Marines
miss January goal for recruits
For the first time in nearly a decade, the Marine Corps
in January missed its monthly recruiting goal, in what
military officials said was the latest troubling indicator
of the Iraq war's impact on the armed services. - NY Times
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Gates,
Buffett, China 'run from dollar' - Expert sees development
as sharp warning to Americans
Decisions by the world's two wealthiest men to bet on
a further weakening of the U.S. dollar, coupled with China's
lack of confidence in American currency should grab the
attention of every working person, says Craig Smith, CEO
of Swiss America Trading. - WorldNetDaily.com
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Bush:
Close border, but let aliens work
In his first State of the Union speech of his second term,
President Bush tonight urged Congress to make reforms
on a wide variety of issues – from Social Security
and the federal tax code, to immigration policy designed
to stop "chaos at our border." - WorldNetDaily.com
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The
Coming Break Up Of America - Part 1
America faces the most critical juncture in its 229 year
hi. Indolent Americans sit on their Lazy Boy recliners
wielding a remote while their country fractures before
their eyes. It's been slow for the past 30 years, but
it's quickening in every sector of our country. Have you
noticed more and more people speaking different languages
at the supermarket? Schools? Movies? At your local bank?
Have you noticed radio stations and TV crackling with
Spanish or other languages in our English speaking America?
Have you seen more people disrespecting the singing of
our national anthem? - NewsWithViews.com
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Shrewd
Japanese Financial Diplomacy - Sidestep Americans and
the G7 and Focus on Emerging BRIC Alliance (Brazil, Russia,
India, China)
China, whose economy expanded 9.5 percent in 2004, became
Japan's biggest trading partner the same year, replacing
the United States for the first time. India has also expanded
economic relations with Japan, and posted 8.2 percent
economic growth in the year to March 2004. - India Daily
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SBC
May Cut 13,000 Jobs in Merger
The merger of AT&T Corp. and SBC Communications Inc.
would probably bring about 13,000 job cuts as the merged
company targets duplicated positions, officials said Tuesday.
- Dallas News
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Georgian
Prime Minister Found Dead
The prime minister of ex-Soviet Georgia
was found dead on Thursday in a bizarre gas poisoning
that robs the inexperienced president, Mikhail Saakashvili,
of a steadying hand to help run his turbulent country.
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Iran
and China Linked to Ukraine Missiles
An investigation by the Ukrainian secret
police has found that Iran and China bought long-range
missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads from Ukraine,
one of the country's politicians said on Wednesday.
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The
Return of the Draft
The United States is pouring nearly
as much money into incentives for new recruits -- almost
$300 million -- as it is into international tsunami
relief, RollingStone.com reports.
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Shi'ites
Begin Push for Islamic Constitution
Top Shi'ite clerics, emboldened by
what they perceive as a massive turnout by their followers
for the coalition of Shi'ite religious parties, have
already directed their attention to advocating for an
Islamic constitution, several of them said in the aftermath
of Sunday's election.
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Iraq's
Sunni Leaders Reject Poll as Flawed and Unjust
As the tight security surrounding Sunday's
Iraqi elections began to wind down yesterday, leading
Sunni clerics condemned the poll as illegitimate and
said the new Iraqi National Assembly would lack any
mandate to draw up a new constitution for the country.
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Bush
Says Iran "Primary State Sponsor of Terror"
Bush called Iran the "world's primary
state sponsor of terror" and reiterated his accusations
that the country is striving to develop nuclear weapons,
a charge denied by Iran. He also promised to "stand
with" the Iranian people in their quest for liberty,
a veiled jab at the republic's ruling clerics.
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Iran
Reports Defense Ties with Russia
For the first time in years, Iran has
reported defense and military relations with Russia.
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'It's
Fun To Shoot People,' Says Top US Marine General
At a panel discussion in San Diego
Tuesday, a top Marine general tells an audience that,
among other things, it is "fun to shoot some people."
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Private
Savings Accounts Details
Fact Sheet
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Bush
Address
Transcript and Video
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WILL
BUSH DEMAND PUTIN RELEASE AMERICAN HOSTAGES?
Mr.Bush likes to call Vladimir Putin
a "valuable trading partner." Nothing could be further
from the truth.This gangster, now all gussied up in
expensive suits, also known as the "Gray Cardinal" throughout
Europe while he was head of the KGB, is a sponsor of
terrorism, the same as the Communist Chinese and U.S.
governments -Devvy Kidd/NewsWithViews
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Secret
papers expose Brazil's brutal past
The reappearance of dictatorship-era
documents relating to the treatment of political prisoners
-- papers that a top government official said were destroyed
decades ago -- has resurrected an issue many Brazilians
would prefer to forget
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Bush
Urges Congress to Save Soc. Security
President Bush challenged a hesitant
Congress on Wednesday to "strengthen and save" Social
Security, saying the nation's costliest social program
was headed for bankruptcy unless changed. Bush, in his
State of the Union address, pledged to work with Congress
"to find the most effective combination of reforms,"
although he has ruled out some remedies such as raising
Social Security taxes
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CIA
Faces Pressure to Divulge Ties to Ex-Nazis
A U.S. senator demanded on Wednesday
that the CIA director release thousands of pages of
documents detailing the agency's ties with former Nazis
who aided in Cold War espionage against the Soviet Union,
officials said.Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio, Republican
co-author of a 1998 bill ordering the disclosure of
government records on Nazi war criminals, wants CIA
Director Porter Goss to say publicly why his agency
has not agreed to divulge the records
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Chertoff
Pledges to Weigh Civil Liberties
Senate Democrats peppered Homeland
Security secretary nominee Michael Chertoff on Wednesday
about his tenure as a top Justice Department prosecutor,
focusing on whether he had a role in approving cruel
and improper interrogation methods used on terror suspects
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