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Tea Party Foreign Policy: Where They Stand

The upstarts of the new Republican Congress have a risky foreign policy platform—no plan at all. Peter Beinart on how Tea Party outrage over government spending ignores the fact that deficits are often caused by wars.

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There’s nothing conservatives cherish as much as the United States Constitution, except perhaps, their interpretation of the United States Constitution. When President Bush signed a bill into law, he often added a “ signing

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