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Report Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders

This shows it is easier to invade a country than to rebuild it. " Among the overarching conclusions of the history is that five years after embarking on its largest foreign reconstruction project since the Marshall Plan in Europe after World War II, the United States...

created by 158 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Gates fires air force chiefs over nuclear blunders

Albert Milliron

Gates fires air force chiefs over nuclear blunders

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the air force secretary and chief of staff Thursday, holding them responsible for an erosion of standards that led to two major nuclear-related blunders.Gates said "a...

created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Death Penalty: U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Changes His Mind.

Rhonda J Mangus

Death Penalty: U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Changes His Mind.

United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens changes his mind on support of the death penalty, and according to the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty "These things about the death penalty were...

created by Rhonda J Mangus | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Barry ORegan

Is Bill Clinton Detrimental to Hillary's Campaign?

Is Bill Clinton Detrimental to Hillary's Campaign? With the recent Rants from former president Clinton on the Nevada Caucus's, Calling Obama's history of opposition to the war a "Fairy Tale", and his television...

created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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NHS is facing £4.5bn compensation bill over babies damaged at birth by hospi...

"The NHS is facing £4.5bn in compensation claims over alleged blunders by midwives and doctors that have left babies suffering severe brain damage, The Observer can reveal. The huge sum is detailed in confidential data from the NHS Litigation Authority, which handles most of...

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denseatoms

May I present Mrs. Malaprop and the Rev. Spooner?

President George W. Bush takes a lot of heat for his verbal gaffes, like "Hispanically" and "misunderestimate." But the truth be told, malapropisms know neither political nor linguistic boundaries. Last January,...

created by denseatoms | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Cheney: Talk of blunders in Iraq is 'hogwash'

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday dismissed as "hogwash" the suggestion that blunders may have hurt the administration's credibility on Iraq and led members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to question President Bush's plan to send more troops...

created by angryindian | 5 years ago
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Full Speed Ahead

"Don Rumsfeld is the finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had. --Dick Cheney This is scary. The president of the United States of America has created a hellish disaster that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and thousands of...

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Three Deadly Investing Blunders You MUST Avoid in 2006:

"Three common investing blunders threaten your financial security, beginning in early 2006. Consider all three carefully. Because any ONE of them can shatter your dreams of long-term wealth and dash your hopes for a worry-free, financially secure future -- unless you take...

created by alaaron | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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One of These Blunders Could Cost You a Fortune in 2006...

"In fact, any number of investing blunders can ruin your year in 2006. That's why I keep a running list of these potentially fatal landmines taped to my computer monitor at all times -- to make certain my Inside Value subscribers are advised. At last count, there were 10 of...

created by alaaron | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Overcoming the Fear of Making Mistakes

"When I was a little girl growing up, my parents frequently warned me against making mistakes. They believed that as long as I did things slowly and carefully, and learned from other people’s blunders, there was no need for mistakes to be made. Whenever I did screw up I was...

created by alaaron | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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