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By Will Weissert From the Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury has found an elderly ex-CIA agent from Cuba not guilty of all 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog I was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department's 15,600 employees to…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Many commentators swooned earlier this week after House Republicans, led by the Budget Committee chairman, Paul Ryan, unveiled their budget…
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By COHA Research Associate Zoë Amerigian From Council on Hemispheric Affairs website • Not much bang for the buck • Should the White House be in the propaganda business? • Use diplomacy…
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By Bill Press "How can the left call for the ouster of Muammar Gadhafi for the sin of killing hundreds of Libyans when it opposed the war waged against Saddam Hussein?" With that…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes “The United States …should not try or be widely perceived as trying to manipulate religion in pursuit of narrowly drawn interests.” The Chicago…
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By former U.S. President Jimmy Carter At the invitation of President Raul Castro, Rosalynn and I visited Havana on behalf of The Carter Center, accompanied by John Hardman, Jennifer…
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By Robert Reich From RobertReich.org It’s tax time. It’s also a time when right-wing Republicans are setting the agenda for massive spending cuts that will hurt most Americans. Here’s…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes President Obama never ceases to amaze. “He can’t fire teachers and tomahawks at the same time,” but he did it, as Jon Stewart said. (Daily Show March…
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By Bill Press We are at war. Again. Against a third Muslim country. On top of Afghanistan and Iraq, it's now Libya. And the question every American must ask is: "Is this a war I can…
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