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Tag Archives: Democratic Party
R&D: Democrats Target GOP Donors, Kyrgyzstan’s Elections Signal Unease, and Hillary Sits Out the Midterms
Here is your R&D for October 12th: Democrats Aim to Curb GOP Donors from the Wall Street Journal Democrats are stepping up their attacks on the campaign spending of pro-Republican groups, hoping that they can force disclosure of donor’s indentities … Continue reading →
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Tagged campaign finance, Democratic Party, Department of Justice, Hillary Clinton, Internal Revenue Service, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan elections, Middle East peace process, Moshe Ya'alon, Palestinians, R&D, Republican party, Thokozani Khupe, top five news stories, Zimbabwe
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R&D: Clinton Offers Advice to Obama, the Republicans Make a Pledge to America, and What America Should Do About the Latest Japan-China Diplomatic Crisis
Here is your R&D for September 23rd: Bill Clinton offers formula for Barack Obama success from Politico Former President Bill Clinton has some advice for President Obama and Democrats heading into the 2010 midterms: find a national message that independent … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Blockbuster, China, Chinese-Japanese relations, Democratic Party, iran, Iranian nuclear program, Japan, Pledge to America, President Obama, R&D, Republican party, the Middle East, top five news stories
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R&D: Obama’s War Strategy Criticized in New Book, Lawrence Summers Announces that He is Leaving, and Sudan Fears its Future
Here is your R&D for September 22nd: Obama presidency ‘hobbled by discord’ according to book from the Guardian Extempers might receive questions soon about Bob Woodward’s new book Obama’s Wars, which chronicles the way that President Obama has fought the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, Brazil, Democratic Party, Lawrence Summers, Lula da Silva, Obama administration, Obama's Wars, President Obama, R&D, Republican party, Sudan, top five news stories
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R&D: Sweden’s Green Party Shakes Up the Ruling Government, Obama Considers a New 2010 Strategy, and Protests Renew in Thailand
Here is your R&D for September 20th: Swedish Greens say won’t support centre-right govt from the Associated Press Sweden’s Green Party has announced that it will not support the centre-right Alliance government, a move that complicates the political climate because … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Party, GOP, political polls, President Obama, R&D, Republican party, Sweden, tea party, third party, top five news stories, Ukraine
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R&D: Petraeus Condemns Quran Burning, Australia Settles on a Government, and the GOP is Favored Over Democrats on the Budget
Here is your R&D for September 7th: Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church’s Plan to Burn Qurans from the Wall Street Journal Plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of September 11th has outraged Muslims … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Australia, Australian politics, Brazil, Bush tax cuts, David Petraeus, Democratic Party, GOP, healthcare, Julia Gillard, oil, Quran, Quran burning, R&D, Republican party, Social Security, taxes, top five news stories, U.S. economy
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R&D: Gallup Discusses GOP Membership, the World Bank Increases Aid to Pakistan, and the CBO’s Stimulus Analysis is Scrutinized
Here is your R&D for September 2nd: Republicans Remain Disproportionately White and Religious from Gallup Although the GOP leadership has tried to enhance the ethnic diversity of the party over the last several years, Gallup’s latest breakdown of the Democratic … Continue reading →
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Tagged CBO, Congressional Budget Office, Democratic Party, education, GOP, Pakistan, Pakistan floods, R&D, Republican party, South Africa, state budgets, stimulus package, the IMF, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, top five news stories, U.S. economy
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R&D: CBO Offers Dim Economic Outlook, Colombia’s High Court Voids U.S. Base Agreement, and Bill Clinton Hits the Stump
Here is your R&D for August 20th: More tough economic times forecast by CBO from Reuters According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), high unemployment will continue to plague the American economy, increasing the risk that we are headed for … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Bush tax cuts, CBO, Colombia, Congressional Budget Office, Democratic Party, France, Hezbollah, Lebanon, R&D, Roma, Romania, taxes, top five news stories, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. military, U.S.-Colombian relations, unemployment
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R&D: The Failure of African Development Aid, Concerns of Health Care Rationing, and Protests in Bolivia End
Here is your R&D for August 17th: Why Development Aid for Africa Has Failed from Der Spiegel Extempers are familiar with questions concerning the impact of foreign aid on Africa’s economy. This is a good article for answering those questions, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bolivia, Democratic Party, Evo Morales, foreign aid, healthcare, healthcare debate, North Korea, President Obama, R&D, South Korea, South Korea-North Korean relations, top five news stories
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R&D: Merkel’s Support is Slipping, Teachers Unions Are Good, and Britain’s Labor Party Prepares for a Leadership Fight
Here is your R&D for August 9th: New Poll Finds Merkel Government at Rock Bottom from Der Spiegel Germany’s economic recovery isn’t helping Angela Merkel’s coalition. New polls show that 83% of Germans aren’t happy with their current government and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Angela Merkel, British politics, Colombia, Democratic Party, education, Germany, Great Britain, Hugo Chavez, R&D, Social Democratic Party, SPD, top five news stories, Venezuela
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R&D: Israeli Case for War with Syria, Iran Military Research, and Sarah Palin’s Future in 2012
Here is your R&D top five for February 8th: Israeli case for war with Syria – and Lebanon from the Asia Times Iran to make ‘advanced’ attack drones from the UK Telegraph Sarah Palin hints at presidential run in 2012 … Continue reading →
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Tagged Democratic Party, GOP, iran, Israel, Lebanon, R&D, Republican party, Sarah Palin, Syria, top five news stories
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