Archive for February, 2008
Clinton ad stirs waters (AP)
Friday, February 29th, 2008
AP - A stark new Hillary Rodham Clinton ad portrays her as the leader voters want on the phone when crisis occurs in the middle of the night, “while your children are safe and asleep.” Barack Obama retorted that his Democratic rival already had her “red phone moment” and it helped draw the U.S. into a misbegotten war.
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Mukasey won’t pursue contempt probe of Bush aides (Reuters)
Friday, February 29th, 2008White House aide admits to plagiarism, resigns (Reuters)
Friday, February 29th, 2008Reuters - A White House aide resigned on
Friday after an Indiana newspaper reported that he plagiarized
in more than half of the columns he had published since 2000.
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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 415 (AP)
Friday, February 29th, 2008
AP - As of Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at least 415 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. EST.
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Grassley: Cut contract fraud loophole (AP)
Friday, February 29th, 2008AP - A Republican senator urged the White House on Friday to strip a multibillion-dollar loophole exempting overseas work from government plans to crack down on contract fraud.
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Northrop, EADS win $35B Air Force deal (AP)
Friday, February 29th, 2008AP - Northrop Grumman and the maker of Airbus planes beat out Boeing Co. to win a $35 billion government contract to build up to 179 military refueling planes, the Air Force said Friday.
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Bush signs 10-month Andean trade benefit extension (Reuters)
Friday, February 29th, 2008Reuters - President George W. Bush signed a
bill on Friday to extend longstanding trade benefits for Andean
nations for 10 more months and pressed again for approval of a
free trade pact with Colombia.
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Ohio ballot lists GOP names twice (AP)
Friday, February 29th, 2008AP - Republican voters in Ohio will vote twice for the presidential candidates on a single ballot in Tuesday’s primary.
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