A bipartisan panel of foreign policy experts, including some associated with the incoming Obama administration, has recommended changes in the White House national security apparatus that would provide the president and his staff with new tools to en
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The singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday.
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Glenn Minnis
King James in the Garden?
Dec. 4, 2008--How LeBron is giving his New York fans hope for 2010.
Keith Josef Adkins
Farewell, Odetta
Dec. 3, 2008--A dedication to the voice that combined song and politics.
Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
You Barack It, You Buy It
Dec. 3, 2008--Obama ties—and thongs? Please stop the merchandise madness.
David Swerdlick
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