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December 27, 2006 10:09 AM EST --
Gerald Ford, the nation's 38th president, was the accidental president, the only president neither elected to the office nor the vice presidency, died at 6:45 p.m. yesterday. He was 93.
Ford was . . .
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April 28, 2006 03:58 PM EDT --
Two of my blogging buddies, who are also posting at Gather, published stories about the White House Press corp's aversion to FoxNews. Joe Gandelman, of The Moderate Voice , and James Joyner, of Outside . . .
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April 23, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
The Associated Press reports most Mexicans accept illegal immigration as a fact of life they can't imagine changing:
Mexico's economy, society and political system are built around the . . .
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June 08, 2006 08:16 AM EDT --
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq who waged a terror campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike.
What great news to hear upon awakening. . . .
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May 03, 2006 05:06 PM EDT --
A new Zogby poll of likely voters, found Americans prefer the House of Representatives' enforcement-only bill by 2-1 over Senate proposals to legalize illegal immigrants and greatly increase legal . . .
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June 05, 2006 10:48 AM EDT --
Writing in the Washington Post, Peter Wehner, director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives, offers some evidence that things are not as bad as the news leads us to believe.
Wehner . . .
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June 11, 2006 08:22 AM EDT --
A new Rasmussen poll finds Americans feel good about life.
Two-out-of-three Americans (68%) rate their own life as good or excellent, while 22% rate their own life as fair and 9% say life is poor.
Those . . .
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July 17, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
American Forces Press Service reports Taliban extremists attacked Afghan and coalition security forces with machine-gun fire from inside a hospital, which the terrorists were using for cover:
Despite . . .
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December 13, 2006 11:35 AM EST --
The Los Angeles Times reports support has coalesced behind a plan for a substantial buildup in U.S. troops to Iraq, an increase in industrial aid to create jobs, and a major anti-Sadr combat offensive. . . .
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December 20, 2006 07:48 AM EST --
President Bush tells the Washington Post that he plans to expand the size of the U.S. military to better meet the challenges of a long-term global war against Islamic extremists.
I'm inclined to believe . . .
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January 11, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
Tonight President Bush announced our revised strategy for achieving victory in Iraq. It wasn't a great speech, but it was adequate. How can you give a great speech when everyone in the world knows . . .
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April 22, 2006 02:58 PM EDT --
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who won the last New Hampshire presidential primary, opposes Democratic party plans to dilute the primary's impact.
Kerry told the New Hampshire Union Leader the . . .
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April 24, 2006 09:55 AM EDT --
The Associated Press reports Iraqi President Talabani is concerned about Iranian and Turkish troop concentrations on those countries' borders with Iraq:
Turkey has moved thousands of troops . . .
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April 26, 2006 11:36 PM EDT --
A bipartisan Senate investigation concludes the Federal Emergency Management Agency cannot be fixed and recommends FEMA be replaced.
The Associated Press reports the recommendations of a seven-month investigation . . .
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May 01, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The Boston Herald reports new national polls show Americans are feeling less sympathy toward illegal aliens.
A Zogby International poll, conducted between March 31 and April 3, 2006, found . . .
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May 19, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua condemn the plan to build hundreds of miles of triple-layered fencing along parts of the U.S. - Mexican border. The countries claim saying the . . .
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May 24, 2006 08:39 AM EDT --
The Senate voted 58-40 to increase penalties for hiring undocumented workers. Fines would be doubled to $20,000 and repeat offenders could be sentenced to prison for up to three years.
Increasing penalties . . .
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June 01, 2006 08:48 AM EDT --
In what would be a major boost to the alternative fuel market, Wal-Mart may sell ethanol at its 383 U.S. gas stations.
According to the Associated Press, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, brought . . .
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June 02, 2006 12:39 PM EDT --
In today's edition of the Washington Times' Inside the Ring, Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough report three Marines were "humiliated" by Transportation Security Administration ("TSA")security . . .
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June 13, 2006 09:18 AM EDT --
Deployment of National Guard troops along the Mexican border has scared off illegal Mexican migrants, significantly reducing illegal border crossings:
U.S. authorities said Monday that detentions along . . .
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