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• McCain rejects Carter claim he is 'milking' Vietnam service

  - 2008-08-31

  ST PAUL, Minnesota AFP — Republican White House candidate John McCain on Sunday rejected a comment by former president Jimmy Carter that he was "milking" his Vietnam war heroism for political gain. Carter said in a USA Today interview on the sidelines of the Democratic convention in Denver last...

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• McClellan's book reveals 'flawed reasoning' of Bush's staff

  - 2008-06-04

  In USA TODAY's article about Scott McClellan's new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Ari Fleischer's remark reveals a deep flaw in the Bush administration. Fleischer is quoted as saying, "This is a wholesale jumping-ship, using the language of the other side" ("Ex-Bush...

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• 10 great places to turn green with Irish pride

  - 2008-03-14

  The wearin' o' the green doesn't tell the half of it. In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, flutist Noel Rice, director of the Academy of Irish Music and president of the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago, recommends places to appreciate the formative influences and contributions...

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• Bush wants twice the funding for AIDS

  - 2008-01-25

  WASHINGTON -- President Bush will propose doubling the funding to combat HIV/AIDS overseas in his last State of the Union address Monday, one of several new initiatives he says will demonstrate his intention to "sprint to the finish" of his time in office. The five-year, $30...

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• Choking up on campaign trail won't cut it in White House

  - 2008-01-11

  Voters could take Sen. Hillary Clinton's show of emotion while on the presidential campaign trail Monday many ways ("Clinton gets choked up on the campaign trail," On Deadline, USATODAY.com, Monday). Was she using the old trick of crying to get sympathy from voters? Possibly. But for...

  Tags: Leadership, president, Sen., USA Today, White House, women

• Baldacci's power is absolute

  - 2007-12-10

  RESTON, Va. -- David Baldacci's novels -- packed with Secret Service agents, CIA sharpshooters and presidents who sometimes commit crimes -- are catnip to the power elite of Washington, D.C. Two former presidents, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, are fans. So are former House speaker...

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• Top 25 Influential people

  - 2007-09-04

  For good or ill, they are the 25 most influential people of the past 25 years. Some started wars; others negotiated peace. They tapped new technologies that link the world, map the human body and demonstrate its possibilities, and they prompted us to rethink the way we relate to one...

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• Bennett College

  - 2007-04-19

  DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX has been named president of Bennett College (N.C.). She is a nationally known activist and columnist, appearing in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, USA Today and Ms. Magazine, among others. Malveaux earned a bachelor's and master's from Boston College and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of...

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• President pushes boost in funding for national parks

  - 2007-02-05

  WASHINGTON -- National parks would be a big winner under President Bush's 2008 budget, and a plan to match up to $100 million annually in private donations could guarantee increases for a decade. Bush's budget, being unveiled today, would give the National Park Service $2.4 billion...

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• Hyde leaving Congress with mixed feelings

  - 2006-12-08

  WASHINGTON -- The retiring Republican chairman of the House International Relations Committee on Thursday delivered a blunt description of the challenge facing U.S. policymakers on Iraq. "We need to find a way to get out of Iraq that doesn't cover us with dishonor," Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., said in an...

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