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Richard Holbrooke dies: Veteran U.S. diplomat brokered Dayton peace accords — Longtime U.S. diplomat Richard C. Holbrooke, whose relentless prodding and deft maneuvering yielded the 1995 Dayton peace accords that ended the war in Bosnia - a success he hoped to repeat as President Obama's chief envoy …
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Strong American Voice in Diplomacy and Crisis — Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2009 and a diplomatic troubleshooter who worked for every Democratic president since the late 1960s and oversaw the negotiations that ended …

STEELE STUNS, RUNS: ‘The job is fun’ — ROMNEY SPLITS WITH HOUSE GOP, BLASTS TAX DEAL — Michael Moore offers servers to WikiLeaks — Remembering Richard Holbrooke — Grace Gallo b'day — Good Tuesday morning. EXCLUSIVE: This morning, Rep. Eric Cantor will announce the senior staff …
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Family members said his last words before he headed into surgery were: “You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan,” according to the Washington Post. — President Obama was at a dinner in the East Room of the White House when the news came, said a senior administration official.
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Richard Holbrooke Has Died
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Holbrooke dies days after aorta tear
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Health reform will survive its legal fight — In March, New Hampshire preschool teacher Gail O'Brien, who was unable to obtain health insurance through her employer, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma. Her subsequent applications for health insurance were rejected because of her condition.
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The Note: Michael Steele's In, But Can He Win? — Even as they stood by over the last month and watched five other candidates jump in the race for chairman of the Republican National Committee, the staunchest backers of current chair, Michael Steele, insisted that reports of his political demise were greatly exaggerated.
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Real Clear Politics and National Review

Years of Wrangling Lie Ahead for Health Care Law
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Washington Post, Pirate's Cove, The Volokh Conspiracy, Maggie's Farm and Law Blog

The unpredictable Michael Steele
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Hotline On Call, Blue Virginia and The Politico


Embattled G.O.P. Chief Is Seeking a Second Term
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Steele stuns by running for reelection
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Judge Voids Key Element of Obama Health Care Law
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The Radicalism of Judge Hudson's Health Care Law Decision
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CHEERING A VICTORY OVER THEIR OWN IDEA.... Many on the right are …

Is the Hudson ruling good news for health reform?
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Julian Assange granted bail with conditions — • Assange granted bail to cheers from supporters — • Assange criticises Visa, MasterCard and Paypal from cell — • Police worked case against Madeleine McCann's parents — • Full coverage of the WikiLeaks cables
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Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange — Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that I have put up $20,000 of my own money to help bail Mr. Assange out of jail.
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WITNESS STATEMENT OF MICHAEL MOORE — WITNESS STATEMENT — (CJ Act 1967, s.9 MC Act 1980, ss.5A(3)(a) and 5B; — Criminal Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 27) — This statement (consisting of 2 pages each signed by me) is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I make it knowing that …
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Foreign Policy, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit


No Labels and Other Ripped Off Designs — Brooklyn-based artist Thomas Porostocky's friends and fans have been tipping off NY media that his art has been used without permission by the bi-partisan political group No Labels. — Porostocky designed star-spangled giraffes …
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Designer: No Labels lifted penguins of bipartisanship
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TPMDC, The Gateway Pundit and Moe Lane


In ‘a New Way of Looking,’ Something Familiar
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Did No Labels Rip Off Design From More Party Animals?
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Atheist Ads on Buses Rattle Fort Worth — FORT WORTH — Stand on a corner in this city and you might get a case of theological whiplash. — A public bus rolls by with an atheist message on its side: “Millions of people are good without God.” Seconds later, a van follows bearing a riposte: “I still love you.
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Vox Popoli and Joe. My. God.

Tax-cut package clears procedural hurdle in Senate — Republicans and Democrats joined forces in the Senate on Monday to deliver the most significant bipartisan vote since President Obama took office, advancing a plan to extend tax cuts for virtually every American and to boost the economic recovery.
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Top Dems confident of final passage on tax deal this week
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‘No Labels’ rally: Bipartisan with Democratic tinge — NEW YORK-The people who attended the “No Labels” conference here on the campus of Columbia University really, really want the government to get things done. “So much partisanship, and not enough getting things done,” said Antonio Villaraigosa …
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New nonpartisan “No Labels” group has its own “anthem” by Akon for some reason
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The Other McCain, Washington Times and Weasel Zippers

No Labels: No Specifics, No Coherence, No Point.
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Nice Deb and The Sundries Shack

Hoyer expected to file 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal bill Tuesday — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) are expected to introduce standalone “don't ask, don't tell” repeal legislation on Tuesday, three sources actively involved in repeal discussions told POLITICO Monday.
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Linda McMahon Plans Meeting With NRSC — In case there was any doubt, Linda McMahon's political career may not be over. — The former wrestling executive turned Connecticut GOP Senate candidate has scheduled a personal meeting with National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) on Capitol Hill.
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The Nixon tapes remind us what a vile creature Henry Kissinger is. — Over the last few weeks, this modest little column of mine has been acquiring an almost eerie prescience and potency. I called for the death sentence on Tariq Aziz to be commuted, and it was only a matter of days …
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Governor Mark Sanford talks about future — Governor Mark Sanford will be out of job next month. He's served as South Carolina's head of state since 2003. — NewsChannel 15's Tim McGinnis interviewed Sanford on Monday. Sanford spoke about his tenure, including the effect the admission …