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The Powell Doctrine

Obama, Biden to huddle with former SecState Wednesday at the White House, pool spray to follow. From the White House guidance: Later this afternoon, the President and Vice President will meet with General Colin Powell to discuss issues ranging from education and efforts to reduce the high school drop-out rate to the importance of ratifying [...]

Brown Ballyhoos Bennies Bill

Mass. Senator releases new video talking up compromise measure to extend unemployment insurance benefits. Transcript: "Hello, Iâ€™m United States Senator Scott Brown and I have the honor and privilege of serving the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. â€œI want to speak to you about extending unemployment insurance. Last night, I introduced a bill in [...]

Bowles-Simpson Drops

Revised proposal calls for steep cuts in military spending, a higher retirement age and tax reforms. Meanwhile: Panel to vote on final recommendation Friday.

Gibbs: START Will be "Done by Christmas"

On the "Early Show," PressSec remains optimistic about lame duck ratification.

Gibbs: Obama Open to Temporary Extension of Full Tax Cuts

PressSec tells George Stephanopoulos "permanent" breaks for wealthy Obama's only "line in the sand."

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(Getty Images/Alex Wong) --The final Bowles-Simpson deficit commission report is out. You can read it here. After a cursory glance, the tweaks from the draft proposal look minor. The panel's vote isn'

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Wednesday's Top News: TIME Interview: Assange on Secrecy, China and WikiLeaks' Growth

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

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TIME Interview: Assange on Secrecy, China and WikiLeaks' Growth

By Howard Chua-Eoan

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' founder, says China may be easier to reform than the U.S. The leaker of State Department secrets also tells TIME that there is a role for secrecy

China: As Clueless as Everyone Else About North Korea?

By Bill Powell / Seoul

As the North Korea crisis comes close to critical mass, China proposes talks about talks. The WikiLeaks cables show that kind of passive reaction is not new to Beijing

What the Senate's 1099 Logjam Says About the Future of Health Reform

By Kate Pickert

Of all the controversial pieces of the Affordable Care Act, the one that seems ripest for rollback is a new requirement that businesses file tax forms on every purchase over $600

Stevens' Powerful Anti-Death-Penalty Views

By Adam Cohen

As retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens frames the question, it isn't whether you believe in a death penalty -- it's whether you believe in this death penalty, the deeply flawed one the U.S. is currently using

Report Backs Push To End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

By Mark Thompson

A comprehensive study showing that more than two of every three troops surveyed that believe letting gays serve openly will have no significant impact on U.S. military readiness and morale

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By Joe Klein

Greetings from Afghanistan. It's always interesting to be in a place like this when a story like Wikileaks breaks. The media have played the big embarrassments--Khaddafi and his Ukrainian "nurse"--and, in all, American diplomats have emerged with their credibility and creativity affirmed. (As the father of a Foreign Service Officer, I'm not surprised.) But there [...]

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