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GOP Plays Soft on Terrorism Card Again

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.27.2009 | Politics

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It didn't take long for anti-terrorism hawks from Joe Lieberman to GOP congresspersons to dump the lax security, terrorist watch breach, and faulty al Qaeda intelligence on President Obama.

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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

Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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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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Kerry Becomes Global Adviser To Obama

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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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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Who Is the Traitor?

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Climate Change, Boxer, National Security, Kerry, Green News

Vets left their families, jobs, and lives to go community by community in the name of ending the United States dangerous addition to oil provided by countries who dream of our complete destruction.

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Dressing for Copenhagen

William S. Becker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Senate, Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, Global Climate Change, Kerry, Environment, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News

It now is up to the U.S. Senate to make sure Uncle Sam is not only fully dressed, but dressed for success when he shows up in Copenhagen Dec. 7 to work on a global climate deal.

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

Reuters | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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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Analysis of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

David Doniger | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

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The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act includes the major policies needed to generate millions of jobs, break our dependence on oil, and reduce the pollution that causes global warming.

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Senate Climate Bill: Two Futures, One Choice

William S. Becker | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green

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Congress usually is an auction house and a horse-trading arena. But carbon emissions are to the atmosphere what virulent cancer cells are to the body. We can't wish them away. We can't bargain with them.

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The Silly Season In Politics

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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"Silly season" refers to late summer, when governments go on massive taxpayer-funded vacations all over the world. This year's season could produce a bumper crop of silly.

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CNN Praises a Dictator

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

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Somehow, CNN.com is bestowing positive coverage upon the Shah and his son without once acknowledging the repressive practices of the Shah's regime.

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CNN's Navarrette Gets Iran Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

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While tempting, the calls to get tougher with the Iranian government fail to consider the legacy of 25 years of U.S. intervention against Iranian democracy.

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John Kerry: McCain Should Try Listening To The Iranians

nytimes.com | JOHN KERRY | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

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THE grass-roots protests that have engulfed Iran since its presidential election last week have grabbed America's attention and captured headlines -- ...

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Kerry: Iran's Nuclear Enrichment For Energy Is Its Right

Financial Times | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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One of the most senior Democrats in Washington has dismissed a key element in the west's long standing strategy on Iran's nuclear programme as "ridicu...

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Pakistani Humanitarian Crisis Largely Unaddressed By US Aid

Huffington Post Contributor | Madiha Sattar | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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Pakistanis are in for a rude shock. $900 million, almost half of the $1.9 billion aid package that the US House of Representatives recently approved, ...

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John Kerry: Uptick In Iraq Violence Was Expected, Could Get Worse

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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A recent uptick in violence in Iraq was expected and could get worse as the country seeks to reconcile itself politically after years of bitter sectar...

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A New Hope to End Genocide

Andrew Slack | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Does the Obama administration plan to commemorate the Rwandan genocide by letting another innocent 1,000,000 Africans die?

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ABC and the ADL Don't Represent Me

Sarah Newman | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

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The Jewish community's response is diverse and not the unified front which Jewish groups and the media tried to present.

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Kerry Discusses Condiments, Blago's Hair, and 2004 Election

Politico | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

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John F. Kerry is a Massachusetts senator, a D.C. VIP, a former presidential candidate and a man filled with wonkish knowledge on all sorts of topics. ...

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What Makes For a Great Secretary of State?

Matt Littman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Here's what you need to be a great Secretary of State: a massive ego. Would Hillary Clinton have the potential to be a great Secretary of State? Absolutely.

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The Word on the Street

James P. Hoffa | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Rank-and-file teamsters get it. They aren't willing to be swayed by false, irrelevant arguments. They want change. They want ideas. And the fact is -- McCain doesn't have any.

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Pickens Plan Sounds Like A Poor Pick For We The People

Sandy Goodman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Home

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If you think you can trust Pickens, remember he contributed $3 million to the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth that buried John Kerry's 2004 presidential candidacy in a cesspool of lies.

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Reading The Pictures: McCain's War Cred Goes Belly Up

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media

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Until Sunday, this well-known October 1967 image of McCain being pulled from a lake near Hanoi was used to convey heroism and elicit admiration and empathy.

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Why Running "On the Record" Is Harder Than You Think

Thomas Lipscomb | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

To understand how we got ourselves in the middle of an election with so little information and so much suspicion, we need to review the 2004 election issues that revolved around John Kerry.

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Kerry's Vietnam Allies Go After Major Swift Boat Funder

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

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It is a lesson in just how persistent and irritating smear campaigns can be. Nearly four years after the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth trotted out a s...

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