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By Anya Landau French From The Christian Science Monitor This past week was uncommonly full of Cuba news. At the top of the list has to be this weekend's selection of a new First…
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Keeping Cuba on the terror list may be limiting US credibility in designating others as terrorism supporters, writes a guest blogger By James Bosworth, Guest blogger From The…
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By Ali Gharib From The Daily Beast In the eight weeks since being nominated to be Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel endured as Republicans in the Senate and their allies in the…
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By Bill Press If aliens came to earth from outer space in search of intelligent life, Congress is the last place they would look for it. The Republican-led 112th Congress – in a…
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From Cuba Central WASHINGTON, DC - A curious angle to the story about Senator Bob Menendez and his relationship to Dr. Salomon Melgen, his donor-benefactor-travel pal, has gotten…
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By Les Leopold From Huffington Post • In 2010, the top hedge fund manager earned as much in one HOUR as the average (median) family earned in 47 YEARS. • The top 25 hedge fund…
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Kerry reviewing policy that could pave way for renewed relations By Bryan Bender From The Boston Globe WASHINGTON - High-level U.S. diplomats have concluded that Cuba should no…
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By Bill Press It's been a busy week. The Senate voted 78-22 to renew the Violence Against Women Act. Christopher Dorner, ex-cop turned cop killer, was finally tracked down near Big…
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Special immigration status draws fire A Chicago Tribune editorial For Cubans who want to immigrate to the United States, the hardest part is getting here. Since 1966, they've…
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By Saul Landau President Obama sounded triumphant notes in his State of the Union address. But he didn’t mention his lack of success in changing policy where it did not work.…
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