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document.write('<blockquote><p>BAGHDAD ?\"Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq\'s ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.</p> <p>\"It was the first exchange of fire involving U.S. troops in Baghdad since the Aug. 31 deadline for formally ending the combat mission, and it showed that American troops remaining in the country are still being drawn into the fighting.</p> <p>\"The attack also made plain the kind of lapses in security that have left Iraqis wary of the U.S. drawdown and distrustful of the ability of Iraqi forces now taking up ultimate responsibility for protecting the country.\" <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39019711/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barbara Surk, AP, Sept 5</a></p></blockquote> <p>But wait.  Isn\'t this supposed to be over.</p> <p><a href=\"http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/content/%E2%80%9Cus-troops-join-baghdad-battle-against-militants%E2%80%9D-ap-2-hours-ago\" target=\"_blank\">read more</a></p></p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/content/farmland-being-readied-nuclear-crop" title="By KEVIN COLLISON, Kansas City Star     * Bulldozers are rolling on a billion-dollar project that will transform a former soybean field in south Kansas City into America?s only privately developed plant making parts for nuclear weapons. When it comes to t..." target="popup" onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false">Farmland is being readied for a nuclear crop</a><br />');
document.write('<p>By KEVIN COLLISON, <a href=\"http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/04/2200220/farmland-is-being-readied-for.html#ixzz0yefcyXTn\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kansas City Star</a></p> <p>    * Bulldozers are rolling on a billion-dollar project that will transform a former soybean field in south Kansas City into America?s only privately developed plant making parts for nuclear weapons.</p> <p>When it comes to the area economy, there is no question about the importance of the facility being built for Honeywell Federal Manufacturing &amp; Technologies.</p> <p>With 2,500 workers, the Honeywell plant now in the Bannister Federal Complex is the area?s third-largest manufacturing facility, after the Ford and General Motors factories.</p> <p>The replacement project will keep 2,100 well-paid Honeywell jobs in Kansas City. About 1,500 construction workers also will be needed to build the five-building, 1.5 million-square-foot campus, the biggest construction project since the Sprint campus was completed a decade ago.</p> <p><a href=\"http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/content/farmland-being-readied-nuclear-crop\" target=\"_blank\">read more</a></p></p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/content/national-constitution-centers-2010-liberty-medal-will-be-awarded-tony-blair-recognition-his-" title="2010 Liberty Medal Ceremony Monday, September 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Event Admission: FREE, processing fees apply Reservations Required: Tickets will be available to the public beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 11 by calling Ticketmaster at 866.49..." target="popup" onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false">The National Constitution Center\'s 2010 Liberty Medal will be awarded to Tony Blair in recognition of his commitment to conflict resolution</a><br />');
document.write('<p>2010 Liberty Medal Ceremony</p> <p>Monday, September 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m.<br /> Event Admission: FREE, processing fees apply<br /> Reservations Required: Tickets will be available to the public beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 11 by calling Ticketmaster at 866.492.6326 (limit of two tickets per household). National Constitution Center members can call on Monday, August 9 beginning at 10:00 a.m. to order tickets (no service charge will apply).</p> <p>The National Constitution Center\'s 2010 Liberty Medal will be awarded to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in recognition of his steadfast commitment to conflict resolution. The public Liberty Medal ceremony will take place on Monday, September 13, 2010, at the<br /> National Constitution Center in Historic Philadelphia. The ceremony will be broadcast live on WPVI-TV/6abc and webcast live on <a href=\"http://www.6abc.com\" title=\"www.6abc.com\">www.6abc.com</a>. The 2010 Liberty Medal ceremony will kick off a week of events leading up to Constitution Day on Friday, September 17.</p> <p><a href=\"http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/content/national-constitution-centers-2010-liberty-medal-will-be-awarded-tony-blair-recognition-his-\" target=\"_blank\">read more</a></p></p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/content/3-trillion-and-beyond" title="When ever you hear Anyone speaking about Tax Cuts, especially that they create jobs but that\'s another issue, what they are saying is that they had no problem Rubber Stamping Everything for Their Wars of Choice and Now They Once Again Don\'t Want To Pony..." target="popup" onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false">$3 trillion and beyond</a><br />');
document.write('<p>When ever you hear Anyone speaking about Tax Cuts, especially that they create jobs but that\'s another issue, what they are saying is that they had no problem Rubber Stamping Everything for Their Wars of Choice and Now They Once Again Don\'t Want To Pony Up In Keeping The Promises Made To Those They Sent and Are Still Sending, DeJa-Vu all over again!!</p> <p><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090302200.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>The true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond</b></a></p> <blockquote><p>September 5, 2010 - Writing in these pages  in early 2008, we put the total cost to the United States of the Iraq war at $3 trillion. This price tag dwarfed previous estimates, including the Bush administration\'s 2003 projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war.</p> </blockquote><p><a href=\"http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/content/3-trillion-and-beyond\" target=\"_blank\">read more</a></p></p>');
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