Slamming the Door on Gitmo
It was years in the making, and it was largely overlooked. But the Senate Tuesday night finally cleared the path for Guantanamo Bay detainees to be tried in federal court.
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Forget Europe and hightail it to Southeastern Indiana for some R&R. The fall foliage is as beautiful as Upstate New York's. The maple syrup is as delicious as Vermont's. And the Amish are aren't nearly as overexposed as Pennsylvania's. I...
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Mike Pence, an influential conservative from Indiana, talks about how the GOP lost in 2008 by not being conservative enough.
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