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		<title>By: 1000 hits in 30 days &#187; Contractor hired to assess its own failed program.</title>
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		<dc:creator>1000 hits in 30 days &#187; Contractor hired to assess its own failed program.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: 1000 hits in 30 days &#187; Contractor hired to assess its own failed program.</title>
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		<dc:creator>1000 hits in 30 days &#187; Contractor hired to assess its own failed program.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
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		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Letâ€™s remove all criminals from public office now. IMPEACHMENT is The only answer!&lt;/em&gt;

Comment by veritas #33

&lt;strong&gt;...No 60 vote super majority...

...no impeachment...

...the DUHmerican 30% deadenders...

...continue to sleep with their frogs...

...as do many of the remaining 60% so-called Independents, and Liberal- Progressives...

...who continue to tolerate...

...their racist inbred Bushite family members, neighbors, co-workers, and friends...

...until PRESSURE is put on the conned&#039;selfserving Repulsivesum members of Congress...

...America will continue its precipitous slide into oblivion under Bushiva &amp; L&#039;il Dick...

...btw has anybody SEEN or HEARD from L&#039;il Dick?

...is it still alive?&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Letâ€™s remove all criminals from public office now. IMPEACHMENT is The only answer!</em></p>
<p>Comment by veritas #33</p>
<p><strong>&#8230;No 60 vote super majority&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;no impeachment&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;the DUHmerican 30% deadenders&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;continue to sleep with their frogs&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;as do many of the remaining 60% so-called Independents, and Liberal- Progressives&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;who continue to tolerate&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;their racist inbred Bushite family members, neighbors, co-workers, and friends&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;until PRESSURE is put on the conned&#8217;selfserving Repulsivesum members of Congress&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;America will continue its precipitous slide into oblivion under Bushiva &amp; L&#8217;il Dick&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;btw has anybody SEEN or HEARD from L&#8217;il Dick?</p>
<p>&#8230;is it still alive?</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3066664', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3064808</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Is this old Neal (Bush&#039;s) company?

...when did he get back from Thailand?

...thought the child whores had him all tied up (literally)...&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Is this old Neal (Bush&#8217;s) company?</p>
<p>&#8230;when did he get back from Thailand?</p>
<p>&#8230;thought the child whores had him all tied up (literally)&#8230;</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3064808', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Willliam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Willliam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We the people will hopefully will learn from how this country was run and will remember what has been done to our country and start soon with a new selection of people to run this country. We will need to have representitives who will pass new laws where people are held to account for their lies and when they are caught with abusing this country the punishment will be more then a few years or a small fine.
The people need to be very smart about our future.
Bill</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We the people will hopefully will learn from how this country was run and will remember what has been done to our country and start soon with a new selection of people to run this country. We will need to have representitives who will pass new laws where people are held to account for their lies and when they are caught with abusing this country the punishment will be more then a few years or a small fine.<br />
The people need to be very smart about our future.<br />
Bill<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3045513', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Xbot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Xbot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#26 Veritas:

I&#039;m betting it&#039;ll be using the funds that normally went to poor hungry children to buy some porn for Cheney.

If that doesn&#039;t come out this week, I&#039;m sure it will at some point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#26 Veritas:</p>
<p>I&#8217;m betting it&#8217;ll be using the funds that normally went to poor hungry children to buy some porn for Cheney.</p>
<p>If that doesn&#8217;t come out this week, I&#8217;m sure it will at some point.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3037941', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tom3</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3035159</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chimpy&#039;s No Child Left Behind program is a scam.

It&#039;s secret agenda is to dismantle the nation&#039;s public schools.

Hopefully this scandal will bring it down...before it brings down our schools.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chimpy&#8217;s No Child Left Behind program is a scam.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s secret agenda is to dismantle the nation&#8217;s public schools.</p>
<p>Hopefully this scandal will bring it down&#8230;before it brings down our schools.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3035159', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: veritas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3032976</link>
		<dc:creator>veritas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s remove all criminals from public office now.  IMPEACHMENT is The only answer!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s remove all criminals from public office now.  IMPEACHMENT is The only answer!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3032976', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: veritas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3032922</link>
		<dc:creator>veritas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Orin Hatch, the Hatchet-Man for Bushco, needs to be investigated next. Why is it that so many people working for this one man are now suspect of being involved in the Gonzo scandal?  Why is it that he was the only idiot at the Sampson hearing trying to put words in Kyle&#039;s mouth and otherwise &quot;paint the picture&quot; to exonerate the DOJ?  Why is it that Hatch is the least patriotic individual in Congress?

Why is it that this twisted, demented individual is sitting in Congress right now and is trying to screw The People whom he purports to represent?

Let&#039;s take a closer look at Hatch&#039;s dealings, shall we?  No doubt this man has much to be worried about.  In fact, the way he spoke at the hearing would lead an observer to believe that he&#039;s got so many skeletons in his personal closet regarding these firings that he &quot;protested too much&quot;.  Let&#039;s take a look at Hatch.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Orin Hatch, the Hatchet-Man for Bushco, needs to be investigated next. Why is it that so many people working for this one man are now suspect of being involved in the Gonzo scandal?  Why is it that he was the only idiot at the Sampson hearing trying to put words in Kyle&#8217;s mouth and otherwise &#8220;paint the picture&#8221; to exonerate the DOJ?  Why is it that Hatch is the least patriotic individual in Congress?</p>
<p>Why is it that this twisted, demented individual is sitting in Congress right now and is trying to screw The People whom he purports to represent?</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a closer look at Hatch&#8217;s dealings, shall we?  No doubt this man has much to be worried about.  In fact, the way he spoke at the hearing would lead an observer to believe that he&#8217;s got so many skeletons in his personal closet regarding these firings that he &#8220;protested too much&#8221;.  Let&#8217;s take a look at Hatch&#8230;..<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3032922', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nofltwlt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3032504</link>
		<dc:creator>nofltwlt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What will be the Bush defense when he and his band of racketeers are finally brought down?  Will Bush say that criminal, subversive behavior is in his genes?  If so, I think the eradication of this gene by the scientic community should be pursued.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What will be the Bush defense when he and his band of racketeers are finally brought down?  Will Bush say that criminal, subversive behavior is in his genes?  If so, I think the eradication of this gene by the scientic community should be pursued.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3032504', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: veritas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3032327</link>
		<dc:creator>veritas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s what Bush gets for hiring &quot;stoolies&quot; (thirtysomethings) to be his &quot;fall guys&quot;.  The problem with youth is that they don&#039;t know when to shut up and they believe the lies about themselves that they are qualified to do these jobs.  Their egos nail not only themselves but those whom they&#039;ve been hired to protect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what Bush gets for hiring &#8220;stoolies&#8221; (thirtysomethings) to be his &#8220;fall guys&#8221;.  The problem with youth is that they don&#8217;t know when to shut up and they believe the lies about themselves that they are qualified to do these jobs.  Their egos nail not only themselves but those whom they&#8217;ve been hired to protect.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3032327', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: veritas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3032158</link>
		<dc:creator>veritas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Everything about this administration of smoke &amp; mirrors, steal &amp; conceal, is corrupt.  Anything any Rethug touches is contaminated and cannot be trusted.  The next thing the people need to look into is the hackable voting machines or 08 will become a &quot;crap shoot&quot; - who can hack the machines first.  Why vote?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything about this administration of smoke &amp; mirrors, steal &amp; conceal, is corrupt.  Anything any Rethug touches is contaminated and cannot be trusted.  The next thing the people need to look into is the hackable voting machines or 08 will become a &#8220;crap shoot&#8221; &#8211; who can hack the machines first.  Why vote?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3032158', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: veritas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3032037</link>
		<dc:creator>veritas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>P.S.  Nothing unusual here....it&#039;s been a well-conceived &quot;plot&quot; by this administration and they almost accomplished a total coup on this democracy.  Their biggest mistake was thinking that it would look unseemly to fire prosecutors without justification (which they had the right to do) and the naive young minds decided to make it look good by citing reasons.  hahahaha!  big mistake!  And this will be the mistake which will be responsible for the final fall of the Bush administration.  Stupid is as stupid does.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>P.S.  Nothing unusual here&#8230;.it&#8217;s been a well-conceived &#8220;plot&#8221; by this administration and they almost accomplished a total coup on this democracy.  Their biggest mistake was thinking that it would look unseemly to fire prosecutors without justification (which they had the right to do) and the naive young minds decided to make it look good by citing reasons.  hahahaha!  big mistake!  And this will be the mistake which will be responsible for the final fall of the Bush administration.  Stupid is as stupid does.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3032037', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EasyRider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3031876</link>
		<dc:creator>EasyRider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Same thing here:
Maryland hired SAIC to certify that the new electronic votong machines&#039; code was valid and met the standards.

SAIC certified that it did. This it knew because it wrote the code!

Nice job, I write it, then I get hired to check that I followed and met all the necessary requirements. Yep! I did it right. Pay me twice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same thing here:<br />
Maryland hired SAIC to certify that the new electronic votong machines&#8217; code was valid and met the standards.</p>
<p>SAIC certified that it did. This it knew because it wrote the code!</p>
<p>Nice job, I write it, then I get hired to check that I followed and met all the necessary requirements. Yep! I did it right. Pay me twice.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3031876', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: veritas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3031834</link>
		<dc:creator>veritas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One way to keep things quiet - just as they did with environmental polluters...put one of the biggest lobbyists in charge....and then pardon those facing charges during the previous administration.  Pretty clever, eh?  Or at least they thought so......until now!  The whistleblowers are flying out of the woodwork like termites now...anyone care to take a guess at what new scandal will surface this coming week?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One way to keep things quiet &#8211; just as they did with environmental polluters&#8230;put one of the biggest lobbyists in charge&#8230;.and then pardon those facing charges during the previous administration.  Pretty clever, eh?  Or at least they thought so&#8230;&#8230;until now!  The whistleblowers are flying out of the woodwork like termites now&#8230;anyone care to take a guess at what new scandal will surface this coming week?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3031834', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Johnsnottoodistracted</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3030017</link>
		<dc:creator>Johnsnottoodistracted</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please help me fast.I need someone at fauxzxxxs news to clearly explain to us why this is the only real sensible method to sort out the problems.
My version is: what do you expect? Didn&#039;t we pass the sanity exit along way back? It doesn&#039;t come up again you know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please help me fast.I need someone at fauxzxxxs news to clearly explain to us why this is the only real sensible method to sort out the problems.<br />
My version is: what do you expect? Didn&#8217;t we pass the sanity exit along way back? It doesn&#8217;t come up again you know.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3030017', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Valiant Penus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3027137</link>
		<dc:creator>Valiant Penus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The U.S. military death toll in March, the first full month of the security crackdown, was nearly twice that of the Iraqi army, which American and Iraqi officials say is taking the leading role in the latest attempt to curb violenceâ€¦&lt;/em&gt;

Can someone please explain to me what I should imply from this statement?</description>
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<p>Can someone please explain to me what I should imply from this statement?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3027137', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Perry Logan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3027115</link>
		<dc:creator>Perry Logan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That Ted Kennedy meme is incontinent right-wing slander at its most fetid.  It&#039;s also preety stupid.  Someone obviously drugged Teddy, hoping to kill or disgrace him.  Barely conscious, he almost drowned trying to save his friend.  And the wingers turn this into a murder plot.  Anything to smear a Democrat, I guess.  I&#039;m glad they&#039;re not police detectives.  Or scriptwriters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That Ted Kennedy meme is incontinent right-wing slander at its most fetid.  It&#8217;s also preety stupid.  Someone obviously drugged Teddy, hoping to kill or disgrace him.  Barely conscious, he almost drowned trying to save his friend.  And the wingers turn this into a murder plot.  Anything to smear a Democrat, I guess.  I&#8217;m glad they&#8217;re not police detectives.  Or scriptwriters.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3027115', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tobey Tall</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3022998</link>
		<dc:creator>Tobey Tall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The U.S. military death toll in March, the first full month of the security crackdown, was nearly twice that of the Iraqi army, which American and Iraqi officials say is taking the leading role in the latest attempt to curb violence...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The U.S. military death toll in March, the first full month of the security crackdown, was nearly twice that of the Iraqi army, which American and Iraqi officials say is taking the leading role in the latest attempt to curb violence&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3022998', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Royston Vasey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/contractor-hired-to-assess-its-own-failed-program/comment-page-1/#comment-3020470</link>
		<dc:creator>Royston Vasey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Portsmouth, NH - not a very big place (pop.21k) - but with *all* the Presidential candidates campaigning in the State, I&#039;m sure some of the locals will ask a couple of questions about the gravy train.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Portsmouth, NH &#8211; not a very big place (pop.21k) &#8211; but with *all* the Presidential candidates campaigning in the State, I&#8217;m sure some of the locals will ask a couple of questions about the gravy train.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3020470', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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