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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
Israeli police officers scuffle with Jewish settlers as the evacuate a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in the biblical city of Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals at their evictors. It was the first major West Bank evacuation since a violent 2006 confrontation that injured hundreds.
Evangelia Vlami, who got married with another woman six months ago, checks documents outside a court hall on the island of Rhodes December 4, 2008. A Greek court is considering a prosecutor's request to overturn the country's first gay weddings, celebrated this year despite official warnings they were illegal, a lawyer said on Thursday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he gives an interview to Indian TV channel Doordarshan in Moscow on December 4, 2008 on the eve of his trip to India. Medvedev was due to arrive in New Delhi for a visit expected to see Russia agree to build India new nuclear reactors and give its backing to the anti-terror fight after the Mumbai attacks.
Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
A researcher, with "no research, no futre" written on his forehead marches in the streets of Rome during a demonstration on November 14, 2008. Researchers joined the students during a national of protest against conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's multi-billion-euro education cuts.
European Central bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet attends a joint news conference following a summit to discuss the international financial crisis at the Elysee Palace, October 4, 2008. European leaders vowed at the start of an emergency summit on Saturday to do what they could to fend off a financial crisis that snowballed out of Wall Street and is now hitting banks in Europe.
The problem for Republicans is that few Americans will have a visceral reaction to images of Byron Dorgan or Pat Leahy ... The two Senate Democrats who would most likely resonate are off-limits for McCain: Ted Kennedy, by virtue of his illness, and Hillary Clinton, because of the GOP's desire to appeal to her 18 million voters. 
Sen. Byron Dorgan has spoken out strongly in favor of reviewing US nuclear weapons policy and the role nuclear weapons play in our security strategy. As chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommitee, Senator Dorgan is a respected and influential voice in Congress on nuclear weapons issues.
But then, on the floor of the Senate last week, Obama voted for one amendment - backed by the AFL-CIO and sponsored by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) - designed to insert a deadly 'poison pill' into the bipartisan 'grand bargain' on immigration reform.
Wayne appeared in negative ads against North Dakota’s Democratic senators — Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan — for not supporting a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning ... When Dorgan heard that Wayne was going to perform at a fundraising event for me in Washington, D.C., he came to me with a message for Wayne. ‘Tell Wayne Newton to go eff himself,’ Dorgan said. I dutifully delivered Dorgan’s message to Wayne, who got a hearty laugh out of it.
If you’re friends with Jim Messina, you have a friend for life. But if you cross him, God help you.
