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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Barnes was also an avid Democrat. He celebrated Obama’s election in 2008 with champagne in a nursing home with Wang...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former HBS Professor ‘By’ Barnes Dies at 81 | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...Wilkes-Barre invited Casey to speak at its commencement ceremony. Objecting to Casey's vote to confirm former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius (a Catholic who supports abortion rights) as Secretary for Health and Human Services, Martino said it was "sad and disappointing" that the college chose to honor a Democrat who could not "muster the courage" to oppose "the pro-abortion agenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was an Anti-Abortion Bishop Too Outspoken? | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...During the 2008 campaign, Martino focused particular attention on vice-presidential nominee Joseph Biden, a Scranton native and Catholic Democrat. The bishop declared that Biden would be denied communion if he tried to receive it at any church in the diocese, which covers the northeast quarter of the state - "I will be truly vigilant on this point," said Martino. And he warned his parishioners that there would be dire consequences for supporting Biden and the Democratic ticket. In October, Martino directed that a letter be read at all Sunday masses, charging that a vote for a pro-choice politician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was an Anti-Abortion Bishop Too Outspoken? | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...Even the public TV journalist seemed at a loss as he sheepishly attempted to find common ground between the motley collection of candidates during his election wrap-up. On the far right of the podium was a neo-Nazi, joined by a Communist and Social Democrat in the middle, then a probusiness liberal, an environmentalist Green and, not lacking in irony, a conservative Christian Democrat all the way to the left. It was a political free-for-all. With so many smaller parties entering state governments and Germany's federal election just weeks away, the country's main political players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Parties Gain in German State Votes | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...According to a declassified narrative released by the Senate Intelligence Committee, the CIA briefed committee members about its interrogation program on Sept. 6, 2006. In the weeks that followed, according to a person familiar with the matter, California Democrat Diane Feinstein, a member of the committee, raised concerns with the CIA about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. Several other members of the committee spoke publicly about their concerns over the techniques in the months that preceded Bradbury's 2007 memo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Denies Giving O.K. to a CIA Torture Tactic | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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