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Blackwater brand shift: Security to take back seat
Blackwater Worldwide, the company that unwittingly became a catchall brand name for security contractors in Iraq, wants to shift its business away from the sector that earned it hundreds of millions of dollars.
Gates questions combat training by contractors
Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to know why his military uses private contractors for combat and security training, and how widespread the practice is.
Obama, McCain all tied up in Virginia
A new poll released today places the presidential candidates in a dead heat in Virginia.
Alexandria attorney nominated to federal bench
President Bush has nominated Alexandria attorney Anthony Trenga to a federal judgeship in the Eastern District of Virginia.  Obama seeks info on Dodd in vice president searchBarack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd as part of its search for a possible vice presidential candidate.
Webb withdraws from VP consideration
Jim Webb, Virginia’s junior U.S. senator widely viewed as a prospect to balance a Democratic presidential ticket with Sen. Barack Obama, announced Monday that “under no circumstances” will he be a candidate for vice president.
Webb removes himself from consideration for VP
U.S. Sen. Jim Webb has removed himself from consideration for vice president.
Jules Witcover: Vice President Jim Webb?
T he political adage, “Would that my opponent would write a book,” is a commentary on the risk that any public figure takes in putting his or her life story, or any part of it, in print. Though most such efforts are patently self-serving, they often can be revealing in detrimental ways.
Obama's sister helps reach out to Asian-Americans
The throng of Asian-American donors drew closer, drinks in hand, to hear Barack Obama's sister describe the wide arc of his life: beyond politics and Chicago, into his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii.
Jules Witcover: Democratic failure on ending the war
When the Democrats won control of Congress in the 2006 congressional elections, they took the outcome as a mandate to end American involvement in the war in Iraq. But in the nearly two years since that supposed mandate, they have been thoroughly stymied. |
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