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Tax on High-Income Americans May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate
Armed Services Committee, said higher-income Americans should be
taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that
NATO should provide half of the new soldiers.
Palin's Chances in Future Presidential Run May Require `Pygmalion Project' Sarah Palin is trying for a second
chance at a first impression.
Clinton Sees Encouraging Karzai Signs as U.S. Plots Afghanistan War Plan Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
said she is encouraged by Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s
promises to fight corruption and build up Afghan security forces
to replace U.S. troops by the end of his new five-year term.
Calls for Geithner to Quit U.S. Treasury Post May Grow as Election Nears U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner, as part of a grilling on Capitol Hill yesterday, was
asked by a Republican lawmaker to resign. It is a call he is
likely to hear again and again as next year’s election campaign
heats up.
U.S. House Passes Measure to Avert Cuts in Medicare Payments to Doctors The U.S. House approved spending
$210 billion over 10 years to prevent reductions in federal
reimbursements to doctors participating in the Medicare
program.
Louisiana's Landrieu Wins U.S. Aid for State as Senate Health Vote Looms Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, one
of three lawmakers being wooed by Democratic leaders to back
health-care legislation, won the inclusion of an extra $100
million in federal aid for low-income people in her state.
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