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Suspect in Fort Hood shooting, a Muslim, asked Army to discharge him, aunt said

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Mary Pat Flaherty, William Wan - Nov. 06 (News Report) - He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, a devout Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the U.S. Army, was on the eve of his first deployment to war. Yesterday, authorities said Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, a 39-year-old Arlington-born psychiatrist, shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex

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Faces of a jobless recovery

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 06 - For Lisa Hall, this is what 10.2 percent unemployment looks like: spending all day at shopping malls going from one store to another in search of a $10-an-hour job, but being constantly told that no one is hiring. For M&M Appliance in Northwest

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House leaders prepare for rare Saturday vote on health-care bill

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Lori Montgomery - Nov. 05 (News Report) - House leaders put in motion the machinery to hold a rare Saturday vote on the most far-reaching expansion of the health-care system in more than 40 years. Even so, they were still locking down support Wednesday among a handful of holdouts, with the biggest bloc dissatisfied with the measure's handling of abortion.

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Strain of deployments hit base

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Ann Scott Tyson - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Fort Hood, the Texas military base that was the scene of a mass shooting Thursday, has been hard hit by the growing strain on the Army from multiple combat deployments -- with its personnel suffering the highest number of suicides among Army

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At least seven killed in shooting at Fort Hood, Tex.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:51:56 -0800

Washington Post - By William Branigin - Nov. 05 - At least seven people were reported killed in a shooting Thursday at Fort Hood, an Army post in central Texas that is home to two divisions.

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Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It's not 2008 anymore

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Dan Balz - Nov. 04 (News Analysis) - Off-year elections can be notoriously unreliable as predictors of the future, but as a window on how the political landscape may have changed in the year since President Obama won the White House, Tuesday's Republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey delivered clear warnings for the Democrats.

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Military: Israeli navy captures arms ship

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:55:31 -0800

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Democrats debate course following election losses

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 04 - Off-year elections can be notoriously unreliable as predictors of the future, but as a window on how the political landscape might have changed in the year since President Obama won the White House, Tuesday's Republican victories in Virginia and New

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House repudiates U.N. report on Gaza war

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 03 (News) - The House on Tuesday condemned a U.N. report that accuses Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes in the Gaza Strip last winter as "irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy." ......... Thirteen Israelis and more than 1,000 Palestinians were killed during the Dec. 27-Jan. 18 conflict.

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Karzai win complicates White House strategy for Afghanistan

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Scott Wilson - Nov. 02 (News Analysis) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election by default Monday confirms at least a week earlier than expected that the Obama administration will continue for the foreseeable future to have the same mercurial partner in Afghanistan.

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A world of change in 287 days

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Eugene Robinson - Nov. 02 (Opinion) - The columnist evaluates the successes and shortcomings of President Obama's first 287 days in office. Obama could have been quicker to close Guantanamo, tougher on Wall Street, more willing to investigate possible transgressions by the Bush administration, and bolder in pursuing health care reform. But his achievements have included preventing a nationwide depression, renouncing torture, working diligently to close Guantanamo, keeping the Iraq withdrawal on schedule, nominating the first Hispanic to the Supreme Court, touting cooperation with the Muslim world, embracing a multi-lateralist foreign policy, accepting climate change, and investing in green jobs and education. Most important, he has brought America to the brink of legislation to make health insurance an entitlement for all Americans.

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Europe's quiet leader

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Anne Applebaum - Nov. 02 (Opinion) - Angela Merkel quietly ascended to the position of German chancellor. Having run a low-profile, even boring, campaign last month did nothing to lessen her popularity. Her subtlety and the fact that she is female are much to her advantage. She has made great strides toward the strengthening of Germany without inciting fear or criticism the way powerful male leaders have in the past. She has faltered on economic and foreign policies, but should she tackle these issues and/or acquire a larger global role, she will doubtlessly do so politely and quietly, without being noticed.

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The threat from Somalia

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:41:35 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 02 (Opinion) - The presumed answer is: "Of course not -- and therefore why bother with Afghanistan?" The more sensible response is: If something is not done soon about these lawless places, one or the other may well become the next Afghanistan -- a place where U.S.

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Robert J. Samuelson on whether America could go broke - Washington Post: Op-Eds

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:53:28 -0700

Washington Post - Nov. 01 (Opinion) - The idea that the government of a major advanced country would default on its debt -- that is, tell lenders that it won't repay them all they're owed -- was, until recently, a preposterous proposition. Argentina and Russia have stiffed their creditors, but surely the likes of the United States, Japan or Britain wouldn't. Well, it's still a very, very long shot, but it's no longer entirely unimaginable. Governments of rich countries are borrowing so much that it's conceivable that one day the twin assumptions underlying their burgeoning debt (that lenders will continue to lend and that governments will continue to pay) might collapse. What happens then?

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Seven members of House defense subcommittee scrutinized by ethics investigators

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Carol D. Leonnig - Oct. 30 (News Report) - The investigations by two separate ethics offices include an examination of the powerful subcommittee chairman, John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), as well as others who helped steer federal funds to clients of the PMA Group. The lawmakers received campaign

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Obama seeking options on forces

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Anne E. Kornblut, Greg Jaffe - Oct. 30 (News) - President Obama has asked the Pentagon's top generals to provide him with more options for troop levels in Afghanistan, two U.S. officials said late Friday, with one adding that some of the alternatives would allow Obama to send fewer new troops than the roughly 40,000 requested by his top commander.

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Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ellen Nakashima, Paul Kane - Oct. 29 (News) - House ethics investigators have scrutinized the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.

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Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on the Afghan drug trade

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:08:56 -0700

Washington Post - Oct. 29 - The opium poppy was introduced to Afghanistan more than 2,300 years ago by the armies of Alexander the Great. His forces were eventually driven out, like those of every would-be conqueror since. The poppy has proved more tenacious.

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Afghan panel rejects U.N.'s advice on security during election runoff

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:18:57 -0700

Washington Post - Oct. 29 - The announcement surprised U.N. officials, who had recommended that only about 5,800 voting centers be opened because of the danger of insurgent attacks in some areas, the likelihood of fraud in others and the short time available to prepare and staff

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Economy grows by 3.5 percent, signals recession may have ended

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Neil Irwin - Oct. 29 (News Report) - The U.S. economy roared to life in late summer, as gross domestic product rose at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the July through September period. It was the best quarter for growth in two years though analysts warned that it was fueled largely by government recovery programs.

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Ezra Klein on the House health care reform bill

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ezra Klein - Oct. 29 (Interview) - So what exactly did the House put out this morning? Is it the Robust opt-out Public Option that Sen. Reid talked about? Ezra Klein: No. So to do a bit on defining terms here: Robust refers to a public option that can use Medicare's payment rates. That would let the public option save 20-30 percent against private insurance. Neither the House nor the Senate includes such an option. The House bill has a national public option that will set rates in the same way private insurers do (negotiating with providers). The Senate bill has a national public option that works the same way as the House's, save that it has an opt-out feature starting in 2014.

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Official resigns over Afghan war

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung - Oct. 27 (Special Report) - A former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq, Hoh had also served in uniform at the Pentagon, and as a civilian in Iraq and at the State Department. By July, he was the senior U.S. civilian in Zabul province, a Taliban hotbed. But last

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Official resigns over Afghan war

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung - Oct. 27 (Special Report) - Foreign Service officer leaves in protest of war he had come to believe simply fueled the insurgency.

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In reversal, Reid says bill will include public option

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Shailagh Murray, Lori Montgomery - Oct. 27 (News Report) - Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid announced Monday that he will include a government-backed insurance plan in the chamber's health-care reform legislation, a key concession to liberals who have threatened to oppose a bill without such a public option.

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Eugene Robinson - There's no middle road on Afghanistan: It's in or out

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:22:40 -0700

Washington Post - Oct. 26 (Opinion) - The decision that President Obama must face regarding Afghanistan is not an easy one. Regardless of the Bush administration's policies (and criticisms by Dick Cheney), the war belongs to Obama now. Domestically Obama has chosen compromise so that opposing sides both get something they desire, but the situation in Afghanistan involves sharply distinctive strategies. His choice lies between counterinsurgency or counterterrorism, and it is impossible to do both. The author disagrees with the counterinsurgency strategy--the mission in Afghanistan is accomplished and it is time for this "war president" to bring the troops home.

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