Our View on Army Retention and Iraq Homecomings
Our View notes Garden City based Army Reserve unit 467th Engineering Detachment returns from Iraq soon. It discusses broader Army retention dipping to 96.3 percent through March 17 and how extended duty, ongoing Iraq violence, and Bush's stance affect re enlistment plans and future troop levels.
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Iraq
Army Reserve
467Th
United States
U.S
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Defense Department
Rumsfeld
Bush
Election politics and oil prices span U S and India
Senator Kerry denounces Woodward’s claim of a White House Saudi deal to raise oil output before the elections. White House spokesman McClellan says oil should be set by market forces. In India, a voter in a violent start to parliamentary polls voices that casting a ballot is imperative.
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America
White House
Sen
John Kerry
Bob Woodward
Saudi Arabia
Scott McClellan
Mohammad Afzal
India
Telegram readers invited to share feedback
The Telegram invites reader input by email, fax, or phone and provides mailing details for Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846. It notes contact options and directs letters to the editor for publication.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
First Amendment Text Snapshot
The excerpt presents a reformulated summary of the First Amendment, detailing protections for religion speech press assembly and petition. It emphasizes establishment prohibition free exercise rights and government redress of grievances. It references freedom safeguards for religion expression press and peaceful assembly.
Tax cuts for middle class deserve extension
The piece argues middle class tax breaks, including the new 10 percent bracket, child tax credit, and marriage penalty relief, should be extended while noting that critics say the broader Bush tax cuts mainly benefit the wealthy. It cites budget impacts, job growth gaps, and calls for making middle class relief permanent to reduce inequality and stabilize the budget.
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White House
Congress
Snow
John Kerry
Shapiro
Friedman
Bush
Bush’s Vision and Mistakes in a Press Conference
Column criticizes President Bush for dodging blame at a prime time press conference. It argues he misjudges Iraq and weapons claims, misreads moral clarity, and widens a divide between idealism and reality. The piece cites reporter questions, past errors, and the impact on soldiers in Fallujah.
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Dick Cheney
Kazakhstan
Saddam
Iraq
Senate
George
Texas
Washington
Bush
Alan Lichtman
Teddy Roosevelt
Jerry Falwell
Vietnam
Fallujah
Rural poverty lingers as 1964 pledge remains unmet
A Rural Policy Research Institute overview notes 40 years after Lyndon Johnson’s unconditional war on poverty, about 35 million Americans live in poverty, with rural areas bearing higher rates. The piece discusses structural versus behavioral causes, calls for actionable policy, media attention, and public will to end persistent rural poverty.
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State of the Union
Lyndon Johnson
America
Johnson
Rachel Tompkins
Rural School and Community Trust
Tompkins
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Donald Winstead
Health and Human Services
Iowa
Cornelia Flora
Penn State
Amy Glasmeier
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Ayee
Cag
Rtoons.com
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Conder
David Broder
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Washington Post
Ellen Goodman
Ellengoodman
Globe.com
Thomas D. Rowley
Rural Policy Research Institute
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