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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Democrat Ben Nelson Draws a Line in the Sand on Health Care — Nelson Won't Vote for Health Care Bill That Looks Like the House Version — In a warning sign for the White House, Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska tells ABC News that he'll vote to block any health care bill that looks like the bill passed by the House.
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Senator Reid tees up 2010 jobs bill — Senate Democrats will take up a new job-creation bill in the wake of the 10.2 percent unemployment rate, Majority Leader Harry Reid told his colleagues Tuesday. — Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) told The Hill that Reid (D-Nev.) made the announcement …
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:Reid puts House healthcare bill on Senate calendar
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:A JOBS BILL ON THE AGENDA?.... Federal Reserve officials warned yesterday …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats in 2010 Vote — Registered voters prefer Republicans for the House, 48% to 44% — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans have moved ahead of Democrats by 48% to 44% among registered voters in the latest update on Gallup's generic congressional ballot for the 2010 House elections …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:Big news: New poll shows GOP leading Dems in congressional preference ballot
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
What's In Sarah Palin's Book — Nervous and curious McCain-Palin staffers have been buzzing for weeks with speculation about what Sarah Palin has chosen to include in “Going Rogue.” — Books have begun being shipped out in advance of the November 17th release date. Last week, some of Palin's associates received copies.
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Ezra Klein:
The $900 billion mistake — Barack Obama has not given much in the way of specifics for health-care reform. Few policies have been nonnegotiable and virtually none have been dictated. The exception is a number that was neither nonnegotiable nor dictated, but was received on the Hill as if it was both …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:Falling Far Short of Reform
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New York Times:
3 Obama Advisers Favor More Troops for Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional American troops to Afghanistan …
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CNN Poll: Is Obama taking too long on Afghanistan decision? — Washington (CNN) - Americans are split over whether President Barack Obama is taking too long to make a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to the war in Afghanistan, according to a new national poll.
Jason English / mental_floss Blog:
The Late Movies: Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers — I can't begin to imagine how hard it would be to leave my family for months at a time, especially if my destination were Iraq or Afghanistan. And I don't know how I could deal with my wife being deployed overseas.
Robert Behre / Local News:
County Republican Party leaders censure Sen. Graham — The Charleston County Republican Party's executive committee took the unusual step Monday night of censuring U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for stepping across the GOP party line. — County Chairwoman Lin Bennett said the unanimous vote “is an effort to get his attention.
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Ben Frumin / TPM LiveWire:
Is The Washington Times' Continued Operation In Jeopardy? — Things seem to be going from bad to worse at the Washington Times. And the continued operation of the newspaper, which is owned by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, seems to be in serious doubt.
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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Security amped up at WashTimes — There's still a lot of confusion in the Washington Times newsroom, two days after the removal of three top business-side executives and high-ranking members of the Unification Church. — Executive Editor John Solomon hasn't been in the office for several days, and it's unclear whether he'll return.
Eric Kleefeld / TPM LiveWire:
Even Fox News Fact-Checks Palin's Claims About Dollar Coin — Sarah Palin's public pronouncements have now reached an amazing point — where even Fox News is fact-checking her. — As Fox News anchor Bret Baier noted this evening, picking up on a Politico report, Palin said this past Friday …
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Pelosi's victory for women — Sure, her healthcare bill is a mess, but her gritty maneuvering shows her mettle. Plus: Gainsbourg and Gaga — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi scored a giant gain for feminism last weekend. In shoving her controversy-plagued healthcare reform bill …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
What's Up With Keith Olbermann's Three Finger Salute to Carrie Prejean? — Last night on Countdown, Keith Olbermann did another in a long series of segments castigating former Miss California Carrie Prejean, but he added a little something extra at the end.
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Pew Research Center:
A Year Out, Widespread Anti-Incumbent Sentiment — Obama's Afghanistan Rating Declines — The mood of America is glum. Two-thirds of the public is dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. Fully nine-in-ten say that national economic conditions are only fair or poor …
Jacob T. Levy:
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month — There's commemorative cannon-fire outside my office right now, and I'm more disgusted than moved. Yet more artillery fire seems to me to miss what should be the point. — A Veteran's/ Armistice/ Remembrance Day observed …
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Jquiggin / John Quiggin:Armistice Day — 91 years ago, the world marked the end …
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Republicans concerned with ascent of young Florida candidate — A brash, young political newcomer is causing a fuss in GOP circles in the race against Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.). — And what else would you expect in a district that has produced the most colorful member of Congress?
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Sarah Weinman / DailyFinance:
Sarah Palin's memoir: Why the math might not add up for HarperCollins — Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, is always a hot topic of conversation in the media. Her memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life …
Boston Globe:
Stimulus job boost in state exaggerated, review finds — Errors, incomplete data, estimated positions go into federal report — Revere spent $485,500 in stimulus funds to install solar panels on the roof of the Beachmont School and claimed to have created 64 jobs on the project. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
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Rasmussen Reports:
60% Want Fort Hood Shooting Investigated as Terrorist Act — Sixty percent (60%) of likely voters nationwide say last week's shootings at Fort Hood should be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 27% …
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Edwin Mora / CNSNews:
Sen. Reed: Forcing People to Buy Health Insurance is Constitutionally Justified Because It's Like Making People ‘Sign Up for the Draft’ — (CNSNews.com) - When asked where specifically the Constitution authorized Congress to mandate that individuals buy health insurance, Sen. Jack Reed …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
‘No easy way out’ for Dems on abortion — The sudden spasm of intense debate over abortion on Capitol Hill this week threatens not only to stall the passage of health care legislation, but also to shatter the delicate cease-fire that has governed the abortion issue during the Obama era.
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Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
DADT Likely To Be Part of Defense Bill — Repealing “don't ask, don't tell” will likely be included as part of next year's Department of Defense authorization bill in both chambers of Congress, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) said Wednesday. — “Military issues are always done as part …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
In Afghanistan, Taliban leaving al-Qaeda behind — Shifting power dynamic could influence where U.S. focuses firepower — KABUL — As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al-Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban …
Ottawa Citizen:
You can't ignore the role of radical Islam — As dozens of talking heads descended on CNN and FOX TV to give their opinions on the Fort Hood massacre last week, no one seemed to notice the significance of the attire that suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan was wearing the morning of the killings.
va.gov:
History of Veterans Day — World War I - known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice …
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela — CARACAS, Venezuela — This country may be an energy colossus, with the largest conventional oil reserves outside the Middle East and one of the world's mightiest hydroelectric systems, but that has not prevented it from enduring serious electricity …
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