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DES MOINES, Iowa — A victorious Barack Obama portrayed his decisive first-place finish in the Iowa Democratic caucuses as a “defining moment” that he said would lead the way to change in Washington and an end to the war in Iraq.
Daily Archives: January 3, 2008
Crisis over election deepens in Kenya
NAIROBI: Nairobi degenerated into violence Thursday as the riot police used tear gas, batons and water cannons to push back thousands of opposition supporters who poured into the streets to answer a call for a million-person rally that had been banned by the government.
Vote for Change? Atrocity-Linked U.S. Officials Advising Presidential Frontrunners
Independent journalist Allan Nairn and American Conservative correspondent Kelley Beaucar Vlahos discuss a little-addressed facet of the 2008 campaign: many of the top advisers to leading presidential candidates are ex-U.S. officials involved in atrocities around the world. [includes rush transcript]
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