Claire McCaskill: Women in Politics

McCaskill made history in 2006 as the first woman elected to the United States Senate from Missouri. In her lecture, Senator McCaskill shares her perspective on public service, policies, and progress forw

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Facing Obama, Iran Suddenly Hedges on Talks

Since 2006, Iran's leaders have called for direct, unconditional talks with the United States to resolve international concerns over their nuclear program. But as an American administration open to such negotiations prepares to take power, Iran's political and military leaders are sounding suddenly wary of President-elect Barack Obama...

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Here's Obama: From the Folks that Gave You GWB and Iraq War

Long ago in a country far away, which would be the United States back in 2006, the people went to the polls in great numbers and elected their champions to end an evil war and rein in the reign of terror of the evil Emperor and Darth Cheney. Somehow that didn’t work out very well. The evil Emperor and Darth Cheney still reign, although no one is pa

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Sarah Palin is a superwoman

Future Vice President Sarah Palin. Pictures. Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Alaska, and is the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election. In 2006, Palin was sworn in as the governor of Alaska, becoming the first woman and youngest per...

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