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Rep. Tom Lantos dead at 80 — WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress, has died. He was 80. — Spokeswoman Lynne Weil said Lantos, a Californian …
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Calif. Rep. Tom Lantos Dies — Tom Lantos, Only Holocaust Survivor in Congress, Has Died After Bout With Cancer — Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday. — Lynne Weil said that Lantos, 80 …
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Rep. Tom Lantos Dies at Age 80 — Rep. Tom Lantos, 80, a California Democrat whose experience during the Holocaust shaped his concern for human rights and his staunch view in favor of U.S. military intervention abroad, died early Monday morning, a spokeswoman told the Associated Press.
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Clinton v. Obama: The Lawsuit — What splendid theater the Democratic Party presidential nominating process is shaping up to be. And they are just getting started. The real fun would be a convention deadlock denouement a few months from now, the prospect of which is already quickening …
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Hate Springs Eternal — In 1956 Adlai Stevenson, running against Dwight Eisenhower, tried to make the political style of his opponent's vice president, a man by the name of Richard Nixon, an issue. The nation, he warned, was in danger of becoming “a land of slander and scare …
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You saw the Obama video, now watch the McCain one — Please watch this. It's from my friend Andy Cobb and his brilliant cast of insane comedians and actors out in Hollywood. (For anyone who hasn't seen the Obama video, you can watch it here first to get a flavor of the parody.) I laughed out loud.
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Gary Bauer endorses McCain — ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Republican John McCain challenged the notion he is struggling to rally conservative critics as he picked up the endorsement Monday of evangelical leader Gary Bauer. — “We're doing fine. We're doing fine,” McCain told reporters in Annapolis …
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Meet Hillary's new campaign manager — WASHINGTON - Among Billaryland's inner circle, Maggie Williams is renowned as the ultimate Hillary loyalist, fierce and unwavering in her devotion for nearly 25 years. — As the First Lady's chief of staff, her office was in the West Wing, right next to Hillary's.
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British Muslims are in ‘denial’ over inbreeding birth defects, says second Labour MP — A second MP has waded into the controversial debate over increased birth defects in British Muslims as a result of inbreeding and claims parts of the Pakistani community are in “denial”.
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Roy Scheider, Actor in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 75 — Roy Scheider, a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s, died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark. He was 75 and lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y.
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Barack Obama Makes His Case — Steve Kroft Interviews The Democratic Presidential Candidate — (CBS) Asked what he thinks is the biggest difference between himself and Senator Hillary Clinton, Obama told Kroft, “I think Senator Clinton is smart and can be an effective advocate.
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Clinton badly needs Virginia victory — Tuesday's Chesapeake primary seems likely to continue propelling Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in opposite directions. — Obama has hearty leads and distinct demographic advantages in each of the three contests: Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
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Obama's Path to Victory — Last summer, George W. Bush told The Washington Examiner's Bill Sammon that Hillary Clinton would probably be the 2008 Democratic nominee. “She's got a national presence and this is becoming a national primary,” he said. “And therefore the person …
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Michelle Obama Solidifies Her Role in the Election — On a conference call to prepare for a recent debate, Barack Obama brainstormed with his top advisers on the fine points of his positions. Michelle Obama had dialed in to listen, but finally couldn't stay silent any longer.
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Obama and the Details — One anti-Obama meme that I notice has gotten a lot of support even among people sympathetic to his cause is the notion that he's somehow shallow or insufficiently well-versed in policy matters. Obviously, I can't crawl into either candidate's brain and take a look around …
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Did Bill Sink Hill on Purpose? — Before I explain, let me say that I'm not a (Bill) Clinton hater. I actually like the guy. I've grown nostalgic for the Clinton years. The economy was booming. He was the most free trade president we've had in a long, long time (certainly more free trade than this one).
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