkable but true fact that the US government cannot stop regular Americans from traveling to North Korea, Burma, Iran, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Congo, or any other complicated place in the world, except Cuba.

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President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Hawaii, Al Gore, Small Business, Entrepreneurial Time System, Toronto, Small Town, 1976 Election, George W. Bush, Single Mothers, President Obama, Entrepreneurs, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators LLC, David and Goliath, The Audacity to Win, Senators, Ellen, Political Organizing, Larry King, Lexington KY, Richmond Ky, John Kerry, William Jennings Bryan, Xerox, Steven Jobs, 2008 Campaign, The Strategic Coach, American College, Ibm, Wall Street, African Americans, Google, McNay Settlement Group, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Impossible Goals, Microsoft, Washington Insiders, Kentucky, Don McNay, Bill Gates, 2008 Election, Southern Politics, David Plouffe, Entrepreneurial, Main Street, Structured Settlements, Ross Perot, Vanderbilt University, Jay Leno, George Wallace, Dan Sullivan, Oprah, Million Dollar Round Table, Eastern Kentucky University, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Obama Calls Small Towns Bitter, Tyra Banks, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship, David Lettterman, Nssta, Business News
Don McNay

I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.

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Congress Must Hold Emergency Hearings on Afghanistan Before Obama Makes His Troop Deployment Decision

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mathew Hoh, Mcchrystal, Obama Afghanistan, John Kerry Afghanistan, General Mcchrystal, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, John Kerry, Stanley McChrystal, Mcchrystal Obama, Surge in Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Ambassador Eikenberry, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

If Congress is going to be called upon to finance this war with billions more in taxpayer dollars, this debate should be taking place in the halls of Congress in front of the American people.

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Bush Oil Buddies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil, Now Joined By "Liberal Scion" Peter Galbraith

Jackson Williams | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Age of Turbulence, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Kurdistan, Exxon-Mobil, Iraq, Joe Biden, Osama Bin Laden, Ray Hunt, Hunt Oil, Kuwait, John Kerry, Kurds, Desert Storm, Oil, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraqi Oil, Alan Greenspan, Peter Galbraith, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Peter Galbraith, son of the famed economist, is in line to reap $100 million dollars -- maybe more -- from contracts between a Norwegian oil company and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.

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