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What we've learned from the very partial government slimdown

The government slimdown, known in some quarters as the so-called “shutdown” hasn’t lived up to the disastrous predictions. Federal government spending has been cut by 17 percent from the scheduled increase for the 2014 fiscal year. It is only a 13 percent cut from what was being spent during 2013. …

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Obama White House needs to get its message straight on Syria or it will never win support for strike

I realize the last thing the White House wants from me is communications advice. And, goodness knows, President Obama has plenty of advisers all weighing in on the public relations push to get Congress (and the American people) to support an intervention in Syria. Yet, there’s something about the administration’s …

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Will Friday's jobs report bring hope or hurt to Americans?

Friday, forecasters expect the Labor Department will report the economy added 175,000 jobs in July, down from 195,000 in June. They also expect the unemployment rate to slip a notch to 7.5 percent. The pace of jobs creation has been stronger in recent months; however, a noticeable shift toward replacing …

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