Financial Crisis: Christmas In October?

This time, it comes back to the House loaded with billions of dollars worth of tax cuts and other sweeteners. They are meant to attract at least a dozen House members who voted against the measure Monday, when it failed, 228-205, triggering a record drop in the stock market.

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Diplomatic Cowards ...

'It's one thing if someone believes in what's going on over there and volunteers, but it's another thing to send someone over there on a forced assignment,' Croddy said. 'I'm sorry, but basically that's a potential death sentence and you know it. ... Who will raise our children if we are dead or seriously wounded?'

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Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger and frustration Wednesday about the State Department's decision to force foreign service officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some likening it to a "potential death sentence."


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If one can't stand the heat, they would be better served finding an new "profession?" The United States would be better served, as well! Perhaps there are openings in far less dangerous areas for those who wish to be paid for services not rendered ...