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Defense: It was inevitable: The $13 trillion debt this Congress and White House helped run up has imperiled defense spending in an age of continued terrorism.

A scholar whom President George W. Bush appointed as vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Abigail Thernstrom has a reputation as a tough conservative critic of affirmative action and politically correct positions on race.

In U.S. politics, President Barack Obama’s public approval ratings are hitting new lows and a growing number of analysts now believe opposition Republicans have an excellent chance of winning back control of at least one chamber of Congress in midterm …

Hawks sharpen claws for Iran strike By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – “From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August,” explained then-White House chief of staff Andrew Card in September 2002, in answer to queries about why the administration of George W Bush had not launched its campaign to rally public opinion behind invading …

For environmentalists, the BP oil spill may be disproving the maxim that great tragedies produce great change.

“From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August,” explained then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card back in September 2002, in answer to queries about why the administration of George W. Bush had not launched its campaign to rally public opinion behind invading Iraq earlier in the summer.

I’m not sure how effective these kinds of protests are. I think they’re certainly more effective under Obama than what we saw under President Bush but how much so I’m not sure.

WASHINGTON, Jul 9, 2010 – “From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August,” explained then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card back in September 2002, in answer to queries about why the administration of George W. Bush had not launched its campaign to rally public opinion behind invading Iraq earlier in the summer.

One Supreme Court justice has been playing a prominent role in the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings, and he died 17 years ago: her mentor, Thurgood Marshall.

Thurgood Marshall and Spottswood W. Robinson III confer shortly before Marshall asks the Supreme Court to decree that separate schools for black and white children must end with the new school term in September 1955.