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November 20, 2009
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You have to admire the cunning of the pharmaceutical industry.
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November 20, 2009
Break 'em up: best solution to 'too big to fail'
We are in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. More than 27 million American workers are either unemployed, underemployed or have given up looking for work. The immediate cause of this economic catastrophe is the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior of a small number of Wall Street firms that brought the financial system to the verge of collapse.
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November 19, 2009
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If you're planning to get sick outside of regular business hours, you'd be well advised to do it in the Netherlands.
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November 19, 2009
Mammograms: The storm before the calm
WASHINGTON — Calm.
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November 18, 2009
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Unemployment now is at 10.2 percent, and if you count the people who have stopped looking for jobs, the rate probably is closer to 17 percent. The U.S. economy continues to shed jobs, making this the worst recession since World War II.
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November 18, 2009
Bottom up: bypassing the Karzai problem
MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan — Is there any way to get around Afghan President Hamid Karzai?
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November 17, 2009
The GOP's strategy for defeating health reform
Something as sweeping as health care reform, we're being told, should have bipartisan support. The creation of the interstate highway system did. And the Civil Rights Act. Ditto the Social Security Act of 1935.
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November 17, 2009
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On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that five men accused of roles in the Sept. 11 attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be moved from Guantanamo Bay to New York for trial in federal court. "For over 200 years, our nation has relied upon a faithful adherence to the rule of law," he said. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
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November 16, 2009
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The comprehensive health care bill passed by the U.S. House is momentous because it grants nearly all American citizens access to health care. About 96 percent under the age of 65 would have insurance, and insurers could not discriminate against policyholders who have the misfortune of becoming seriously ill.
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November 16, 2009
Reaching out to the Taliban with U.S. support
KABUL, Afghanistan — The big story here, underreported so far, is the emergence of coordinated American and Afghan efforts to bring Taliban leaders and fighters in from the cold.
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David Broder

November 14, 2009
The hand Obama should play on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The more President Barack Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees. But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose — and he has stretched the internal debate to the breaking point.
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