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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., meets with reporters in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2011. Cantor praised Vice President Joe Biden for his shepherding of the bi-partisan Congressional panel working to solve the debt crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Top Republican Cantor exits budget talks

Andrew Taylor
The Virginia Republican said in a statement that the Republican-dominated House simply won't support tax increases
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Primer: Reactions to Obama’s Afghanistan plan

Natasha Lennard
The president's announcement gets some approval abroad, but appeases neither war critics nor hawks at home
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Obama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghanistan

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
"The tide of war is receding" he declares in an address to Americans
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA) (C), former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), take the stage during a photo opportunity before the start of the first New Hampshire debate of the 2012 campaign at St. Anselms College in Manchester, New Hampshire June 13, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)

When the GOP doubled down on crazy

Gene Lyons
The end of the Bush presidency could have prompted some serious self-examination on the right. But it didn't
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Afghanistan peace dividend in our time?

Andrew Leonard
President Obama announces the withdrawal of 33,000 troops. Can we focus on the domestic economy now?
CORRECTS DATE TO JUNE 15, 2010 - FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama to set course for drawing down Afghan war

Julie Pace, Robert Burns
In Wednesday address, the president is expected to announce plans to bring roughly 10,000 American troops home
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AP Source: Troop cut this year likely near 10,000

Robert Burns
President Obama will announce extent of Afghan withdrawal on Wednesday
The 9/11 commemorative pin being sold by Grassfire Nation

Profiting off of the 10th anniversary of 9/11

Justin Elliott
Conservative political groups observe the 10th anniversary of the attacks by selling commemorative merchandise
First lady Michelle Obama holds a bouquet of flowers, and daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, are draped in blankets given to them upon landing in Pretoria, en route to Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, June 20, 2011, as they begin their week long trip to Africa. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool) (AP)

Michelle Obama meets with Nelson Mandela

Darlene Superville
First lady pays respects to South Africa's first elected black president
FILE - In this June 10, 2011 file photo, possible 2012 presidential hopeful, former Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, speaks to a reporter at a gathering at the home of Nancy and Wally Stickney in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (AP)

Jon Huntsman joins GOP presidential scrum

Beth Fouhy
Former Utah governor is the eighth candidate to officially enter the race
FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama to move U.S. closer to leaving Afghanistan

Julie Pace
The president will announce a plan today to bring thousands of troops home, starting next month
FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Barack Obama should come out for gay marriage already

Alex Pareene
It's time for the president to finish "evolving" on equality
Clockwise, top left: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, Michelle Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty

Why the GOP should nominate Barack Obama in 2012

Michael Lind
A modest proposal stemming from the president's apparent rejection of his own party's liberal tradition
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Public opinion and Endless War

Glenn Greenwald
Political elites expend substantial efforts to prevent anti-war sentiment from being heard: and for good reason
President Barack Obama speaks in an airport hanger at Muniz Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama’s Puerto Rico visit spurs anger, discontent

Danica Coto
Legislators in the territory's pro-statehood ruling party express resentment after president's short trip
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, are on the first hole as they play golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, June 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Birdies, bogeys and business for Obama, Boehner?

Julie Pace
President, house speaker tee off on pressing policy matters during round of golf
President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts military fathers and their children for a screening of Disney/Pixar movie 'Cars 2' in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Obama rejects top lawyers’ legal views on Libya

Glenn Greenwald
The growing scandal over Obama's illegal war just got bigger and much more serious
Louie Gohmert

Louie Gohmert says more awful, stupid garbage

Alex Pareene
The man behind "terror babies," "moo goo dog pan" and repealing the 17th Amendment is back, and dumber than ever
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The right really, really wants Obama to be Jimmy Carter

Steve Kornacki
Why is it that every address Obama delivers is the second coming of the "malaise" speech?
In this photo provided by the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), a truck piled high with looted items drives past the burning huts of businesses and homesteads in the center of Abyei town, Sudan Saturday, May 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of Sudanese are fleeing from the contested north-south border region of Abyei, and the top U.S. official in the region warned Friday of a humanitarian crisis over the north's invasion. (AP Photo/UNMIS, Stuart Price) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES (AP)

US seeks China’s help in Sudan as alarm grows

Matthew Lee
The Obama administration is asking China to use influence with Sudan's president to press for an end to violence
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2011. Boehner reasserted that the scandal surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, had become a distraction from the important work in Congress. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia is at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

White House: Boehner inconsistent on war powers

Julie Pace
Carney: Boehner's views "stand in contrast to the views he expressed in 1999"
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The Weiner resignation: our political system in a nutshell

Glenn Greenwald
The Congressman is forced out of office. Bush and Cheney - torture, illegal eavesdropping, Iraq -- were not
In this image taken from TV, showing rebel forces on the front line as they repel government troops, Sunday June 12, 2011, in Dafniya, Libya. as fighting continued on Sunday near Libya's main port of Misrata, a western redoubt of the rebels. Video of the battle shows rebels advancing down a road, firing automatic weapons, guns mounted on pick up trucks, rockets and heavy artillery. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUT (AP)

Obama report on Libya fails to appease lawmakers

Julie Pace
Administration argues the president does not have to seek congressional approval for its role in NATO-led mission

The mirage of the Obama coalition

Joan Walsh
Can he reassemble the diverse coalition of lefties and Obamacans who fell in love with a "Rorshach test" in 2008?
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