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Jacksons, Blind Side Actor Boost Kids Program
Tweet Share on Facebook July 21, 2010 CommentGeorgetown almost came to a complete standstill last night when Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill, on a "date night," dined at the posh Cafe Milano just a block from a star-studded dinner for Children Uniting Nations, founded by uber Democratic insider, Hollywood entertainment biggie and Bill Clinton buddy Daphna Edwards Ziman.
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Angelina Jolie Film Salt a Reminder that Spying Continues
Tweet Share on Facebook July 21, 2010 CommentThe timing of Angelina Jolie's latest flick, Salt, seems almost too perfect to be coincidence. The movie about a Russian spy ring in present day, post-Cold War America will be released only weeks after the FBI exposed a Russian spy ring in the United States.
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Ginsburg Retirement Would Give Obama Another Nominee
Tweet Share on Facebook July 20, 2010 Comment (2)President Obama might have a third chance to add a younger liberal to the Supreme Court if rumors about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg retiring come true.
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Critics Question Post Spy Series
Tweet Share on Facebook July 20, 2010 CommentThe Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-bait series on the largess of the sprawling intelligence community came at an opportune moment, given the confirmation hearings this week for director of national intelligence nominee, retired Air Force Gen. James Clapper. But critics note that the series was short of news.
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Conservatives Call for More Electric Cars
Tweet Share on Facebook July 20, 2010 Comment (2)The conservative right and the electric car are not obvious partners, but a group of influential conservatives is calling for Congress to spur development of more battery-powered vehicles. The group is pushing an $11 billion bill that would fund infrastructure to enable wider deployment of the electric car.
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Obama Urged to Americanize His Name for Senate Run
Tweet Share on Facebook July 19, 2010 Comment (1)Barack Obama was repeatedly challenged to change his African name to something more American like "Steve Obama" in his first federal campaign, but rejected the advice and still won his Illinois Senate seat in 2004 defeating fellow African-American Alan Keyes. [See photos of the Obamas behind the scenes.]
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The Economy Is Taking a Toll on Obama's Popularity
Tweet Share on Facebook July 19, 2010 Comment (2)Pollster John Zogby updates our weekly Obama Report Card with a grade on the president's performance. Zogby uses his polling, expert analysis, and interaction with major players to come up with a grade and some comments that capture how he sees the president's week ending.
John Zogby on Week 78:
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Carl Levin: Steele Serves an 'Important Purpose' at RNC
Tweet Share on Facebook July 19, 2010 CommentMichigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin says he’s happy to have the gaffe-prone Michael Steele at the helm of the GOP. Just back from a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Levin this week disagreed with Steele, who in an unguarded moment at a Connecticut fundraiser recently said that the war in Afghanistan was one of “Obama’s choosing” and suggested that the conflict was unwinnable. “The one thing you don’t do is engage in a land war in Afghanistan, all right, because everyone who’s tried over a thousand years of history has failed,” Steele said
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Hayden Admits Misstep over CIA Destroyed Tapes
Tweet Share on Facebook July 16, 2010 Comment (4)Former CIA Director Michael Hayden wants another chance at handling the agency's bumbling reaction to destroying terrorist interrogation tapes. He now says he should have figured it would be a bigger story than he expected in early 2009
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Dick Cheney's Big Switch to E-mail
Tweet Share on Facebook July 15, 2010 Comment (8)As vice president, Dick Cheney never carried a BlackBerry, didn't E-mail or carry a laptop, and really never searched the Internet. An icon of the old school, he's also writing his biography on yellow pads which his daughter Liz Cheney then downloads into a computer. "He's a little set in his ways," she says.
