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AP

Stepped-up inspections at the Canadian and Mexican borders have led to lines nearly as long as they were after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The longer lines of people driving into the United States from Mexico or Canada, some returning U.S. cit

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Chicago Tribune

With a surprise Labor Day landing in western Iraq to lay the groundwork for a renewed campaign for the war on Capitol Hill this month, President Bush asserted that his escalation of U.S. forces is helping to restore order.

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NewsMax

Looking to the day he leaves the White House, President Bush says he'll concentrate on making speeches and running an institute that promotes democracy around the world. He also admitted that he cries "a lot" on God's shoulder.

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by Pat Buchanan

Those who hoped that–with the victory of the antiwar party in 2006, the departure of Rumsfeld and the neocons, the rise of Condi and the eclipse of Cheney–America was headed out of Iraq got a rude awakening. They are about to get another.

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WESH.com

The 265th is part of Operation Noble Eagle & is being deployed for the next year. They have been ordered by the president to the nation's capital, where they will operate high-tech weapons systems against potential air threats.

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AP

Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, as a volunteer helping to shuttle supplies to police and fire workers. Some days, his only ID to get into the disaster site was a tattoo on his forearm.

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James Bovard

But when it comes to hits and errors on terrorists, Uncle Sam could not qualify even for a tryout for the minor leagues. The federal government has had far more strikeouts than people realize when it comes to terrorist suspects.

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Mother Jones

Every adminstration has its share of politically appointed deadwood--ex-campaign workers, big fundraisers, incompetent ideologues. Traditionally, after duds like Reagan Interior Sec James Watt were exposed, presidents showed them the door.

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LA Times

(And the saga continues) A Bush politcal appointee and former Silicon Valley executive who has faced oppositon in his bid to bail out Iraq's struggling factories is under investigation by the Defense Dept on mismanagment allegations.

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Raw Story

"After months of unfair treatment that has created ... a harmful distraction at the Justice Department, Judge Gonzales has decided to resign his position, and I accept his decision," Bushsaid. "It's sad that we live in a time when

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AFP

The US military in Afghanistan expressed regret after footballs it distributed kicked off a storm of protest because they bore Koranic verses as part of the flag of Saudi Arabia. The US-led coalition dropped toys from a helicopter as a goodwill ges

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Raw Story

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has told President Bush he will resign, the New York Times reports Monday. Gonzales told Bush of the resignation Friday and the decision is to be officially announced later Monday, the Times reported.

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AP

The Bush administration told a newly formed appeals court that discrepancies between the nation's new terrorism law and the way it is being carried out should not stall one of the Pentagon's first terror trials. Government attorneys urged to

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by Radley Balco

So for months now we've been told to "just wait." Wait until September, when General Petraeus issues his report on the surge. Then we'll reevaluate. That report hasn't come out yet--it still being August and all--but the adminis

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The Agitator

Though President Bush has been telling us for months we need to listen to our military leaders about what's going on in Iraq, we now learn that General Petraeus won't actually be writing this report. The White House will...

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Power of Narative

I admit that I'm completely at a loss to describe accurately the quality of American political life today. Grand Guignol Meets Ma and Pa Kettle? Hostel, starring Adam Sandler? The United States functions as a traveling slaughterhouse abroad, and

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