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The Note: Summer Heat -- Shouting It Out Over Health Care

If the first 100 days was about the arrival of hope, the second 100 days has been about how to shout it out of the building. We’re now at the point where rudeness rules the debate -- where both sides are shouting, and not a lot of listening is going on. National discussion, meet national mayhem. Yes, it’s August, but health care reform is going to require a lower temperature.

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August 6, 2009 in Bill Clinton, Health Care, North Korea, President Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (158)

Another Comeback for the Comeback Kid?

The images and the results could not have been better for former President Bill Clinton. Or, for that matter, for President Obama. The complicated political path of the Clintons takes this twist: The former president returned to the international stage this week with a moment of triumph.

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August 5, 2009 in North Korea | Permalink | User Comments (10)

U.S. Tracking North Korean Ship

US officials confirm to ABC News that the US is tracking a North Korean ship that left port on Wednesday making it the first ship to be tracked since last Friday’s passage of a UN Security Resolution that bars North Korea from exporting weapons ranging from small arms, missile parts and nuclear technologies.

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June 18, 2009 in North Korea | Permalink | User Comments (18)