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Sequester 101: What happens if $85 billion in cuts hit on March 1
The sequester is a complex concept with a tortuous history. Here are the basics on the automatic spending reductions set to kick in March 1.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/11/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/4/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 9/27/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 9/20/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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The Influencing Machine
NPR’s Brooke Gladstone entertainingly recounts media history in a graphic novel.
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On the Eve
The focus in this book about the approach of the Holocaust is not Adolf Hitler and the Nazis but the European Jews themselves.
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Chapter & Verse Did Ben Bradlee have lingering doubts about Watergate?
A new biography of Ben Bradlee by Jeff Himmelman quotes Bradlee saying that – decades later – he still had "a little problem with Deep Throat."
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Opinion: 9/11 anniversary: In another decade, it may not look like a historical turning point
If the United States continues to respond to terrorism with a balance of hard power and soft, then 9/11 may not be the historical turning point on its 20th anniversary that it appears to be now.
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Obama on Libya: The dawn of a foreign policy doctrine?
Libya may have been less a precedent than a case study in the president's blend of pragmatism and idealism.
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WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange: 'Terrorist' or journalist?
Vice President Joe Biden called WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a ‘high-tech terrorist.’ His remarks Sunday could hint at a possible Justice Department strategy for a WikiLeaks prosecution.
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Pentagon shifting Afghanistan war strategy to 'shoot more bad guys'?
A White House review of Afghanistan war strategy finds progress, but at the Pentagon support is growing for a shift toward more hard power.
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In Pictures: Larry King retires
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Richard Holbrooke: sudden void at a focal point of US foreign policy
Richard Holbrooke, the special envoy on Afghanistan-Pakistan policy who took on America's toughest diplomatic challenges, was remembered as a 'champion in the cause of peace.'
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Richard Holbrooke often struggled to be heard on Pakistan and Afghanistan
Richard Holbrooke's struggle to be heard amid competing US voices in the region has some suggesting that the office of special envoy should be shut down.
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4 recent cases of plagiarism charges in the headlines
Plagiarism charges regularly plague the book world, often resulting in tarnished reputations. For those accused, the allegations are humiliating, while the writers plagiarized often feel themselves to be the victims of a theft for which they are never fully compensated. In recent cases, plagiarism charges have swirled around a variety of different kinds of publications: an award-wining French novel, a 2006 congressional report, the memoir of former President George W. Bush, and the "Harry Potter" series.
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WikiLeaks fallout reveals more cracks in Afghan war strategy
The continued political survival of US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry suggests the doubts he expressed about the war strategy have deepened in American government circles.
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Why I'm keeping my Encyclopedia Britannica -- all 24 nondigital volumes
‘But I need them!’ I exclaimed. Gently, my wife asked, ‘When did you last use them?’
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Plagiarism charges fly in Bush memoir controversy
Did George W. Bush lift passages from elsewhere in composing his memoir "Decision Points"?
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Can troops get too much love? Military struggles with a dark side on Veterans Day
As troops in war zones become accustomed to directing civil society, rather than the other way around, and are lauded at home, concern rises within the military that some are coming to see themselves as 'warrior kings.' For Veterans Day, a closer look at this worry.
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India's big week: A visit from Obama – and Indian-American Nikki Haley wins her election
The election of Nikki Haley as the first Indian-American governor of South Carolina isn't a particularly big deal for self-assured India. But closer ties with the US remain a focus.
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Where does the tea party philosophy come from? One hint is in its name.
Historians and political scientists will be examining the tea party movement for years. Some are starting to lay out what they see as the philosophical underpinnings of this unique insurgency.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/28/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/21/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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CIA admits 'missteps' in handling double agent in Afghanistan
The Chapman military base incident, where a double agent killed seven CIA agents, calls into question the wisdom of turning the Afghan conflict over to the CIA.
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NATO backs Taliban talks: Sign of a shift in Afghanistan war?
NATO said Thursday that it is allowing Taliban leaders to travel to Kabul for talks with the government, suggesting that the West might be considering new options in the Afghanistan war.
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Bestselling books the week of Oct. 14, 2010, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Does Pentagon trust Tom Donilon, new national security adviser?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he works well with new National Security Adviser Tom Donilon. But reports suggest there has been friction between Donilon and the Pentagon in the past.
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Q&A with Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen
At a Sept. 29 Monitor breakfast, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen discussed increased pressure to cut the defense budget, US strategy in the Afghanistan war, and the impact of extended deployments on troops and their families.
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Obama-Clinton ticket in 2012? Why Democrats are talking about it now.
Working-class whites – a group that Hillary Clinton resonated with in the 2008 primaries – are rushing to the Republican camp.
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