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...Some experts believe Iraqis would, after a brief explosion of violence, regain control of their country. Indeed, there are those who think that is the best reason for the U.S. to set a date for a withdrawal now, to force the Iraqis to step up and take control before any kind of U.S. pullout begins to create a vacuum. But there are few indications that the Iraqi center, such as it is, can hold or that Iraq's neighbors will be much of a stabilizing influence...
...thanked his supporters, calling them “truly beloved friends” in a brief message posted on the blog after returning home Tuesday. He also promised “to write more soon...
...followed up with a brief factual question related to the story we asked them about,” Patterson said. “For example, ‘do you happen to know if [Smith] died in California or Florida?’ or ‘did the British say they were going to withdraw all of their troops or part of their troops...
...about government reform in New Hampshire on April 13 (albeit with a different "down ramp": not about restoring America's role in the world, but about not "giv[ing] up on America's ideals") and has mentioned them at least five times since then. The anecdote also made a brief appearance in Clinton's autobiography, Living History...
While some worry that Obama's brief political career—he's only been a U.S. senator for two and a half years—may not give him enough experience to be the country's 44th president, Tribe said that "it's the quality rather than the quantity of experience that matters...