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From The New York Times -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 - The Pentagon plans to retire one of the Navy’s 12 aircraft carriers, buy fewer amphibious landing ships for the Marine Corps and delay the development of a costly Army combat system of high-tech arms as part of $60 billion in proposed cuts over the […]

This is the place where you readers can exchange holiday greetings with each other. Down there in the Comments box. I’m not going to muddy it up with politics or anything.
For instance, I’m not going to mention that if Iraq’s Sunnis follow the lead of one of their most influential groups or Osama […]

Results of the latest Al-Zogbii poll, taken in Iraq 12/26-27:
1) What is your opinion of the way the country is moving?
Moving in the right direction: 29%
Moving in the wrong direction: 31%
Please, I told you, I don’t know anything, I just want to be left alone: 39%
2) Do you intend to […]

I’ll be heading home for the holidays tomorrow. Yes, good ol’ New York. I’m not sure I still have much in common with my old friends and family - it’s been three months, and the L.A. lifestyle is so very different. I don’t know if they’ll even recognize me. It’s not […]

It’s a busy day here, but I thought I’d share:
My grandfather once bought a color TV off the back of a truck. Literally off the back of a truck. I was 2 at the time, but I remember it somewhat clearly.
The TV had problems. The reception was great, but the […]

” But Social Security, as well, is a big item. And I campaigned on it, as you’re painfully aware, since you had to suffer through many of my speeches. I didn’t duck the issue like others have done have in the past. I said this is a vital issue and we need […]

Donald Rumfeld’s getting a lot of criticism from powerful Republicans, as you might have heard. From John McCain, yes, but also Trent Lott. And Susan Collins. And Chuck Hagel. And Norm Coleman. Many of them are calling for his resignation.
Wow! What we can glean from this is that after […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said on Thursday he would work to convince Congress of the need for spending cuts, tax cuts and Social Security reform in a bid to reassure financial markets he is determined to address huge fiscal problems.
He promised to send Congress a tough new budget next year, saying: […]

After two years, thousands of newspaper articles, hundreds of thousands of hours of television programming (about 40% of which was brought to you by MSNBC’s Dan Abrams), and one extremely disingenuous piece of legislation… Scott Peterson’s case is over. He’s going to be sentenced to death, and twenty to forty years from now he […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years after shutting what critics called a deceptive propaganda office, the Pentagon is embroiled in a new high-level debate over how to polish the fading U.S. image abroad, defense officials said on Monday.
The discussion, also involving the White House and State Department, has been sparked by increasing violence and deaths […]