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Everything seemingly is spinning out of control

AP — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:13:07 +0000

Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in...

House OKs plan to improve GI education benefits

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:17 +0000

The House on Thursday passed a Democratic plan sharply boosting education benefits for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans and awarding people whose unemployment benefits have expired with a 13-week extension.The 266-166 fell short of the two-thirds needed...

House members debate surtax to fund veterans' education

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:02:35 +0000

The House kicked off a partisan debate Thursday on a Democratic plan to sharply boost education benefits for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans as the price for approving President Bush’s long-stalled request for war funding.People whose unemployment...

Commando leaders shift away from Rumsfeld strategy

AP — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:50:45 +0000

The military command overseeing the nation’s most elite forces has moved away from a contentious plan that gave it broad control over anti-terrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots around the globe.The expanded authority...