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More Troops in Afghanistan or risk Failure

By Joe Weber | Published: September 21, 2009
1. U.S. Forces in Afghanistan could really use more Forces – Bob Woodward has obtained a report written by the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan which strongly requests more troops.  The President and his Defense Team are now overlooking the requests.  From the article: “He provides extensive new details about the Taliban insurgency, [...]
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Arlen Specter becomes a Democrat

By Joe Weber | Published: April 28, 2009
ARLEN SPECTER SWITCHES PARTIES (Story Here, from the Washington Post) And with Al Franken, who at some point you’d think would become a Dem. Senator from Minnesota… that’ll give the Dems a 60 seat fillibuster proof majority in the Senate. Holy crud.  From Senator Specter’s statement: “Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, [...]
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