In early 2003, readers of the New York Times were treated to a column by resident foreign affairs expert Thomas L. Friedman, in which Friedman claimed that invading Iraq and overthrowing its government would be a useful, moral, and sensible thing to do:
Speaking at a Semafor event, Rep. Becca Balint declined to rule out another government shutdown in January.
There’s no sign yet of a real bipartisan negotiation on expiring subsidies.
ExxonMobil is proposing a new plan to vote on behalf of its absentee investors, in a novel attempt to silence shareholder dissent.
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