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...however, France appears ready to return to the NATO fold. On Tuesday, President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a 15-year military plan that aims to deepen France's involvement with its NATO and European allies in the fight against post-9/11 threats. And critically, he indicated that France will soon rejoin NATO's military command, even if its nuclear forces would remain under strictly national control. "We can renew our relations with NATO without fearing for our independence and without the risk of being unwillingly dragged into a war," Sarkozy said...
...long been a dream of George W. Bush - just as it had been for his father - to move a big block of Hispanics from the Democratic to the Republican fold. The former Texas governor had tried during his first year in office to get his party to ease the path of immigrants from Latin America into the U.S., but quickly dropped the effort after 9/11. When he returned to it in his second term, he never put his back into it - and found his own party downright hostile to the idea...
...There's been a lot of speculation about what Clinton will do now. One task she has before her: helping to unify the Democratic Party and bring back into the fold supporters like Mahoney and Miller. Clinton made it clear she's not going anywhere. "I've had every opportunity and blessing in my own life, and I want the same for all Americans. And until that day comes, you'll always find me on the front lines of democracy, fighting for the future," she said, drawing one of the longest ovations of the speech. First Lady to New York...
...According to a 2006 paper published by the Council on Governmental Relations, the non-defense federal research budget increased ten-fold in the decade following Sputnik...
...eight women are part of a new group called the "Daughters of Iraq," an extension of the U.S.-sponsored "Sons of Iraq" program, which has dramatically improved security throughout large swaths of the nation. Started in 2007 as a way of bringing back into the fold marginalized Sunni tribes, many of whom were cooperating with al-Qaeda, the U.S. pays tribal leaders between $240 to $300 per month for each man the tribe employs to run roadway checkpoints and generally vouchsafe the population and U.S. forces against IEDs and gunfire. While different regions report varying degrees of success, here...