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To: Dale Baker who wrote (65411)5/12/2008 8:31:30 PM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 541997
 
By Jon Cohen and Dan Balz

I read some rumours last night that Balz might be leaving the Washington Post. Either take a buyout like Tom Ricks did or move to another paper. Peter Baker just moved to the NYTimes so that's a possibility.

Let's hope he keeps writing.



To: Dale Baker who wrote (65411)5/12/2008 9:46:20 PM
From: KonKilo  Respond to of 541997
 
In this video, McCain implies that our military involvement in the ME is because of oil:

"My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will - that will then prevent us - that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East."

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