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U.S. - Iraq pact let's U.S. stay till 2011
The Swampby Frank James So what exactly is in the Status of Forces Agreement or SOFA between the U.S. and iraq which was approved by the Iraqi cabinet yesterday and signed by U.S. and Iraqi representatives today? The answer is......Tags: Wars and Interventions, Defense, Prosecution, George W. Bush, Government
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Spitzer: How to police Wall Street
Spin CycleFormer governor Eliot Spitzer weighs in on how to regulate Wall Street in a Washington Post op-ed. And yes: here, at least, the time has passed where every reference to him has to include a joke.......Tags: Eliot Spitzer
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Foreclosures have enemy in FDIC
The Swampby Frank James Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been a strong advocate within the Bush Administration for much more aggressive action to stop foreclosures since that is the part of the financial calamity that keeps......Tags: Fannie Mae, Economy, Business and Finance, Foreclosures, Freddie Mac, Mortgages
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Will Repubs Steele themselves for battle?
The Swampby Frank James Michael Steele, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and creator of the "drill, baby, drill" chant that became his party's war cry during the general-election campaign, has decided to run for Republican National Committee chairman. In...Tags: Mike Duncan, Republican Party, Local Elections, Tennessee, Executive Branch
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Schumer: On board the GM/UAW bailout express
Spin CycleChuck Schumer, who seems to have been on top of everything the last couple of years except making sure that his Wall Street friends weren't collapsing the economy while he was representing them and gathering money and power for......Tags: Retirement, Politics, Steve Israel, Long Island, Drugs and Medicines
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Hillary rumors abound: Secretary of State? (Updated)
Spin CycleA wisp of a rumor has been around all day that maybe Sen. Clinton would become Secretary of State. Now, with not a lot of solid support, it seems to have reached epidemic proportions on CNN, the Washington Post,......Tags: Sam Nunn, U.S. Presidential Transition (2009), Politics, Iowa, Hillary Clinton
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Web sites: 'Palin as President' to 'Yes we can!'
Spin CycleSeveral weeks ago, we linked to a clever interactive Web site that imagined Sarah Palin in the Oval Office, with Palinesque comments offered up as you clicked your way around the furniture. Now, it's been revised for the post-Obama era,......Tags: National Government, Sarah Palin, Government
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The life and death of Cornell, NFL player Tom McHale
WatchdogThe Washington Post looks back at the life and death of former Cornell gridiron star Tom McHale, who grew addicted to painkillers after retiring from the NFL. (Oh, snap. I think the Post requires free registration to read its stuff.......Tags: National Football League, Football, Sports
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Obama team crafting early game plan
The SwampPresident-elect Barack Obama holds a press conference after meeting with the Transition Economic Advisory Board at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago on Friday, November 7, 2008. (Chicago Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak ) by Frank James Blame Franklin Delano.......Tags: Politics, Iowa, Economic Policy, Newspapers, Mass Media
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Palin clothes update: Dude's in silk
Spin CycleFrom the Washington Post: "On top of the $150,000 first outlined in Federal Election Commission filings, Palin spent "tens of thousands of dollars" on additional clothing, makeup and jewelry for herself and her family, including $40,000 in luxury goods...Tags: Republican Party
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About Tribune theater critic Chris Jones
Chris Jones is the chief theater critic for the Chicago Tribune. He has reviewed and commented on culture, the arts, politics and entertainment for the Tribune for 15 years.
Along with being the paper's chief voice on local and national theatrical...Tags: The New York Times, Ohio, Northern Illinois University, The American Theatre, The Ohio State University
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Bill Ayers talks: No 'cartoon character'
The Swampby Mark Silva After months of self-imposed silence, the "washed up terrorist'' of the 2008 presidential campaign - John McCain's name for Chicago's Bill Ayers - has spoken out. He did so with our friend, Peter Slevin, Chicago-based correspondent for......Tags: Bill Ayers, Cartoons, Sarah Palin, Hyde Park, John McCain
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