Bailout with ’sweeteners’ heads toward Senate Win

WASHINGTON (AP) – After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, speeding toward passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House where conservative opposition seemed to soften.
Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners for the right and left, hoping to secure [...]

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Fossilized Foreign Policy

On the international scene, Barack Obama is five years out of date.
Much of what Barack Obama has said about the world beyond our shores is about five years out of date. Its pedigree is the stale campaign rhetoric of years past. But the world of 2009 will be far different from 2003. And if elected, [...]

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