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On Don't Ask Don't Tell, Army's Ready, So What's the Hold-up?

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, John Mchugh, votevets.org, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Victor Fehrenbach, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Military, Barbara Boxer, Army, Steven Green, John Kerry, US Army, Votevets, Tim Walz, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Murphy, Joe Sestak, Dadt, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Here's an idea: Let's just keep our best troops, no matter what their background or orientation. Momentum is picking up in Congress behind that notion, but we still need the President to make his move.

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The Race Is On for Clean Energy

Gene Karpinski | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, John Kerry, Steven Chu, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, US Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Green News
Gene Karpinski

As President Obama has said many times: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

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Nation's Leading Universities Draw Bottom Line on Clean Energy R&D Funding in Senate Climate Bill

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Breakthrough Institute, Barbara Boxer, Research, John Kerry, Green Technology, Green News, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Innovation, Technology, Green Energy, Universities, Aplu, Aau, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

Reid and the Senate now have the responsibility to ensure that long-term clean energy R&D efforts are given the funding they desperately need to secure America's leadership in clean energy innovation.

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Senator Kerry Finds A War With Which He Can Flirt

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Ann Jones, Coin, Mcchrystal, John Kerry, Paul Pillar, Matthew Hoh, Afghanistan, Andrew Wilder, Karzai, Counterinsurgency, Abdullah, World News
Derrick Crowe

If you're looking for the man who once asked, "how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" you better keep looking. The senator seems to have left him behind.

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New Bill's Clean Energy Investments Only a Fraction of Expert Recommendations

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Breakthrough Institute, Barbara Boxer, Research, Green Technology, John Kerry, Innovation, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, Technology, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

While the bill is a (very) small step in the right direction, the clean energy R&D investments in Kerry-Boxer still fall far short of filling our energy innovation gap.

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Jeff Muskus

Senate Dems Divided On Climate-Change Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Climate Change, Boxer-Kerry, Max Baucus, Senate Climate-Change, Politics News

If Tuesday was any indication, the Senate's climate-change bill has a ways to go before it gets weak enough to garner the 60 votes it needs for passag...

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Genesio Oliveira, Gay Brazilian Married To Massachusetts Man, Is Denied Asylum

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asylum Seekers, Tim Coco, John Kerry, Attorney General, Obama Administration, Doma, Asylum, Justice Department, Defense of Marriage Act, Genesio Oliveira, Eric Holder, Politics News

BOSTON — A gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won't be reunited with his Massachusetts husband in the U.S....

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Kerry Rebuts Cheney: No Grounds To Criticize On Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, Kerry, Dick Cheney, John Kerry Dick Cheney, Cheney Kerry, Cheney Kerry Afghanistan, Cheney Afghanistan, Kerry on Cheney, Afghanistan, Politics News

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is the latest Democrat to push back against an attack from former Vice President Dick Cheney on the White House's Afghanista...

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Walking Down the Avenue

Carl Pope | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Bill, Kerry-Boxer, James Inhofe, Climate Change, John Kerry, Epa, Waxman-Markey, Polar Bears, Green News
Carl Pope

While we should applaud the Administration for doing what the law and common sense require to protect the polar bear, we mustn't lose sight of the larger remaining challenges.

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Afghan Presidential Election Outcome Won't Be Known Until the Very Last Fake Vote Is Cast

Ben Berkon | Posted 10.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Corrupt Election, Abdullah Abdullah, John Kerry, Afghanistan, Ben Berkon, Afghan Presidential Election, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Comedy News
Ben Berkon

In international election news, the Afghan presidential election is heating up, and won't be decided until the very last fake vote is cast.

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Kerry Becomes Global Adviser To Obama

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kerry Global Adviser, Obama Advisers, John Kerry, President Obama, Kerry, Kerry Obama Adviser, Obama Global Adviser, Ted Kennedy, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry Presidential Adviser, Politics News

WASHINGTON — He's not president, a Cabinet member or ambassador, but Sen. John Kerry has ascended to the unofficial role of President Barack Obama's...

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Five Things Obama Should Say in Friday's MIT Climate Change Speech

Jessy Tolkan | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Barbara Boxer, MIT Speech on Climate Change, Mit, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Green News
Jessy Tolkan

This is a critical time for President Obama to weigh in on climate change, as the coming months will have a lasting impact on our policy, security and quality of life going forward.

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Obama in the Thicket of "Afghaniranistan"

William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Britain, Cia, France, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Mi-6, Nobel Peace Prize, Iaea, Mossad, Moscow, Tehran, Israel, Iraq, Vienna, Special Forces, Taliban, Sayeret, Al Qaeda, Revolutionary Guard, Iranian Nuclear Program, Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Soviet Union, Jihadism, Post-Soviet Space, Somalia, Cairo Address, John Kerry, World News
William Bradley

Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.

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Climate Cover-Up: Blockbuster New Book Exposes Anatomy of Denial

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Tar Sands, Al Gore, Climate-Destabilization, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Kevin Grandia, Climate Change, Climate Deniers, Oil, Canada, DeSmog Blog, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Coal, Jame Loggan, Books News
Jeff Biggers

In the end, unfolding like a chilling and disturbing thriller, Climate Cover-Up is about one of the greatest campaigns of misinformation in our time.

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Karzai Appears Set To Agree To Runoff In Afghan Election

New York Times | SABRINA TAVERNISE and HELENE COOPER | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan War, Karzai, Afghan Election, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghan Recount, Obama, Taliban, Election Results, Hamid Karzai, Afghan War, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Kerry, White House, Abdullah, Runoff, Un, Hillary Clinton, World News

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a fi...

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Pakistan Steps Up Offensive In South Waziristan As Petraeus, Kerry Meet Leaders

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: John Kerry, Petraeus, Petraeus Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, South Waziristan, Pakistan, John Kerry Pakistan, Pakistan South Waziristan, World News

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistan's army, in the midst of a major new offensive against Taliban militants, has struck deals to keep two powe...

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Rahm Emanuel: No Troop Escalation Until "Careful Assessment" Of Afghan Government (VIDEO)

Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghan War, John Kerry, Rahm Emanuel, Afghanistan, Afghan War Escalation, Politics News

***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** By ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama does not intend to decide about sending addi...

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John Kerry On Afghanistan: Sending More Troops Is "Irresponsible" Until Afghan Election Is Settled

Reuters | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan War, Department of Defense, Troops, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Pakistan, Kerry, Kabul, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, John Kerry, Nato, Stanley McChrystal, Gen. McChrystal, Afghanistan Election, Gates, Robert Gates, World News

In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union," Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the United States should not proceed ...

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Is the Climate Bill Being Fossil-Nuked?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewables, Climate Crisis, King Cong, Nuclear Power, John Kerry, Climate Change, Solartopia, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

If you think pushing nukes, oil wells and coal mines to "prevent global warming" is counter-intuitive, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

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Yes We Can Stop Global Warming (Without Giving Away the Store)

Margie Alt | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Barbara Boxer, Climate Change Legislation, Lindsay Graham, Global Warming, John Kerry, Environment America, Green News
Margie Alt

The scramble for sixty Senate votes on a tight timeline in a steadily-warming world will require concessions to the politically powerful interests that have undue influence in the U.S. Senate.

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Green News Report -- October 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Copenhagen 2009, Nuclear Power, Obama Administration, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Lindsey Graham, Green News Report, Kerry-Boxer, Barbara Boxer, PG&E Corp, John Kerry, Philippines Typhoon, Green News, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Rising waters, shrinking glaciers; Slouching to Copenhagen; A Republican breaks ranks? ... PLUS: Even energy companies are...

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How Senate Dems Should Lure GOP to a Climate Bill

David Roberts | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: John McCain, John Kerry, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, Lindsey Graham, Climate Bill, Offshore Drilling, Cejapa, Green News
David Roberts

If the Democrats are going to compromise on the climate change bill, they should secure real commitments in return. And they should compromise with money, not architecture.

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Are There GOP Senators Who Will Back the Climate Bill?

Bill Scher | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Lamar Alexander, Gop, Lindsay Graham, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Democratic Caucus, House Climate Bill, Green News
Bill Scher

The possibility of Republican support for "cap and trade" legislation is getting renewed attention. A deal might involve Democratic support for more nuclear power and offshore drilling.

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Clean Energy Bill Key to Jobs Growth, Manufacturing Says Michigan Gov.

Josh Dorner | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs, Cnn, Unemployment, Barbara Boxer, Comprehensive Energy Reform, Michigan, Climate Change, John Kerry, Michigan-Governor-Jennifer-Granholm, Jobs, Clean Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Economic Growth, Green News
Josh Dorner

Granholm understands that comprehensive energy reform is essential in order to build the clean energy industries that will put America back in control of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet.

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Fossil Fuel Is the New Slavery: Morally and Economically Corrupt

Robin Chase | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, Economy, John Kerry, Waxman-Markey, Slavery, Climate Change, Morality, Climate Bill, Green News
Robin Chase

Ownership of another human being and reaping the benefit of their labor is repugnant. While burning fossil fuels is not as intimately observable or viscerally felt, there is a direct link from our actions to individual suffering.

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