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President to Address the Nation on Afghanistan on Tuesday Night

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On Tuesday night, President Obama will address the nation on his plan for Afghanistan in a speech at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The speech is scheduled to begin at 8:00 P.M. Eastern, and will be covered live on all of the major television news networks.
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Obama to reveal war plan, bids to sell public

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday reveals his plan for winning an unpopular 8-year-old war in Afghanistan, embarking on a mission to sell skeptical Americans on the need to put thousands more troops in harm’s way and to spend additional billions of taxpayer dollars.After deliberating with his security team for three months, [...]

Body of missing sergeant found in Afghanistan

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KABUL — Rescuers found the body of a second U.S. paratrooper missing after being swept away by a fast-moving current while on an airdrop resupply mission earlier this month in western Afghanistan, NATO said Monday.Sgt. Brandon Islip, 24, was recovered Sunday from the Bala Murgahab River in Badghis province after a local Afghan [...]

11/30/2009

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Lip Service.
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Attend an OFA National Training Event

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From Nicole Derse, the OFA National Training Director:
I wanted to invite you to a special OFA National Training we’re holding for some of our top volunteers in early December.
The training is a great chance to learn how to make the biggest impact in your community, ask questions, and learn specific skills such as how [...]

Trigger-happy security complicates convoys

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HUTAL, Afghanistan — Ill-disciplined private security guards escorting supply convoys to coalition bases are wreaking havoc as they pass through western Kandahar province, undermining the coalition’s counterinsurgency strategy here and leading to at least one confrontation with U.S. forces, say U.S. Army officers and Afghan government officials.The security guards are responsible for killing [...]

Obama y los "sis" de los extraterrestres

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Una vez se haya dicho todo, estaremos en condiciones de volver a decirlo todo, porque todo se habrá
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"To have peace, you must be prepared for war."

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A year into Obama’s first term dedicated to multilateralism and soft power, the world is more unstable than ever. Iran is openly pursuing nuclear weapons and regional domination. North Korea is firing on South Korean ships. The Chavez Marxist axis in Latin America has become more ambitious. Russia is amping up the [...]

MIT Economist Confirms Senate Health Reform Bill Reduces Costs and Improves Coverage

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Jonathan Gruber, PhD, a MIT Economist who has been closely following the health insurance reform process, issued a compelling new report based on data from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.  As the Politico wrote, "The report concludes that under the Senate’s health-reform bill, Americans buying individual coverage will pay [...]

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From RedState.com

Honduras voting for new president
The election in Honduras actually says more about the amateur nature of the Obama administration than it does Honduras. The first gut-level reaction of the administration was to side with the communist kleptocrats of South America. Then, when it realized it was wrong, decided unity within the OAS [...]