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  • Hope grows, realism prevails in talks
    The latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks started off like similar endeavors in the past, but the White House hopes that this time, the outcome will be different. FULL STORY | LEADERS CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE | WHAT'S AT STAKE?
  • Army finishes initial review of McChrystal affair
    The Army's inspector general has completed an initial review into the circumstances surrounding comments by former Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his staff that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins told CNN.
  • Judge rejects Obama testifying at 'birther' colonel's trial
    A judge on Thursday denied a request for President Barack Obama to testify at a court martial for a U.S. Army flight surgeon who refused to deploy to Afghanistan until he saw proof that Obama was born in the United States.
  • Gates arrives in Afghanistan
    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan Thursday to consult with political and military officials.
  • Egypt might host second round of Mideast peace talks
    If this week's Mideast peace talks brokered by the Obama administration go well, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is offering to host a second round of talks later this month in his country, according to two officials close to the talks.
  • Navarrette: Obama must stick to his guns on education
    It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"
  • Borger: Will Obama be a Clinton -- or a Carter?
    There are just times, when you are president of the United States, that formally speaking to the American people is part of the job.
  • Biden marks transfer of U.S. command in Iraq
    After more than seven years of American military operations in Iraq, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will help mark the transfer of U.S. military command in Iraq on Wednesday.
  • Blair memoirs: Bush had 'immense simplicity'
    U.S. President George W. Bush was a "true idealist" who displayed "genuine integrity and political courage" but had a simplistic view of the world, former British prime minister Tony Blair reveals in his memoirs.
  • Rollins: Obama's lame speeches on economy, Iraq
    In the first two days back from his Martha's Vineyard family vacation, President Obama gave two speeches on two important subjects.
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