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Iran's oil, nuclear ambitions pose risk to next president

What will the next president do about Iran? Iran has about approximately one-tenth of the world’s proven oil reserves, plus more than one-tenth of the world’s reserves of natural gas. The government of Iran may also be developing nuclear weapons.

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Group with Clinton ties ready to back Obama

By rights, a group that helped elect Bill Clinton president and counts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of its leaders should be hostile territory for Barack Obama. But members of the Democratic Leadership Council seem ready to embrace Obama rather than risk squandering an opportunity for victory this fall.

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Newsweek: How to court Applachia

The voters of Appalachia… A - Are hicks, B - Are hillbillies, C - Are rednecks, D - Don't appreciate where you're going with this.

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New Yorker: Obama's Iraq problem

The same pragmatism that prompted him last month to forgo public financing of his campaign will surely lead him, if he becomes President, to recalibrate his stance on Iraq.

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NYT: Obama camp thinks Dems can rise in South

As they look to the fall election, Democrats face a strategic decision that has bedeviled their party for 40 years: How hard should they fight in the South?

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