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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Dan Balz</title>
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		<title>U.S. shutdown damages political system, but Republicans seen at greater risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be plenty of collateral damage from the government shutdown that began early Tuesday &#8212; from federal workers to ordinary citizens &#8212; but the most serious effects are likely to be felt inside a Republican Party that appears divided and in need of leadership. Day One of the shutdown produced, if anything, a hardening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton&#8217;s Syria stance may be key in 2016 race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hillary Rodham Clinton was a senator from New York the last time the U.S. Congress was asked to authorize military action in the Middle East. Friends believe her 2002 vote giving President George W. Bush the power to invade Iraq may have cost her the presidency in 2008. Today, she is a former secretary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama gives voice to what it still means to be black in U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s comments Friday about the killing of Trayvon Martin were remarkable in many respects, but not least because of the distance he has traveled since the equally notable speech he delivered in 2008 during the controversy about his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. When Obama — then an aspirant to the presidency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit renews urban policy debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A national urban policy would not have saved Detroit, but the city&#8217;s bankruptcy filing Thursday was a vivid reminder of how the problems of America&#8217;s cities have long ceased to be a focal point of the political debate in presidential campaigns or on Capitol Hill. The closest the candidates came in 2012 to the topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passage of strict abortion bill highlights Democrats&#8217; uphill fight in Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The politically charged battle over whether to restrict abortions in Texas ended late Friday night when the state Senate passed legislation and sent it on to Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, for his signature. In the end, the fight underscored the challenges Democrats face as they look to break the Republicans&#8217; grip on the state. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Republicans take lessons from Cameron&#8217;s struggles in Britain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years ago, newly elected British Prime Minister David Cameron was seen as a possible model for Republicans looking to update their party after losing the 2008 presidential election. Today, he provides an object lesson in the stumbling blocks that can lie in wait. Cameron, the Conservative Party leader, is a student of the public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush library revives focus on maligned presidency</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[George W. Bush returned to the spotlight last week for the dedication of his presidential library, an event that has triggered fresh public debate about his eight fateful years in office. But he has re-emerged with a better public image than when he left Washington more than four years ago. Since then, Bush has absented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stronger U.S. gun law fails to pass in Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate’s rejection of a bipartisan bill to expand background checks for gun purchases reveals the difference in power between public opinion and a united minority.]]></description>
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		<title>Can GOP governors save their ailing party?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republican National Committee (RNC) task force report painted a stark portrait of a party divided between its struggling federal wing and its thriving gubernatorial wing. The GOP&#8217;s path to rehabilitation may indeed run through the states, but some of the report&#8217;s assertions about the governors&#8217; successes are questionable at best. Take this one, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can GOP learn something from Democrats past?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus deserves credit for launching a reclamation project for his beleaguered party. The report by the RNC&#8217;s Growth and Opportunity Project lays bare the depth of the problems of a party that has lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections and that is on the [...]]]></description>
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