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Obama missile move positive step in nuclear reduction
September 19, 2009President Barack Obama announced Sep. 17 that he plans to replace the Bush administrations missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland with a “new approach” by deploying a reconfigured system aimed at intercepting shorter-range...
Read moreWORLDNOTES: Western Sahara, Great Britain, Guatemala, Philippines, Afghanistan, Cuba
September 19, 2009WORLDNOTES: Western Sahara, Great Britain, Guatemala, Philippines, Afghanistan, Cuba
Read moreOn EFCA, Specter changes views…constantly
September 19, 2009PITTSBURGH -- Before the first full day session of the 26th AFL-CIO convention opened here last Monday the federation's officers met privately with a group of reporters who asked them about reports that Sen. Arlen Specter,...
Read moreRepeal of DOMA introduced in House
September 19, 2009The House of Representatives took a step this week toward repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 federal ban on marriage equality that singles out same-sex couples for exclusion, when a group of more...
Read moreTwo of top three posts go to women in AFL-CIO election
September 19, 2009PITTSBURGH -- In a session packed with emotion, delegates to the 26th AFL-CIO Convention yesterday elected a historic leadership team. Two women, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker join the new president,...
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