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		<title>Troops return to US Capital after 10 months in Iraq</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hugs and kisses welcomed U.S. soldiers from Washington&#8217;s National Guard when they returned home March 18 after serving in Iraq.  It is the first time they have seen their families in almost a year.  And for some, the stay will be short lived. VOA&#8217;s Elizabeth Lee explains.
The moment they had dreamed about finally arrived.
And for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona sheriff launches immigration sweep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX – The Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office in Arizona has launched a two-day, countywide crime and immigration sweep that authorities say will focus on drop houses, drug violators and human smuggling vehicles.

Four hundred deputies and volunteer posse members are taking part in the patrols. The sweep, which began Thursday, is Sheriff Joe Arpaio&#8217;s 14th since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House pushing amnesty and national ID cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is already planning his next sweeping change for American society after he gets his Obamacare passed in both houses of Congress: fulfillment of his campaign promise to revamp U.S. immigration policy as part of his fundamental transformation of the United States.

On Thursday, Obama mentioned a proposal by Democrat Senator Charles Schumer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President, Congress approval ratings continue to slide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the president continues to rally in support of an expensive and unpopular health care bill, and the House Speaker ponders ways to pass the bill without an actual vote, Congressional and Presidential approval ratings continue to sink.

According to a recent Gallup poll, only 46% of those surveyed approve of the job that President Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caterpillar: Health care bill would cost it $100M</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dow Jones Newswires &#124; Caterpillar Inc. said the health-care overhaul legislation being considered by theU.S. House of Representatives would increase the company&#8217;s health-care costs by more than $100 million in the first year alone.

In a letter Thursday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Caterpillar urged lawmakers to vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The truth about health insurance profits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the course of his pitch for Universal Healthcare, President Obama has repeatedly impugned the character of the health insurance industry.   The President&#8217;s onlookers have been regaled with tales of health insurance providers nefariously stripping their customers of coverage in pursuit of their allegedly massive profit margins.

Reality, as is often the case, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House poised to pass whopping $940 billion health bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Democrats in the House of Representatives are preparing to enjoy passage of a monstrous health care spending bill that will burden the taxpayer with an enormous $940 billion tab.

The spending plan, aimed at “covering” more than 32 million uninsured Americans over 10 years, includes a series of tax credits for selected classes of people and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain’s attack on liberty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone paying attention knows that John McCain has been a Big-Government Globalist Neocon (BGGN) for virtually his entire senatorial career. As with many BGGNs hiding out in the Republican Party, McCain likes to talk about smaller government, but his track record is littered with the promotion of one big government program after another. But, what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallgovtimes.com/2010/03/john-mccain%e2%80%99s-attack-on-liberty/</link>
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		<title>New York latest state to freeze refund check payments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The state of New York has stopped sending out tax refund checks, totaling nearly a half billion dollars in over payments, to residents due to the state’s cash crunch.  Checks won’t resume until April 1st.

&#8220;I cannot help but wonder what would happen if New York residents delayed their payments to the government, citing “financial strain” as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smallgovtimes.com/2010/03/new-york-latest-state-to-freeze-refund-check-payments/</link>
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		<title>State Department to blow nearly $500 million in Italy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a report by the Washington Times, the State Department is preparing to help fund two separate art and architecture exhibits in Venice, Italy, a move that will cost the American taxpayer a sum of $450,000.

Obviously, our government is not feeling the pinch of economic strain.
State Department officials defend the expenditures, arguing that the [...]]]></description>
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