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...southern I-93 corridor—just an hour’s commute from the Hub—are luring hordes of ex-Massachusetts residents attracted by the Granite State’s zero percent income tax rate and low housing prices. The demographic shift could threaten the Republican Party’s longtime record of dominance in New Hampshire...
...what’s happening in Sudan—as in some other parts of the world—is by all accounts awful.” But he said that “it’s not genocide, and it doesn’t threaten continental, or much less intercontinental, warfare...
...August, a classified study requested by Rumsfeld concluded that there are "inadequate total numbers" of U.S. troops to maintain the current pace of operations around the world. Some military experts fear that if a crisis erupted with Iran and North Korea, the U.S. would be unable to credibly threaten the use of force because of its obligations in Iraq and Afghanistan. "We can't respond to another major crisis right now," says retired Army General Barry McCaffrey. "We have shot...
This elicited a Mount St. Helens protest from Democrats. "It is completely inappropriate and dangerous," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, "for the Vice President to in effect threaten the American people, to be part of instilling fear into our country." John Edwards declared that "Dick Cheney's scare tactics crossed the line" because "protecting America from vicious terrorists" is not a partisan issue...
...This elicited a Mount St. Helens protest from Democrats. "It is completely inappropriate and dangerous," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, "for the Vice President to in effect threaten the American people, to be part of instilling fear into our country." John Edwards declared that "Dick Cheney's scare tactics crossed the line" because "protecting America from vicious terrorists" is not a partisan issue...