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4 ways Chuck Hagel can improve cyber security
Newly sworn-in Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel must guide the Department of Defense through a few key challenges to better secure the nation’s cyber networks. His focus at the Pentagon should be on these four key areas.
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Election 2012: top seven super PACs
Decoder profiles the seven top super PACs, the organizations that have spent the most trying to influence the elections – and still have the most money in the bank.
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Obama vs. Romney 101: 4 ways they compare on gun control
A spate of gun violence has beset the United States ahead of the November election, raising the perennial question about how effectively America regulates its 300 million-plus guns. Yet neither presidential candidate is likely to hoist his own complicated record as a rallying cry.
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Top 3 lessons the US military has learned in Afghanistan
As robust defense budget wranglings continue on Capitol Hill, much of the debate about one of the Pentagon's largest expenses – Afghanistan – centers around just how effective the decade-long fight has been. Here are the top three lessons that US military has learned in Afghanistan.
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10 most intriguing fall books, according to Amazon's editors
From J.K. Rowling's latest to a new book by Stephen Colbert, here are Amazon's top picks for the fall.
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Why the Taliban won't take over Pakistan
For reasons of geography, ethnicity, military inferiority, and ancient rivalries, they represent neither the immediate threat that is often portrayed nor the inevitable victors that the West fears.
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Police Tasers: excessive force or necessary tool?
A crop of legal cases across the US raise concerns over the use of electric stun guns in routine police stops.
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Iran tests missile as Obama tests diplomacy
Ahmadinejad said today that the Islamic Republic has a missile capable of reaching Israel. A new report says Iran could develop a simple nuclear device as early as 2010.
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GOP disaster: First Specter and now Joe the Plumber?
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Without aid, Darfuris go hungry
Nearly two months after 13 major international aid agencies were expelled from Sudan, concerns rise that rebel groups are uniting in preparation for fresh attacks.
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Wealthy nations move to shore up Pakistan
In Tokyo, nearly 30 countries pledged $5.28 billion to bolster its weak economy and government.
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To stem terror in Pakistan, US looks beyond military
Washington is seeking to build the Pakistani state and its economy as a way to wean the country from Islamic extremism.
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The Monitor's View: Obama's goad to Damascus
As more US officials visit Syria, the president must be careful with any concessions.
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Kerry steps cautiously into Hamas territory
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What Obama Means
A cultural survey of the history of race relations in the U.S.
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West prods Pakistan on antiterror fight – with aid
The US is finalizing a $15 billion aid package, Sen. John Kerry told Indian newspapers Monday.
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Obama's green team
At a news conference in Chicago Monday, Barack Obama announced many of his energy and environment appointees, a team that many say signals a sharp break from Bush administration policies toward pollution, wildlife, clean energy, and climate change.
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Optimism fading for Poland climate talks
Hopes of laying a solid foundation for a post-Kyoto climate pact in 2009 are diminishing, as representatives from 189 nations gathered in Poznań, Poland, squabble over financing methods.
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Obama raises $750 million for campaign - ends up getting job
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As Latinos tilt Democratic, can Texas stay ‘red’?
The Lone Star State is the last big GOP bastion where Hispanics are a sizable voting bloc.
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Georgia’s US Senate runoff has broader political importance
The post-election vote could tighten Democrats’ grip on Capitol Hill while giving GOP stars a chance to shine.
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Obama and McCain meet amid bipartisan symbolism
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The Monitor's View: Will Obama focus on race issues?
He did not run from race, but he did not run on it. That's a balance right that's for the times.
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Obama’s short list of possible foreign policy officials
The President-elect is likely to rely on Republicans as well as Democrats to advise him and carry out policy.
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Obama made inroads with religious vote
The Democrat prevailed with Roman Catholic and Jewish voters. He even picked up support among Evangelicals.
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Obama's turnout historical in numbers, diversity
The estimated 136 million Americans who voted are part of a radical transformation of American politics – and not just in terms of ideology and party identification.
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Obama's books are winners as well
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Obama grabs Ohio and steadily rolls up Electoral votes
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Obama set to make voting history
But the McCain campaign, fighting to the end in key states, vows it’ll be a ‘slam-bang’ finish.
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