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            <title><![CDATA[Why Anthony Weiner Shouldn't Quit]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The congressman's public flogging doesn't fit the crime, and is emblematic of our kick-'em-when-they're-down culture. Peter Beinart on why we need a new rulebook for political sex scandals.
Excuse me for asking, but why exactly should Anthony...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Are We Still in Aghanistan?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the initial objective of vanquishing al Qaeda largely achieved, and the latest goal of luring the Taliban into a power-sharing deal out of reach, the main reason the U.S. is still at war in Afghanistan is inertia-not logic, says Peter Beinart.
On...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lousy Economy Won't Sink Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Unemployment has edged up again two months in a row, and economic conditions are bad for most Americans, but the president's strong personal approval ratings and a roster of weak potential GOP opponents mean he will win a second term, writes Peter...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:15:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin Grabs Her Moment]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There is no better moment for the ex-governor, who would snare most of the social-conservative votes that might have gone to Mike Huckabee and Haley Barbour-and in 2016 would be old news and face a stronger primary field, writes Peter Beinart.
Sarah...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 May 2011 02:03:53 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Palestinian Right to Dream]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Congress applauded Netanyahu's tough speech, a young Ramallah man talked about creating a Palestinian Tahrir Square, using nonviolence-and the hope that American Jews would back such a civil rights approach. Political reality suggests otherwise,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 May 2011 03:16:54 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu's Bizarre Response to Obama's Palestinian Proposal]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama's parameters for a new round of Mideast peace talks were designed to head off U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state based strictly on 1967 borders-which would be catastrophic for Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu's immediate rejection of the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 03:23:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putting America on Democracy's Side]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In his Mideast speech, President Obama rejected Bush's blind allegiance to Israel and put himself squarely on the side of human rights.
Can we now, after the president's Thursday Mideast speech, finally stop calling Barack Obama a "realist?" Please....]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 May 2011 16:40:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israel's Palestinian Arab Spring]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The converging of thousands of Palestinians on Israel's borders is a sign that they have lost faith in American promises-and that if Israel and the U.S. don't work toward a Palestinian state near 1967 lines, others will seize the initiative in shaping...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israel's Democracy Hypocrisy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The flap over whether CUNY should award playwright Tony Kushner an honorary degree underscores the growing debate over whether people who want Israel to be a secular democracy rather than a Jewish state can be tolerated in public life, writes Peter...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 May 2011 04:46:46 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bin Laden Killing Erases Democrats' Wimp Factor]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The killing of Osama bin Laden-and Obama's decision to strike quickly to get him-erases the enduring stereotype of Democrats as weak politicians who won't use force.
Plus, full coverage of Osama bin Laden.
The killing of Osama bin Laden has greater...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 May 2011 02:39:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The War on Terror Is Over]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bin Laden's death gives the U.S. a golden opportunity to bury the war on terror-a distraction, Peter Beinart argues, that distorted America's foreign policy for too long. 
Plus, full coverage of bin Laden's death.&nbsp;
No human's death is ever a...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 May 2011 01:19:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How China Could Help Obama Win the Budget Battle]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama's budget speech mixed a Clinton-style defense of Medicare with an ingenious play on Americans' worries about losing their edge to China, writes Peter Beinart. Ususally in American politics, arguing that we should be like other countries is a...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:10:19 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Budget Deal's Odd Couple]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The deal brokered by Barack Obama and John Boehner helps the president regain his rep as a strong leader, and allows Boehner to tell his base that they've succeeded in shifting the agenda. It's a win for both men, Peter Beinart writes.
During the cold...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:23:56 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Obama's Campaign Bores Me]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president kicked off his reelection bid Monday, officially launching the 2012 campaign. Peter Beinart on why liberals' ardor has cooled-but Obama is headed for a predictable victory anyway. 
With Barack Obama's announcement that he's running for...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:14:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Authentic Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In his speech, the president spoke from the gut, giving us his distinctive vision of American exceptionalism. Plus, more Obama speech reaction.
John Bolton recently said that Barack Obama doesn't believe in American exceptionalism. Tonight, Obama...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:32:13 -0400]]></pubDate>
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