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Smartypants:   Obama: "We're Turning the Page on a Decade of War"

The New Republic: The Sordid K Street Past of Rick Santorum

Down With Tyranny: The End of Empire: Economist David Korten and Progressive Candidate Ken Aden

The Examiner: The Republicans Obsession With Race and the African American Community

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