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What America Has Given Up for Ten Years of Bush Tax Cuts
The cost of Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts was, as estimated to be roughly $2.5 trillion through 2010.
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US Braces for Long Withdrawal Along Iraqi Road
Baghdad - Even as the American military winds down its eight-year war in Iraq, commanders are bracing for what they fear could be the most dangerous remaining mission: getting …
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US Calls for Yemen’s Saleh to Resign
The Obama administration, anxious to deny al Qaida's most dangerous offshoot more space in which to flourish, urged Yemen's wounded president on Monday to immediately step aside and clear …
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Austan Goolsbee to Leave Obama’s Economic Team (2)
Washington - For the second time in less than a year, the White House is looking for a new head of the Council of Economic Advisers after Austan Goolsbee …
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Libyan Rebels Retake Town in West
TRIPOLI, Libya — Following a series of NATO airstrikes, rebel forces retook the western mountain town of Yafran on Monday, breaking a month-long siege by forces loyal to Col. …
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News in Brief: Koch Brothers-Funded Group to Launch Campaign Blaming Obama for Gas Prices, and More
Koch Brothers-Funded Group to Launch Campaign Blaming Obama for Gas Prices
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Rick Santorum’s 12 Most Offensive Statements
This morning, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (Republican) announced his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "We are ready to announce that we are going …
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Seymour Hersh: Despite Intelligence Rejecting Iran as Nuclear Threat, US Could Be Headed for Iraq Redux (2)
In his latest article for The New Yorker magazine, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh says the United States might attack Iran based on distorted estimates of Iran’s nuclear and military …
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Ryan Medicare Plan Puts GOP Candidates on the Spot
The question sounded simple enough: Would you vote for or against a Republican plan to overhaul Medicare? But Mike Haridopolos — president of the Florida state senate …
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Libya Rebels Want US Recognition to Help Pay Bills
As fellow rebels back in Libya plot fresh attacks against embattled leader Moammar Kadafi, the chief of the Libyan insurgency's American outpost sits in a tiny, borrowed Washington office …