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I Want A VP Who Is Smarter Than Me

Pam Atherton | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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Pam Atherton

I don't want someone who believes their biggest asset is that they know what it's like to shop at WalMart and take their kids to hockey practice in a mini-van. How will that help in negotiations and diplomatic missions with other heads of state?

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New Feuds Form In The Wake Of The "Surge"

The Guardian | Jonathan Steele | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home

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Back in Baghdad for the first time this year, I was consumed by the issue of change. What's different, I would ask almost every Iraqi I met. "What abo...

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McCain Gaffe Alert: Iran

Moira Whelan | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

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Moira Whelan

There should be real questions about whether McCain -- as well as his foreign policy team -- has any knowledge of US-Iranian relations.

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Al-Sadr Considers Restarting Full-Scale Fight Against US-Led Forces

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces _ a wor...

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McSame As Bush: McCain's Road To Iran

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

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Matthew Palevsky

McCain's "straight talk" on the wages of war and Iran has the irony of a recovering alcoholic doing Johnny Walker ads.

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Underreported, Underexposed

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 04.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Shia, Iran, Nato, Clinton, Cheney, The Green Light, Iraq, Obama, Rumsfeld, Torture, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

You know what? I feel better. All that real-world stuff was bumming me out. Maybe venturing through the world of celebutards is the modern form of meditation.

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Maliki Asks Iran to Get al-Sadr to Ceasefire -- And John McCain Declares "Victory!"

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

This is the sad, tragic truth of the entire Iraq debacle: People who have no idea what they are talking about making policy.

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John McCain's "Stroll" Through the Shorja Market (One Year Later)

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Given that four thousand U.S soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died in the fighting since the U.S. invasion, the McCain photo-op in the Shorja market was a cruel April Fool's Day joke.

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