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<title> Palin&#x27;s Learning Curve </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Tom Donilon, the Washington lawyer who did the delegate-counting for Jimmy Carter in 1980, has a bit of practical wisdom that he has offered over the years to many other Democratic presidential hopefuls. ]]></description>
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<title> How Palin Could Help </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ST. PAUL, Minn. -- This one was really different. ]]></description>
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<title> Small Change From Obama </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ DENVER -- The Democrats had themselves a successful convention -- at the price of appearing quite conventional. ]]></description>
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<title> Women at Center Stage </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ DENVER -- The leading women of the Democratic Party have done their part. ]]></description>
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<title> A Candidate At Home In Scranton </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ DENVER -- I cannot believe that it has been more than 20 years since I interviewed Sen. Joe Biden about his reflections on his first presidential race, but the date on the column is irrefutable: Jan. 6, 1988. ]]></description>
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<title> Granite State Nail-Biter </title>
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<title> Pros and Conventions </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. -- The Stevenson family has a long history with political conventions. ]]></description>
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<title> Rivals in Search of Trust </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the time they served together in the United States Senate, John McCain and Barack Obama developed neither a friendship nor an intense dislike. They entered this campaign as relative strangers, and now -- as the sniping builds to a steady staccato -- each of them has acquired a strong sense of grievance about the other. ]]></description>
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<title> A Way Back to the High Road? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The first question I asked John McCain and then Barack Obama was: How do you feel about the tone and direction of the campaign so far? ]]></description>
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<title> A Slate To Revive The Senate </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Senators are great glad-handers, not just with their constituents but with each other. Every time a vote is called, they mill around in front of the rostrum, grabbing hands and shoulders or patting each other's backs. ]]></description>
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<title> When Congress Works </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you were to ask Democrats Barney Frank and Chris Dodd -- the principal architects of the massive housing bill signed yesterday by President Bush -- which of its many features pleases them most, the answer would surprise you. ]]></description>
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<title> Management 101 for Senators </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ One of the wisest men I ever knew in Washington was the late James H. Rowe Jr. He came out of Montana, went to Harvard Law School and was recruited by Felix Frankfurter for a job on FDR's White House staff. In later years, he became a counselor to Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey and other Democrats of that generation. ]]></description>
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<title> Obama&#x27;s Tour de Force </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It made no sense when Barack Obama left the country on his nine-day overseas tour for some of my fellow columnists to describe it as a high-risk venture. ]]></description>
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<title> A Deputy Dilemma For McCain </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On Wednesday morning, The Post published a poll of registered voters giving Barack Obama an eight-point lead -- largely because the voters said they trusted him more than John McCain on handling their No. 1 issue, the economy, by an astounding 19 percentage points. ]]></description>
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<title> Listening To the Governors </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ PHILADELPHIA -- When the luck of the draw made him the chairman of the National Governors Association in this, the centennial year of its first meeting -- with President Theodore Roosevelt -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty knew how and where he wanted to celebrate the occasion. ]]></description>
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<title> Obama&#x27;s Enigma </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ John McCain is the candidate who actually had experience as a wartime flier, but Barack Obama is the one who has most successfully adapted a favorite tactic of those intrepid aviators. When the pilots were over a target heavily defended by antiaircraft guns, they would release a cloud of fine metal scraps, hoping to confuse the aim of the shells or missiles being fired in their direction. ]]></description>
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<title> Fixing How We Go to War </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Just shy of eight years after they squared off in the Florida recount battle, James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher have joined forces to clean up one of the ugly legacies of Vietnam -- the misguided piece of legislation called the War Powers Act. ]]></description>
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<title> Decider on the High Court </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The most dramatic stories in any field of competitive endeavor are those that recount events that almost never happened. It's the scoreless ballgames that end with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth that linger in the psyches of winners and losers -- not the 9-3 walkovers. ]]></description>
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<title> One Nation No More? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Just in time for Independence Day, a conservative think tank has delivered a controversial report asking whether America's national identity is eroding under the pressure of population diversity and educational slackness. ]]></description>
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<title> Dumbing Down the Presidency </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ People campaign for the presidency by talking their heads off. By the time the winner reaches the White House, the habit is so ingrained that it is impossible to shake. ]]></description>
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<title> Voting&#x27;s Neglected Scandal </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Barack Obama decided last week to throw off the constraints on campaign spending that go with the acceptance of public financing, he was rightly criticized for rigging the system in his favor. ]]></description>
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<title> Getting to Know Obama </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ We are barely at the beginning of the long period in which most Americans will give their first serious scrutiny to the presidential candidates and decide whether Barack Obama or John McCain will get their vote. ]]></description>
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<title> Foreign Policy&#x27;s Best Hope </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Judging by the rhetoric coming out of the Obama and McCain campaigns this week, the United States is fated to endure another four years of bitter foreign policy partisanship, whoever wins this election. The rival nominees clashed on the proper approach to the war on terrorism; the way to handle the world's major trouble spots, including Iraq; and the approach America should take on everyone from RaÃºl Castro to the Iranian mullahs. ]]></description>
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<title> Perot, Back On the Charts </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sixteen years after he shook up American politics by launching an impromptu campaign for president, Ross Perot is about to dip a toe back into the public debates. And, yes, he's bringing his charts with him to make his point. ]]></description>
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<title> The Many Gifts of Tim Russert </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Tim Russert took over "Meet the Press" in 1991, he was already well known to political reporters as the shrewd, inventive and very funny flack for Pat Moynihan and Mario Cuomo -- a spokesman almost as quotable as those two marvelously gifted speakers. ]]></description>
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<title> Clinton&#x27;s Remarkable Run </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Hillary Clinton announced for president in January 2007, she did everything to play down her gender short of dressing herself in men's clothes. In a taped video, with no audience and no family members, she presented herself first and foremost as a senator and experienced Washington hand, ready to fight for Democratic goals and unintimidated by the GOP. ]]></description>
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<title> Let the Debates Begin </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It's pretty obvious what was the most overhyped political story of the past week. The honors clearly go to the Hillary Clinton drama: Will she stand down? Will she endorse? Will she deign to accept the vice presidency? Will she join a monastic order and move to a commune? What a lot of nonsense. ]]></description>
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<title> A Victor on His Heels </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ From Iowa in January through South Dakota and Montana in June, Barack Obama has enjoyed one of the great rides in American political history, breaking precedents and setting records along the way. It has been an extraordinary journey, magnified, not diminished, by the gritty, resilient performance of his main rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton. On that journey, he has given Americans the gift of a new and hopeful chapter in our troubled racial history. ]]></description>
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<title> Reality vs. the Mythmakers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As dramatic as the contests have been for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, they have not been enough to satisfy the mythmakers. With the general election imminent, the fiction writers in both parties insist on versions of the battle that bear little resemblance to reality. ]]></description>
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<title> Hamilton Jordan&#x27;s Message to Obama </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A year after Jimmy Carter lost his reelection race to Ronald Reagan, Hamilton Jordan, Carter's former White House chief of staff, sat down for a lengthy interview with scholars at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. ]]></description>
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<title> Let the Veepstakes Begin </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With perfect timing, John McCain has signaled the opening of the vice presidential speculation season, just as the last dregs of suspense are being drained from the marathon presidential contest. ]]></description>
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<title> No Other Like Him </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Not since the day almost 45 years ago, when word reached Washington that his brother John had been cut down in Dallas, has there been news about an individual that struck so deep a blow to so many in this capital. The bulletin from Massachusetts General Hospital about Sen. Ted Kennedy was at once a personal tragedy and a political cataclysm. ]]></description>
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<title> A Wall Of Worry For the GOP </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ One way of measuring the current miserable state of the Republican Party is to note that in the past 10 weeks, 55 years of Republican seniority in the House of Representatives were wiped out in three special elections. ]]></description>
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<title> For Obama, a Lost Moment </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama really didn't need a victory in West Virginia. He was already well on his way to wrapping up the Democratic nomination, and the 28 delegates at stake were not going to change that picture, no matter how that primary came out. ]]></description>
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<title> The Price of Delay </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Three days after last Tuesday's primaries seemingly tilted the Democratic presidential nomination decisively toward Barack Obama, the surprising fact was that almost half the party's senators had not announced a choice between him and Hillary Clinton. Twenty-one of the 49 Democratic senators were publicly silent as the last six primaries approached. ]]></description>
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<title> Two Weeks of Trivia </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The endless Democratic presidential campaign has lurched from irrelevance to trivia, triggering a near-universal call to bring it to a halt. ]]></description>
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<title> Clinton&#x27;s Tough Path </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On the day last week when Hillary Clinton suffered the first of two costly defections by Indiana superdelegates, I went to see an old friend working in her national campaign. I knew he was loyal to her, but I also calculated that if he were guaranteed anonymity, he would give me an honest answer to the vexing question: Does the Clinton camp still see any realistic way she can deny Barack Obama the Democratic nomination without blowing up the party? ]]></description>
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<title> A Pastor&#x27;s Influence </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In his achingly slow steps toward repudiating the repugnant words of his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama has run the risk of serious political damage by leaving vague what it was that attracted him to this outspoken critic of American society. ]]></description>
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<title> A Not-So-Solid Republican South </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ TUPELO, Miss. -- While the eyes of the political world were focused on Pennsylvania last week, I played hooky for a day at the invitation of the Lee County Library and bumped into a story as revealing in its way as the latest round in the struggle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Among other things, it explains why John McCain found it useful to spend last week touring poverty-stricken areas in the South, where Republicans rarely go. ]]></description>
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<title> The Democrats&#x27; Worst Nightmare </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For battle-weary Democrats, the big news out of Pennsylvania is pretty simple: Their nightmare continues. ]]></description>
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<title> Democrats&#x27; Damaging Brawl </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As a rule, presidential elections are not won or lost by what happens in April. But last week, more and more Democratic officeholders and strategists were worrying out loud about the possibility that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running themselves into trouble with their unending battle for the nomination. ]]></description>
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<title> What Pennsylvania Voters Are Saying  </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. -- For 40 of his 65 years, ever since he first registered, Martin Greenblatt has been voting Republican in this Philadelphia suburb. Through much of the past winter, the retired teacher considered himself a supporter of Rudy Giuliani. But when the former New York mayor quit the race without a single primary victory, Greenblatt made a radical decision. ]]></description>
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<title> The Question Petraeus Can&#x27;t Answer </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Gen. David Petraeus came to The Post on Friday, he had already answered hundreds of questions in two days of hearings before the House and Senate about his assignment as commander of coalition forces in Iraq. ]]></description>
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<title> The Sports World in Foul Territory </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Having made a living for almost 50 years covering politics, I've never been under any illusions about where it stands in the larger scheme of things. Politics has its fans, but it holds nothing like the fascination that millions of Americans have with sports. ]]></description>
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<title> McCain&#x27;s Manifesto </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What Barack Obama tried to do with the sensitive issue of race, John McCain attempted last week on the no less important topic of foreign policy. ]]></description>
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<title> The Prodigal Delegates </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jim Naughton and John Mashek are two of the smartest political reporters of the past generation. Naughton is a veteran of the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer and of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., a journalism think tank. Mashek came out of North Dakota and Texas and, after a distinguished career, retired from U.S. News & World Report. ]]></description>
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<title> The Real Value Of Obama&#x27;s Speech </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the days following Barack Obama's address on race last week in Philadelphia, there was broad agreement among politicians and journalists that "A More Perfect Union," as he titled his speech, was the most important he has delivered since his keynote at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[I decided to get a few CDs to make my driving experience a little more pleasurable. There's just too darned much John McCain and, oh my, Sarah Palin on my usual stations, and I want some amusement in my day. I want to laugh. I decided to purchase some CDs...

   
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<description><![CDATA[You may have missed this story. I almost missed it myself, but it so enraged me that I poked around to see if it could be true. It is. Argh. Happened last week. The Roman Catholic archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput, said that the Democratic vice...

   
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<title>As a resident of Oakland, the largest town in Alameda County, I am, of course,...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As a resident of Oakland, the largest town in Alameda County, I am, of course, concerned with the string of robberies of local restaurants. Masked guys, usually two, burst in, sometimes but not always after hours, demand money, terrorize employees and...

   
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<title>Oh, sure, you&#x27;re all Barack this and Michelle that and Hillary the other thing,...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oh, sure, you're all Barack this and Michelle that and Hillary the other thing, and what about the gaffes, because we do love gaffes - but me, I'm all about bicycles. I've fallen and I can't get up. I hope people remain confident that America cares about its...

   
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<title>It was my privilege to kitten-sit over the weekend. Some friends were going out...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It was my privilege to kitten-sit over the weekend. Some friends were going out of town, and they have two cats, Stella and Luna, both less than a year old, and they needed someone to feed them and let them outside under carefully controlled circumstances and...

   
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<title>Do we need to talk about bicycles some more? I think we do. Lord knows my...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Do we need to talk about bicycles some more? I think we do. Lord knows my readers think we do. We could also talk about rude pedestrians, but that's another column. But I can give you the overall take-home message right now: Don't be rude. Doesn't matter what...

   
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<title>We all have regrets. Some of them are specific - I really regret having robbed...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We all have regrets. Some of them are specific - I really regret having robbed the Bank of America in Paso Robles in 1985, and I further regret not mentioning it until now - and some are more general regrets. Two of my big ones are: I regret never having...

   
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<title>My colleague C.W. Nevius recently wrote that the residents of the Castro, and...</title>
<link>http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/jcarroll/~3/370694428/article.cgi</link>
<description><![CDATA[My colleague C.W. Nevius recently wrote that the residents of the Castro, and the businesspeople who own shops therein, are getting increasingly annoyed by looky-loo tourists who debark from large tour buses and spend 20 minutes looking at the gay people...

   
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<title>Saw a movie the other night called &#x22;Man on Wire.&#x22; I had to go online to find...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Saw a movie the other night called "Man on Wire." I had to go online to find the times because Landmark Theatres has no longer consented to pay the money required by The Chronicle to get into the Movie Guide. I think the listings are a public service and...

   
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<title>Fineman: Previewing Gov. Palin&#x2019;s Speech</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/382577067/156949</link>
<description><![CDATA[Previewing the Alaska governor's speech.

  
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<title>Fineman: Politics and the Minnesota State Fair</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/380442283/156523</link>
<description><![CDATA['American Exceptionalism' at the Minnesota State Fair

  
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<title>Fineman: Obama Nomination Makes History </title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/377559788/156121</link>
<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama's nomination is the social equivalent of landing a man on the moon.

  
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<title>Fineman: Clinton&#x2019;s Masterful Speech</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/376729154/155966</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Clinton puts on a political clinic.

  
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<title>Fineman: Blue-Collar Democrats Worry About Obama</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/374806234/155575</link>
<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama hasn't made the sale with blue-collar Democrats or Hillary supporters. And some Democrats are worried.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/373063344/155174">
<title>Fineman: Making the Most of Mom</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/373063344/155174</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama needs to use her story to connect with voters.

  
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<title>Fineman: What Obama, McCain Have in Common</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/368292676/153994</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama and McCain are more alike than you think

  
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<title>Fineman: Why the Obamas and Clintons Must Make Peace</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/360547660/151723</link>
<description><![CDATA[He may be reluctant to admit it, but Obama needs Bill Clinton.

  
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<title>Fineman: Why Paris Hilton Is Right About Energy</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/358708456/151256</link>
<description><![CDATA[What Ms. Hilton could teach Messrs. McCain and Obama about our energy crisis.

  
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<title>Howard Fineman on Obama&#x27;s Southern Strategy</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/353769259/150479</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inside Barack Obama's Southern strategy.

  
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<title>How Obama Will Use Convention to Network Colorado</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/344940398/148605</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama will use the convention as a grass-roots organizing tool.

  
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<title>Fineman on Gramm&#x27;s &#x27;Whiners&#x27; Gaffe</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/332132044/145421</link>
<description><![CDATA[McCain doesn't need enemies. He has friends.

  
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<title>Fineman: How Jackson&#x27;s Slam Helps Obama Politically</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/332016594/145393</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reverend Jackson's slam helps Obama's centrist cred.

  
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<title>A Somber Mood at Aspen Ideas Festival</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/325912614/144479</link>
<description><![CDATA[A somber gathering of America's elites in Aspen.

  
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<title>Fineman: Obama, Clinton and the Unity Fest</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/321549639/143527</link>
<description><![CDATA[Backstage at the Obama-Clinton Unity fest

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/320021519/143258">
<title>The Polls: Does Obama Really Have a Big Lead?</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/320021519/143258</link>
<description><![CDATA[How you (and the candidates) should judge the numbers.

  
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<title>Fineman: Assessing Tim Russert&#x2019;s Legacy</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/311511787/141415</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tim Russert's legacy—in politics and in life

  
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<title>Fineman: The Problem With Obama&#x27;s Veep Vetter</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/309930886/141050</link>
<description><![CDATA[What Obama's selection—and termination—of Jim Johnson as a veep vetter tells us about the Democratic candidate

  
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<title>Fineman: McCain Shops for a Veep Candidate</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/306923993/140549</link>
<description><![CDATA[What John McCain is looking for in a vice president candidate.

  
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<title>Fineman: What Obama Needs From Democrats in Denver</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/HowardFineman/~3/301345379/139262</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama needs a smash hit in Denver to rally the Dems.

  
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<title>Clift: Dems Exhilarated But Nervous About Obama</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/378302096/156207</link>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats leave Denver on a high note, but there are lingering fears about their chances in November.

  
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<title>Anatomy of a Tight Race</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/372043516/154714</link>
<description><![CDATA[The factors that could break the campaign wide open

  
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<title>Clift: Why Obama Needs to Fight Smear Book</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/365878689/153323</link>
<description><![CDATA[With a new swift-boat style attack book, the Republicans are doing a masterful job of defining Barack Obama. It's time to fight back … and quickly.

  
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<title>Why We Need Obama&#x2019;s Cerebral Style </title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/359645323/151473</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama's cool, cerebral style may be just what we need

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/352812786/150243">
<title>Obama, Caught Between Old Politics and New</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/352812786/150243</link>
<description><![CDATA[If he won't refute McCain's attacks, does he look stronger or weaker?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/345935243/148810">
<title>McCain Needs to Get Out of Bush&#x27;s Golf Cart</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/345935243/148810</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama's trip made him look strong, while McCain looked out of touch.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/339199474/146924">
<title>Counteracting The New Yorker&#x27;s Obama Cover</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/339199474/146924</link>
<description><![CDATA[What will keep The New Yorker's image from sticking?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/332887399/145547">
<title>Clift: Why VA Sen. Webb Won&#x27;t Be Obama&#x27;s Veep</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/332887399/145547</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why Webb would rather stay in the Senate than be Obama's veep.

  
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<title>Clift: Clark&#x2019;s 3 Mistakes on McCain&#x2019;s War Service</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/326133747/144553</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's hard to feel sympathy for Wes Clark's mistakes in the no-win controversy over John McCain's military service.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/321373078/143474">
<title>Obama and the Electoral College Math</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/321373078/143474</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inside Obama's 50-state strategy.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/316443856/142479">
<title>Clift: Some Republicans Worry About Party&#x2019;s Chances</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/316443856/142479</link>
<description><![CDATA[On health care, Iraq and other issues, even some Republicans fear the party's image is badly tarnished. Can McCain restore the luster?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/311283458/141311">
<title>Clinton and Obama&#x27;s Secret Conversation</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/311283458/141311</link>
<description><![CDATA[What did Hillary and Barack say to each other? And how will the veepstakes game play out?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/306268313/140314">
<title>Clift: A Postmortem on Hillary Clinton&#x2019;s Campaign</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/306268313/140314</link>
<description><![CDATA[A postmortem on Hillary Clinton, also-ran.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/301346271/139263">
<title>Clift: Why Hillary Shouldn&#x2019;t Whine About Losing</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/301346271/139263</link>
<description><![CDATA[The sense of grievance that permeates the Clinton campaign hurts her and the Dems.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/296833410/138420">
<title>Hamilton Jordan: The Carter Years and Beyond</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/296833410/138420</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter's aide was brave in politics—and in life.

  
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<title>Clift: Edwards, Obama and Working-Class White Men</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/291805671/137311</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can Edwards help Obama connect with a crucial demographic?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/287095871/136214">
<title>How Will Clinton Mend Fences with the Democrats?</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/287095871/136214</link>
<description><![CDATA[How will Hillary work with the Democratic Party?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/282290067/135157">
<title>Clift: Obama Needs a Knockout Punch Against Clinton</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/282290067/135157</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama needs to show superdelegates his willingness to throw a punch.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/272928147/132669">
<title>Clift: Damage From Clinton&#x2019;s Attacks</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/272928147/132669</link>
<description><![CDATA[Will Clinton's attacks create a damaged Democratic nominee?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/268440944/131524">
<title>Clift: Clinton&#x2019;s Legacy Worries</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/EleanorClift/~3/268440944/131524</link>
<description><![CDATA[If Obama wins, Clinton's own legacy looks smaller by comparison.

  
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<title>Police and &#x2018;Anarchist&#x2019; Protesters in St. Paul</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/383435265/157030</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cops put the hurt on 'anarchist' protesters.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/375371328/155641">
<title>Inside America&#x27;s Latest Terrorism Museum</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/375371328/155641</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inside America's newest terrorism museum.

  
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<title>Corruption Allegations Haunt Pakistan&#x2019;s Zardari</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/370500308/154383</link>
<description><![CDATA[Corruption allegations still haunt Pakistan's new power.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/364282684/153004">
<title>Homeland Security Reps Criticized for Hawaii Trip</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/364282684/153004</link>
<description><![CDATA[Government officials head for the beach. You pay the bill.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/357751494/151129">
<title>FBI Makes a Powerful Case Against Ivins </title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/357751494/151129</link>
<description><![CDATA[FBI evidence indicates that only the Fort Detrick scientist could have handled the anthrax.

  
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<title>How Saudis Pressured the U.K.&#x2019;s Blair Government</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/350904980/149626</link>
<description><![CDATA[How Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar muscled Tony Blair into silence.

  
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<title>Democrats Ignore Mukasey Plea for New Gitmo Law</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/344036418/148457</link>
<description><![CDATA[The attorney general warns that Gitmo prisoners could go free on U.S. streets. The Dems aren't buying it.

  
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<title>Plame Probe Stymied By Bush Privilege Claim</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/337558434/146651</link>
<description><![CDATA[An unusual new privilege claim shields Cheney in Plame probe.

  
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<title>Does Civil Liberties Board Have a Shot With Bush?</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/330802959/145140</link>
<description><![CDATA[The civil liberties board goes dark under Bush.

  
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<title>Terror Watch: FBI Agents Infiltrate Muslim Groups</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/326035864/144517</link>
<description><![CDATA[How an undercover FBI informant busted an alleged terror ring.

  
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<title>Bush Plans to Expand Spy Satellite Use</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/320019947/143257</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration now wants to watch you from the sky.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/314126597/141982">
<title>The Taliban&#x27;s Great Escape</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/314126597/141982</link>
<description><![CDATA[A daring prison break shows that Afghanistan's militants are back—and as bold as ever.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/309820427/141009">
<title>Senate Report&#x27;s New Findings on Pre-War Deception</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/309820427/141009</link>
<description><![CDATA[Buried in a Senate report, new revelations about pre-war deception

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/305471339/140159">
<title>Inside Khalid Sheikh Mohammed&#x27;s Arraignment</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/305471339/140159</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inside the Gitmo arraignment of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/300068309/138992">
<title>Terror Watch: Al Qaeda&#x27;s New Recruits</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/300068309/138992</link>
<description><![CDATA[Are terror groups pursuing the mentally disabled?

  
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<title>Terror Watch: New Report on FBI, CIA Interrogation</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/294649463/138000</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new Justice Department reports faults the CIA's handling of prisoner interrogation.

  
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<title>Iraq&#x27;s Chalabi Loses Post Over Ties to Iran</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/291257413/137230</link>
<description><![CDATA[Is Iraqi double-dealer Ahmad Chalabi gone for good? Don't bet on it.

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/286401764/136084">
<title>The Pentagon, the CIA, and Secret Iran Meetings</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/286401764/136084</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why was Langley cut out of clandestine meetings with Iranian informants?

  
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/281151395/134930">
<title>Terrorism: Telecoms and Secret Surveillance</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/281151395/134930</link>
<description><![CDATA[Telecoms and the Bush administration talked about how to keep their surveillance program under wraps.

  
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<title>Army Spy Arrest Has Ties to Pollard Case</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/newsweek/columnists/TerrorWatch/~3/275783034/133297</link>
<description><![CDATA[The feds accuse an octogenarian of informing for Israel.

  
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