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Washington's birthday is when you say it is.
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Today is George Washington’s REAL birthday. Right? Well, sort of. Our first president was actually born on Feb. 11, 1732. But in 1752, the American colonies finally switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,...Tags: Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Washington (U.S. state)
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Obama vs. McCain: Study in contrasts
The Swampby Mark Silva In their age, experience, race, faith in the power of government and views of a complex world, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offer American voters one of the sharpest contrasts in candidates for the presidency in......Tags: State Budgets, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Philosophy, White House
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Bush: 'Clear message for Iran' on nukes
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush and European leaders not only agreed today to enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran for its pursuit of nuclear enrichment, but also affirmed that they are "ready to supplement these sanctions with additional measures''...Tags: Defense, Executive Branch, Politics, George W. Bush, United Nations
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Bush's noisy first visit to Monticello
The Swampby Frank James President Bush was heckled today by anti-war and civil-liberties protestors at an Independence Day naturalization ceremony he attended at Thomas Jefferson's old slave-plantation home, Monticello. As the president started his speech...Tags: Fourth of July, United States, Thomas Jefferson, Mount Vernon, George W. Bush
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Is Obama too vain?
The Swampby Frank James Let's agree that anyone who runs for president of the U.S. must, by definition, have an ego that vastly outstrips of that of most other mortals. To see oneself as the potential heir to an office once......Tags: Hillary Clinton, Primaries, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics, Washington Post Co.
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Obama: More 'Messiah' than meat?
The Swampby Jim Tankersley Has Barack Obama become his own campaign message? And if so, is he undermining his campaign? That's the possibility raised by a pair of thought-provoking commentators today, who both, in different ways, question whether the presumptive...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Politics
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McCain-Obama: Low road to the low road
The Swampby Mark Silva In an email appeal for money last night entitled "the low road,'' Sen. Barack Obama complained to supporters that Republican rival John McCain, who just months ago promised to run a "respectful campaign,'' is on the attack,......Tags: Paris Hilton, Political Candidates, Britney Spears, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Lieberman: Obama is no Bill Clinton!
Spin CycleWe have Joe Lieberman's prepared remarks, after the jump. He argues that McCain is a real change agent, as is Palin -- but not Obama. One interesting line: He says Obama has never stood up to his party, in contrast......Tags: Trade Policy, Contracts, Parties and Movements, Health Treatments, Private Health Care
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Constitution Day: Laura Bush's lesson
The Swampby Mark Silva The Constitution is 221 years old today. First Lady Laura Bush, who turned 60 not long ago, spoke to the occasion today in the East Room of the White House. Joined by the director of the National......Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Frederick Douglass, Politics
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For Bushes, 'careful' giving this Christmas
The Swampby Frank James First Lady Laura Bush had the media in the residence part of the White House today to show off the holiday decorations, discuss her and President Bush's plans for the holidays, their impending return to Washington......Tags: White Chocolate, Tourism and Leisure, Democracy, Crime, Law and Justice, Christmas
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Bush: Iraq war 'a do-over I can't do'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, who has occasionally lamented that he regrets some of the tough talk he uttered in the war on terror - terms such as "dead or alive'' or "bring 'em on'' - also allows that the......Tags: John McCain, Thomas Jefferson, Executive Branch, Hurricanes, Citigroup Incorporated
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Barack Obama's holiday address
The SwampBy John McCormick HONOLULU - President-elect Barack Obama is using his holiday radio address to remember the nation's troops serving overseas and those at home struggling amid a troubled economy. "Many troops are serving their second, third, or even...Tags: Defense, Delaware River, Religious Festivals, Christmas, Entertainment
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