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Bush: Farewell address
Spin CycleHe's delivering it now. Prepared remarks are after the jump.......Tags: Health, Economic Policy, Government, FBI, Values
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Speech: First thoughts
Spin CycleNo doubt others will have deeper insights, but here's three reactions to the Obama speech: 1. It was a fine speech, but never really soared, and no soundbite lit up with immediate incandescence. The end was the strongest part ("Let......Tags: Alternative Energy, United States, Renewable Energy, Politics
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Gillibrand on Gays: Want job, will switch stance
Spin CycleMaybe Kirsten Gillibrand really is like Hillary Clinton -- the Hillary Clinton who obsessively balances her presumed "principles" against the political calibrations of the moment, on matters ranging from war votes to licensing illegals. It turns out,...Tags: Services and Shopping, Government, Gay Rights, Marriage, Civil Rights
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Obama's Muslim outreach: Overtures
The Swampby Mike Dorning Sending a signal to Muslims around the world, the White House this week passed over the politically influential American networks in favor of an Arab satellite channel, Al Arabiya, to air the first televised interview with Barack......Tags: Government, New York, Central Intelligence Agency, John McCain, University of Maryland, College Park
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Obama brand protection: Copyrights
The Swampby Mark Silva President-elect Barack Obama has created his own brand - represented both by the iconic images of the candidate who campaigned for "change'' and by the "Yes we can'' and "Change We Can Believe in" slogans generated by......Tags: Government, Advertising, New York, Marketing, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Presidential rankings: Leadership
The Swampby Mark Silva On the eve of President's Day, ranking the 42 individuals who have occupied the presidency before now seems a fitting undertaking. That's what "a cross-section'' of 65 historians have done, commissioned by C-SPAN to produce a Historians........Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Government, Jimmy Carter, Education
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Hillary Clinton: Chinese rights on hold
The Swampby Paul Richter Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today that she is setting aside contentious issues such as human rights in talks this weekend with the Chinese because "we pretty much know what they are going to say."......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ecosystems, Weather, Conservation, Civil Rights
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Guantanamo humane, Pentagon finds
The Swampby Josh Meyer The Pentagon has concluded that the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay meets the standards for humane treatment of detainees established in the Geneva Conventions accords. In a report for President Obama on conditions at Guantanamo,...Tags: Government, Constitutional Issues, Prisoners and Detainees, National Government, Civil Rights
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Clinton's 'reset' button: 'Overcharge'
The Swampby Mark Silva What's a little humor between Doomsday players? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went for a little joke today about resetting relations with the Russians, but it turned out the joke was on her. Clinton, presenting Russian Foreign......Tags: Health, Government, Natural Resources, National Government, Civil Rights
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Gay rights measure wins Obama backing
The Swampby Mark Silva Chalk up another reversal of Bush foreign policy for the Obama White House: The Obama administration today endorsed a Unite Nations statement calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality - which would seem, on the face of.......Tags: Government, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, White House
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Nassau's Human Rights Commission still leaderless
Spin CycleMembers of the clergy, elected officials and community leaders have been holding forums in Nassau County this week to discuss the attacks on a black man outside a Roosevelt deli by a group of Hispanics a week ago. Which prompts......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Local Elections, Civil Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights
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Obama's hat tip to Afghan policewomen?
The Swampby Frank James It was a subtle, but nonetheless very important pro-woman change President Barack Obama made in his Afghanistan-Pakistan speech today. He changed a pronoun in a section of his speech where talked about the need for the U.S.......Tags: Law Enforcement, Crime, Law and Justice, Police, United States, Barack Obama
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