Our View: Nation building is not our job
Our view argues against turning the Pentagon into a default nation-building engine. It questions proposals like the Stabilization and Reconstruction Civilian Management Act of 2004 to create a civilian corps for overseas reconstruction. The piece urges limiting U S involvement and avoiding a new permanent federal bureaucracy for such tasks.
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Iraq
United States
Washington
Pentagon
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
America
Federal Colonialization Administration
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Chuck Hagel
R-Neb
Joseph Biden
D-Del
John Edwards
D-N.c
Jack Reed
D-R.i
Pat Roberts
Middle East
Lawmakers' Addresses Listed for Representatives and Senator
State officials Rep George E Buddy West of Odessa and Rep Tom Craddick of Midland, both Republicans, provide mailing addresses in Austin and local Odessa post boxes. Sen Kel Seliger, Republican from Amarillo, also lists his Austin and local mailing box.
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George E
Buddy" West
Odessa
Austin
Texas
Tom Craddick
Midland
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
Questioning the Working Poor in a BusinessWeek piece
Thomas Sowell critiques a BusinessWeek column arguing that the working poor are a small, transient group. He contends most bottom earners move up, education and incentives drive outcomes, and he warns against entitlements, higher minimum wages, and easier unions as paths to greater poverty.
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BusinessWeek
Horatio Alger
Sowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
War memories and a Remembrance of the Greatest Generation
Cal Thomas reflects on World War II veterans, including his father Clinton S. Thomas, at a national memorial in Washington. He contrasts veterans’ duty with a student’s historical gaps, cites NBC’s Tom Brokaw, and argues for rigorous teaching of WWII history to honor those who served.
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Clinton S. Thomas
Washington
Dad
Hitler
Pearl Harbor
NBC News
Tom Brokaw
Brokaw
Montgomery County
Washington Post
Tiffany Charles
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Bradley
Marshall
D-Day
Guadalcanal
Corregidor
Bataan
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tiffany
America
Lincoln
Thomas
Fox News Channel
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Public Forum
American PO
Atters
Link
Freedom.com
Pulrzer Prize
Communications. Inc
Patrick CoNnty
Sonn Kann
Ken Bropnax
Bur Saer
Emertus
Marri Qudges
Thomas Sowell
Cal Thomas
Eptie Hove T Petz
Mattara
Killmore
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