State of the Superpower

Today Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors pleaded with Congress for a $25 billion bailout package, warning that the failure of any single auto maker may have negative effects on the broader economy.
In a Tuesday CNN interview, Ford CEO Alan Mulally went as far as to claim a healthy Detroit was essential to the U.S. economic […]

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Today the Environmental Protection Agency ruled that perchlorate, a toxic chemical found in rocket fuel, does not pose enough of a health risk to require cleanup.
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On Friday President and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reportedly agreed to a phased withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by June 2009.
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Last Thursday Russian forces invaded Georgia to retake South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province. Fighting actually began when Georgian military forces attempted to retake the province, which declared independence from Georgia in the 1990s. That claim is not internationally recognized.
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Ron Suskind, author of The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, will release interview transcripts which he claims confirm his allegation that Bush Administration officals ordered the CIA to fabricate documents linking the 9-11 terrorist attacks to Iraq.
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The United States and Iraq are close to an agreement which, if ratified, would bring all American combat troops home from Iraq by 2010.
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Although still in the negotiation stage, the deal gives Iraqi forces control over portions […]

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Speaking before a House panel investigating sexual assaults within the military, California Representative Jane Harman said, “My jaw dropped when the doctors told me that 41 percent of the female veterans seen [at VA hospitals] say they were victims of sexual assault while serving in the military.”
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Desperate to fill recruiting quotas after 5 years of constant war, the American Armed Forces have eased their age, weight, and education requirements. What’s even more disturbing, the military has also relaxed moral standards, thus allowing individuals with serious criminal backgrounds to serve.
Meanwhile, the military still pursues and prosecutes homosexuals serving in uniform.
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According to Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have agreed on a “general time horizon” for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
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In a rare diplomatic victory for the United States, North Korea has agreed to turn over records of their nuclear program and dismantle a nuclear cooling tower believed capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium. In return, the Bush Administration will remove North Korea from the list of states that sponsor terrorism.
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