Report faults U.S. efforts to curb gun smuggling

Government efforts to stop the flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico have suffered recently from having no clear plan to combat gunrunners affiliated with drug cartels, investigators have concluded.

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Now-needy FDIC collected few premiums from banks for decade - The Boston Globe

From 1996-2006, [the Republican-led] congress would not allocate needed FDIC funds to cover the government's commitment to insure depositors' money in case of bank failure.

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FBI saw mortgage fraud early

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Lobbyists on the march to get theirs

Here come the millions in advertising, treats and getaways for our legislators, to stop Obama from keeping his promises. This time, don't let them. Call your legislator, Rep. or Dem., and tell them you'll collect $2 for every $1 they get from lobbyists.

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How Radio Wrecks the Right - American Conservative

The conservatives are getting fed up with looking like Neanderthals. Ironic, isn't it? They protected and fed these people they now call "carnybarkers", as long as it got them in office and in control of the national treasury.

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WASHINGTON: Corruption fighter to check spending

President Barack Obama plans to announce today that an ex-Secret Service agent who helped expose lobbyists' corruption will oversee the $787-billion stimulus plan.

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Obama Scores Early Victory of Historic Proportions

CHICAGO, Feb. 13 -- Twenty-four days into his presidency, Barack Obama recorded last night a legislative achievement of the sort that few of his predecessors achieved at any point in their tenure.

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Deluge Is Holding Up Benefits to Unemployed

Thousands of people in the Washington area and hundreds of thousands more across the country are waiting longer than they should for unemployment benefits at a time when they need the money the most because rising joblessness is overwhelming claims offices, records show.

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Obama\'s stimulus plan to boost economy begins at home

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GOP may vote no, but economists back Obama stimulus

"I think it's a reasonably well-designed package," said Mark Zandi, the chief economist for forecaster Moody's Economy.com and a former adviser to the presidential campaign of Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain.

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Obama names 7 gays to transition team

Officials with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team this week named at least seven openly gay people to transition panels assigned to review federal departments and agencies.

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The Washington Independent » Keating Connection: The Sequel

Sweet Cindy McCain, making another cool million bucks from her business dealings with Keating - 11 years of tax write-offs then a cool mil from selling the property she bought with Keating. And McCain says he didn't have a clue.

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McCain misstates some facts in debate on foreign policy

On facts, and on the common knowledge among true expert foreign policy advisors, McCain failed his foreign policy debate. He made too many factual errors to list here, so read them and hold the media accountable for pointing them out!

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Sen. Hagel doubts Palin's ready

If only the rest of Nebraska wakes up! I still have hope that good Mid Western common sense prevails over party labels. Palin's lost the ticket as many or more Independents, as it gained them cultural conservatives.

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Two Republicans endorse Obama - Los Angeles Times

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa and former Alaska legislator Jim Whitaker announce their support for the Democratic candidate.

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McCain can't be sure veterans will fall in behind him - Los Angeles Times

At a major Las Vegas convention, some veterans express concern about his positions on veterans' benefits.

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Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili's 'calculated gamble' - Los Angeles Times

When he moved troops into disputed South Ossetia, the young leader adored by Washington put his nation in a precarious position.

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Do Your Job: Stop Ignoring Scheunemann's Past

Scheunemann was in Chalabi's pocket and orchestrated the media manipulation to support attacking Iraq, now he's McCain's Iraq policy advisor and attacking Obama's policies.

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Why didn't McCain want to see the troops in March? - The Jed Report

Just this March, McCain visited London and Paris, both cities just as close to the wounded troops in Landstuhl, Germany as Obama was from Berlin.

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Never Underestimate McCain, But ... - TIME

Only two things make the race between Obama and McCain close: the pundits' say-so, and Obama's race, as many voters - including Democrats - admit they are not comfortable voting for a black man. Otherwise, absolutely everything would point to a Democratic landslide in November.

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McCain Backtracks From His Radical Opposition To Gay Adoption

McCain flip-flops again, this time on gay adoption. Guess he heard about a little thing called civil rights.

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Germany Denies Being Pressured on Obama

BERLIN, July 11 -- The German government strongly denied Friday that it had been pressured by the Bush administration to discourage Sen. Barack Obama from giving an address in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate during his upcoming European tour.

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McCain's broken marriage and fractured Reagan friendship - Los Angeles Times

The nature and timing of his divorce from Carol Shepp alienated key friends -- and his version doesn't always match that in court documents.

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GAO Report Faults Post-'Surge' Planning

The administration lacks an updated and comprehensive Iraq strategy to move beyond the 'surge' of combat troops President Bush launched in January 2007 as an 18-month effort to curtail violence and build Iraqi democracy, government investigators said yesterday.

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ABC News Poll: Obama Surges

It's official - Obama's statistically tied with Clinton, nationally! Keep up the great work, Obamans! If you haven't joined the campaign yet, what are you waiting for? It's barackobama.com, naturally! Your local campaign office and Virtual Phonebank await.

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