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...event is a huge operation. The Secret Service reserved 40 cars from Avis to ferry the security detail for the President's Western swing. On Aug. 12, C-17 military planes and at least one Marine helicopter had already been flown into the airport at Belgrade, about 20 minutes away on I-90 from Bozeman, to prepare for Obama's arrival and for the side trips to Yellowstone as well as for another town-hall meeting in Grand Junction, Colo. That meeting will be the President's third such appearance after one in New Hampshire on Aug. 11 and Montana...
...trying to rally union members to show up with identifying badges and clothing. Montanans for Single Payer - the same group that harassed Montana's Democratic Senator Max Baucus for his alleged timidity and compromising on the issue as chair of the Senate Finance Committee - sent out a message on Aug. 12 saying: "We need your help! ... If you have read or watched the news lately, you know that large numbers of disruptive, threatening mobs of anti-reform protesters have been showing up outside these events using intimidating tactics to try to shut down the debate and sow chaos. We urge...
...Aug. 12, area Democrats began to get their act together as well. Ray Tracy, the chair of the Yellowstone County Democrats, sent out the following call to action: "It's time we fight back! The Tea Party Patriots (so-called) are waging war against our President in our backyard. This Friday when President Obama comes to Bozeman, this group and a few others are planning protests. I say that we can't let this happen!" Tracy said Yellowstone Democrats who wanted to go to Bozeman would be bused in. "With your help, we can welcome Barack back to Montana...
...ended on Aug. 12, 2008, but the emotional and political conflict between Georgians and South Ossetians continues, even among members of the same family. In this intensely traditional and clan-oriented corner of the world, people find themselves pulled together by deep family ties but pushed apart by Russian propaganda that stirs hatred and sews misinformation. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...IRGC's maneuvering has been quite public. On Aug. 9, it was a top Revolutionary Guards commander who escalated the ongoing confrontation with the opposition leadership by calling for their arrest. "What is the role of [former President Mohammed] Khatami, [former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Mir-Hossein] Mousavi and [presidential candidate Mehdi] Karroubi in this coup?" asked Yadollah Javani, the organization's political chief, referring to the alleged plot by the opposition to subvert the regime by way of protests. "If they are the main agents, which is the case, judiciary and security officials should go after them, arrest...