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	<title><![CDATA[Michael Gerson: Dysfunction and disloyalty hamper Afghan strategy]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In the beginning, the Obama administration directed a spotlight toward its careful, thoughtful decision-making process on Afghanistan. National security meetings were announced, photographed and highlighted in background...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Jacob Sullum: Skeptical of menu mandate]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091122/NEWS0802/711229993]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[The most conspicuous effect you will see from President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care overhaul won&#8217;t be at your doctor&#8217;s office or the hospital. It will be at your local Burger King.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[David Ignatius: Flaws fill tribal approach]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[While military officers wait for President Barack Obama to conclude his agonizingly slow review of Afghanistan policy, they&#8217;ve been reading a paper by an Army Special Forces operative arguing that the only hope for success...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Preserve honor of Purple Heart]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Purple Heart had not been in use for over 125 years until it was re-established by Douglas MacArthur in 1932 while he was serving as chief of staff. The medal is unique for several reasons.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Clarence Page: Truth, PC collide at Fort Hood]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[I admit it. As the early horrifying news of the Fort Hood massacre unfolded and I was jerked alert by the word that the suspect was a Muslim, a thought-prayer suddenly flashed across my mind: Oh, please don&#8217;t let him be...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Close examination of state government urgently needed]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Though some reports indicate the economy is slowly improving, the governor did the right thing by calling on the Legislature to take action now. Had the Legislature not taken action in trimming the budget, the deficit was...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Health reform proposals would burden employers]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS0802/711209993]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[The health care debate in Washington, D.C., consumes the headlines. It is controversial because it affects all of us.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Thomas Sowell: Bowing to &#8216;world opinion&#8217; no way to punish terrorists]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS0802/711209995]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[In a string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists, who have committed acts of war against the United...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fair trials in civilian courts effective in fighting terror]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Terrorists by definition try to frighten you into changing the way you do things. In the run-up to his trial as alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed&#8217;s success as a terrorist is showing in us. A lot...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Midlands Voices: Leading scientists shifting from embryonic stem cells]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Regarding the Nov. 18 editorial endorsing expansion of human embryonic stem-cell research at the University of Nebraska, embryonic stem-cell research is <I>yesterday&#8217;s</I> technology.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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