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Sadr in the past has vowed to expand the humanitarian work of his movement but promised to maintain fighters from his Mahdi Army militia, which has fought against both the Iraqi government and U.S. forces. Al-Ubaidi's remarks effectively offered the strongest assurances yet that the Mahdi Army is willing to stand down entirely in Iraq, if American military forces back away...
...glimpse. Instead of charm and candor, he serves up fastballs. Instead of risk-taking, he seeks control. It's a whole new McCain. "We're going to drill here, and we're going to drill now," he exhorted the crowd at Sturgis, referring to his latest crusade to expand domestic oil production, an issue that polls well for McCain in key swing states. "My opponent doesn't want to drill ... He wants to inflate your tires...
...people's representatives shouldn't be starting their August recess until they do. One member even drove his minivan, family included, all the way from Illinois, arriving at 3 a.m., so he could get his turn to lambaste the Democrats for not allowing a vote on a bill to expand offshore drilling. To drive their point home, members waved empty gas cans, charts of fuel prices and blown-up photos of Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
...Democratic counterpart, on the issue of which of the two parties would better handle the economy. As they have felt increasing pains at the pump this summer, voters have shown more willingness to allow drilling off U.S. shores, open up Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and expand drilling in Western lands - all things the Dems have opposed. "There is nothing that the Republicans are proposing that will have an impact on the price at the pump," Pelosi told reporters before adjourning Congress last week. "Yeah, 10 years from now, two cents; but what we are saying is, Free...
Staying within reach of the top teams requires spending more money each season to keep pace with their efforts to concentrate the world's best talent in their team. And if a club is unable to attract a prestige investor, it becomes essential to expand revenue - most importantly by increasing stadium capacity. Arsenal two years ago moved from the 38,000-seat Highbury to the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium, which helped the club double its annual revenues to $180 million. The problem, of course, is that building a new stadium takes massive capital investment, and Arsenal recently admitted that...