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  • July 2008

    • Webb Joins Clark Brouhaha; McCain Camp Strikes Back

      Talking Points Memo  |  Jul 1, 08 6:50 PM CDT

      Webb Joins Clark Brouhaha; McCain Camp Strikes Back

      (Newser) - James Webb said yesterday that John McCain should “calm down” regarding the politicizing of his military service, prompting an angry response today. McCain's campaign alleged a “coordinated attack on John McCain’s credentials.” But no Democrat—including Wesley Clark—has “demeaned” McCain’s service, Greg Sargent writes for Talking Points Memo. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • James Webb  • Wesley Clark

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • 'Wingnutty' Webb Can't Be Obama VP

      Atlantic Monthly  |  May 28, 08 8:01 AM CDT

      'Wingnutty' Webb Can't Be Obama VP

      (Newser) - Many liberals are pining for James Webb to be added to a Barack Obama ticket, but the Virginia senator is “completely unacceptable”—severely lacking on affirmative action (which he has called “state-sponsored racism”), on women’s issues (he’s said females in the military “poison” the environment for men) and on temperament, Kathy G. writes in the Atlantic .  More »

    • 'Bogus' McCain, Bush Oppose New GI Bill

      New York Times  |  May 6, 08 11:42 AM CDT

      'Bogus' McCain, Bush Oppose New GI Bill

      (Newser) - The so-called new GI bill, which would update the famed original to fund education for veterans, should be an obvious ‘Yea’ vote for any legislator, but, the New York Times ' Bob Herbert points out, John McCain and President Bush are fighting it. The bipartisan bill is “an investment” in the lives of veterans, and Herbert is flabbergasted the former POW is against it. More »

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      John McCain  • POW  • James Webb  • scholarship

  • March 2008
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  • May 2007

    • NASA Reveals Superpowered Telescope

      BBC  |  May 11, 07 4:38 PM CDT

      NASA Reveals Superpowered Telescope

      (Newser) - NASA has uncovered a prototype for a new telescope that will outmagnify the dominant Hubble. The James Webb Space Telescope will cost $4.5 billion and float nearly a million miles from Earth when it launches in six years; its supercharged hexagonal mirror will transmit images of the farthest and oldest corners of the universe. More »

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      NASA  • space  • space exploration  • Hubble  • James Webb  • telescope

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