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U.S., Russia Differ on Future of ABM Treaty

WASHINGTON – President Clinton may wonder if next month’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin is really worth the effort. Clinton is trying to pave the way for a limited missile defense system to protect against launches from rogue nations that liberals don’t think is needed, and conservatives don’t think …

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Common Sense: Saving Social Security

As some of you might have surmised, I’m a black-and-white kind of guy. I see things starkly simply — some might argue too simply. But it helps when it comes to complicated issues because I don’t see them as complicated. Take Social Security. It is broken. You might not see …

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Talking Points: Justice Served

Guilty. Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Brazill has been convicted of second-degree murder. That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. Nathaniel would have gotten life in prison if the jury had convicted him of first-degree murder. Now he faces 25 years mandatory in prison. This is fair. The jury did the …

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