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War in Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Violence
The war in Afghanistan continues despite the absence of any convincing motive and ever-compounding costs.

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Disabled Make Do With Scraps From the Aid Table
This article is a two-part series exploring disability's place in international development guidelines.

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Fox Business Host Slams Federal Employees Working for Free: “I Want to Punish These People“
Stuart Varney feels a-okay about the government shutdown - because it's hurting federal workers.

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US Projects 17 Percent Emissions Cut by 2020
The United States has formally told the United Nations that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by the end of the decade, …

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The Debt Ceiling Dates Back to Founding Fathers
Congress passes legislation to spend, but it's the president who must ensure those bills get paid. Those two objectives don't neatly line up.

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US Troops Capture Wanted al Qaeda Leader in Libya
US special forces in Libya on Saturday captured a senior al Qaida leader who had been sought since 1998 for involvement in the coordinated bombings of two US embassies …

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Breaking UN Protocol, Brazil Lambastes US Spying
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched a blistering attack on the United States for illegally infiltrating its communications network, surreptitiously intercepting phone calls, and breaking into the Brazilian Mission to …

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Living Downstream
Renowned biologist Sandra Steingraber has made fighting environmentally induced cancers her lifes work. Steingraber's book, Living Downstream, has been turned into a movie chronicling a year in her life …

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Capitol Police, Who Defused Dangerous Situation in DC, Will Lose Pay Due to Shutdown
Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. The real dangers of this government shutdown are becoming clear, but Republicans just want to keep up …

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Veterans Don’t Want to be “Pawns” in Shutdown Fight
As the impact on veterans becomes part of the contentious debate over the government shutdown, the commander of one of the nationu2019s leading veterans organizations said Friday that they …