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Want Bill Clinton’s Tax Rates? OK. Give Us His Spending As Well.

Want Bill Clinton’s Tax Rates? OK. Give Us His Spending As Well. | MN News Hound | Scoop.it
A truer Clintonian agenda, meanwhile, wouldn’t only complicate President Obama’s spending plans. It would also require Obama to openly pursue higher tax rates on middle class earners as well as their wealthier counterparts—something he and many in his part have explicitly rejected.
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How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the U.S. on Troop Withdrawal - IPS ipsnews.net

How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the U.S. on Troop Withdrawal - IPS ipsnews.net | MN News Hound | Scoop.it

WASHINGTON, Dec 16, 2011 (IPS) - Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military had planned to maintain a semi-permanent military presence in Iraq.

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Vladimir Putin's persecution campaign targets protest couple

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Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov has gone on hunger strike in a Moscow prison as his wife Anastasiya carries on organising the pro-democracy campaign.

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