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How the Opinion of One Pope Became the Rule for All Americans

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Bishop Lori, Daniel Sulmasy, Feeding Tubes, Barbara Coombs Lee, Thomas Shannon, Dan Maguire, John Hardt, Cardinal Rigali, Catholic Bishops, Schiavo, John Paul II, Healthy Living News
Barbara Coombs Lee

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops recently mandated tube-feeding for all permanently unconscious patients in Catholic healthcare institutions. How did it come to take this position?

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Senator LeMieux On Wrong Track with anti-Cuba Political Action Committee and State Department Hold

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Dan Restrepo, Honduras, US-Cuba Relations, Thomas Donilon, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Arturo Valenzuela, George Lemieux, Cuba, Jim Demint, US-Cuba Democracy Pac, Thomas Shannon, Foreign Policy, World News
Steve Clemons

Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's.

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US - Brazil Relations Desafinado

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Oscar Niemeyer, Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Brazil, Lula, Honduras, Farc, Obama, Desafinado, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Celso Amorim, George Lemieux, Thomas Shannon, Brasilia, Unasul, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Christmas season marks the 50th anniversary of Brasilia, the futuristic capital city designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, and magazines and online media are celebrating the event.

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President Obama's Credibility on the Line in Honduras

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Honduras Coup, Latin America, Latin America Policy, Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Honduras Zelaya, Hillary Clinton, Thomas Shannon, Barack Obama, State Department, Foreign Policy, World News
Mark Weisbrot

The Obama team brokered the accord in Honduras, and got a commitment from the coup leaders. If they go back on it, how much will the Obama administration's word be worth on anything else?

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Arturo Valenzuela Confirmed as Asst. Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: George Lemieux, Latin America, Honduras, Jim Demint, Cuba, Thomas Shannon, Arturo Valenzuela, Western Hemisphere, Manuel Zelaya, Politics News
Steve Clemons

After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees.

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White House Bows To Grassley On Ethanol Tariffs

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Iowa, Corn, Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil, President Obama, Obama, Thomas Shannon, Ethonal, Grassley, White House, Chuck Grassley, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

Washington runs on political leverage, and at the current moment few people have more of it than Chuck Grassley. President Obama is desperate to have ...

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