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• An Exit Toward Soul-Searching

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Exit, Toward, Soul Searching, Dan Bartlett, George W Bush, Karl Rove, Peter Wehner, The White House, Iraq, Meghan O Sullivan, United States, Joe Klein, William Inboden, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Harvard University, Palestine, Peter D Feaver, Rob Portman, Sara Taylor

  It had been four days since Meghan O'Sullivan left her job at the White House. Just four days since she gave up her Secret Service pass, her classified hard drive and her entree to the president. Four days since she gave up any day-to-day responsibility for Iraq.

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• An Exit Toward Soul-Searching

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Exit, Toward, Soul Searching, Dan Bartlett, George W Bush, Karl Rove, Peter Wehner, The White House, Iraq, Meghan O Sullivan, United States, Joe Klein, William Inboden, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Harvard University, Palestine, Peter D Feaver, Rob Portman, Sara Taylor

  It had been four days since Meghan O'Sullivan left her job at the White House. Just four days since she gave up her Secret Service pass, her classified hard drive and her entree to the president. Four days since she gave up any day-to-day responsibility for Iraq.

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• Blue or Pink States

  Published: October 30, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Blue, Pink, States, Mitch Bainwol, Pete Brodnitz, Rob Autry, Kellyanne Conway, Michael Udwin, Mindy Tucker Fletcher, Nicole Mccleskey, Paul Begala, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Mcelwain, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Washington Dc, Cable News Network Lp Lllp, Georgetown U

  Political campaigns require at least as much care and feeding as babies, which is a good reason not to try to manage both at the same time. Those who work in politics are well aware of the dangers of trying to juggle two whiny, unpredictable and demanding creatures at once.

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• The Shopkeeper Whose Sign Was 'Open'

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: The, Shopkeeper, Whose, Sign, Was, Open, Jeffrey Johnson, Jonathan Chudnoff, Bangkok, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Maryland, University Of Wisconsin, Capitol Hill, Frank Spector, Jim Graham, Kensington, Limoges, Logan Circle, Rod Glover, Roger Limoges, Silver Spring, Council Of

  "Hi. Dear." Like some exotic bird chirping a clipped yet singsong call, Noi Chudnoff delivered her simple greeting to virtually all who entered Go Mama Go! And if it were a return visit, they'd often get a "Hi. Dear" followed by a hug and kiss.

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• High Tech's Hazy Horizon

  Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: High, Tech S, Hazy, Horizon, Google Inc, Vmware Inc, California, Paul Saffo, Apple Inc, Cisco Systems Inc, Microsoft Corporation, Standard Amp Poor S, Darian Patchin, Howard Silverblatt, Matt Greeley, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, China, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Google Earth

  Until a few weeks ago, this looked like a banner year for technology stocks. In the fall, the initial public offering of software-maker VMware, rose 80 percent within the first few hours of trading. In October, Microsoft bought a 1.6 percent stake in social-networking site Facebook for $240 million.

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• High Tech's Hazy Horizon

  Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: High, Tech S, Hazy, Horizon, Google Inc, Vmware Inc, California, Paul Saffo, Apple Inc, Cisco Systems Inc, Microsoft Corporation, Standard Amp Poor S, Darian Patchin, Howard Silverblatt, Matt Greeley, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, China, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Google Earth

  Until a few weeks ago, this looked like a banner year for technology stocks. In the fall, the initial public offering of software-maker VMware, rose 80 percent within the first few hours of trading. In October, Microsoft bought a 1.6 percent stake in social-networking site Facebook for $240 million.

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• Clinton Team Is Quick to Bat Down Rumors

  Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clinton, Team, Quick, Bat, Down, Rumors, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Howard Wolfson, Phil Singer, Robert Novak, National Public Radio Inc, Iowa, Bill Burton, The White House, Blackberry Mobile Devices, New Republic Inc, The Drudge Report, The New York

  On the evening of Nov. 16, Phil Singer, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, got a tip from a journalist about a Robert D. Novak column that would be published the next day.

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• Clinton Team Is Quick to Bat Down Rumors

  Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clinton, Team, Quick, Bat, Down, Rumors, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Howard Wolfson, Phil Singer, Robert Novak, National Public Radio Inc, Iowa, Bill Burton, The White House, Blackberry Mobile Devices, New Republic Inc, The Drudge Report, The New York

  On the evening of Nov. 16, Phil Singer, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, got a tip from a journalist about a Robert D. Novak column that would be published the next day.

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• Clinton Team Is Quick to Bat Down Rumors

  Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clinton, Team, Quick, Bat, Down, Rumors, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Howard Wolfson, Phil Singer, Robert Novak, National Public Radio Inc, Iowa, Bill Burton, The White House, Blackberry Mobile Devices, New Republic Inc, The Drudge Report, The New York

  On the evening of Nov. 16, Phil Singer, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, got a tip from a journalist about a Robert D. Novak column that would be published the next day.

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• Politics of Race and Religion

  Published: November 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Politics, Race, And, Religion, George W Bush, Harry R Jackson Jr, U S Republican Party, Karl Rove, Timothy J Clarke, John C Green, Lyle Dukes, Shannon Reeves, Stephen Peagler, Republican National Committee, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Arkansas, Ohio, Abc Inc, The Washing

  Pastor Harry R. Jackson Jr. will often exhort his congregation to "stand against" abortion and same-sex marriage. "You are on the battlefield in a culture war," he'll say, urging his listeners to help serve as the "moral compass of America."

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• Politics of Race and Religion

  Published: November 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Politics, Race, And, Religion, George W Bush, Harry R Jackson Jr, U S Republican Party, Karl Rove, Timothy J Clarke, John C Green, Lyle Dukes, Shannon Reeves, Stephen Peagler, Republican National Committee, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Arkansas, Ohio, Abc Inc, The Washing

  Pastor Harry R. Jackson Jr. will often exhort his congregation to "stand against" abortion and same-sex marriage. "You are on the battlefield in a culture war," he'll say, urging his listeners to help serve as the "moral compass of America."

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• Waiving the Flag

  Published: December 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Waiving, The, Flag, Barack Obama, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Men S Vogue Magazine, Arsenio Hall, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Santa Claus, Washington Dc

  One of the most distinctive elements of Barack Obama's public style comes down to what he so often is not wearing: patriotism on his sleeve. Whether he is speaking at a campaign rally, attending a fish fry or debating his Democratic challengers, he comes across as the candidate least willing to d...

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• Waiving the Flag

  Published: December 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Waiving, The, Flag, Barack Obama, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Men S Vogue Magazine, Arsenio Hall, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Santa Claus, Washington Dc

  One of the most distinctive elements of Barack Obama's public style comes down to what he so often is not wearing: patriotism on his sleeve. Whether he is speaking at a campaign rally, attending a fish fry or debating his Democratic challengers, he comes across as the candidate least willing to d...

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• Obama Wins Iowa's Democratic Caucuses

  Published: January 4, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Obama, Wins, Iowa S, Democratic, Caucuses, Iowa, John Edwards Politician, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, New Hampshire, Christopher Dodd, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Connecticut, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Bill Ric

  DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Barack Obama, riding a message of hope and change and buoyed by extraordinary turnout, decisively won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Thursday night, dealing a significant setback to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for the party's 2008 presidential nomination.

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• A Darker Shade Of Green Zone

  Published: January 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Darker, Shade, Green, Zone, Baghdad Green Zone, Saddam Hussein, Baghdad, Iraq, United States, U S Department Of State, Jaime Bastidas, U S Marine Corps, Blackberry Mobile Devices, Jell O Desserts, Starbucks Corporation, Albuquerque, Capitol Hill, David Petraeus, Heath

  BAGHDAD -- Several dozen soldiers and embassy staff members relaxed on the patio around Saddam Hussein's old swimming pool, shivering in the desert chill, as a boombox blared Latin rhythms over the racket of low-flying helicopters. It was Salsa Night in the Green Zone, but on a Friday evening in...

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