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Virginia Off-Shore Drilling Off-Limits, says DoD report
May 19,2010

Rep. Jim Moran (D-8), the Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and the Environment released new information Tuesday detailing the military’s objections to drilling in the area off Virginia’s coast known as “Lease Sale 220.”

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Commerce Secretary Encourages Export Expansion in Local Visit
May 12,2010

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Tuesday explained how expanding exports of U.S. manufactured goods and services will drive job creation during a visit to the Precision Auto Care, Inc., a client of the department’s International Trade Administration (ITA), in Leesburg.


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MULLINGS/Tax Day Patriots
Apr 19,2010

This is the first year - maybe ever - that I actually prepared, paid, and filed my federal and state income taxes well in advance of April 15. I, therefore, spent the day feeling very, very superior, and walked up to complete strangers to tell them I had done my taxes weeks ago. They, for the most part, appeared to be very impressed. Well,

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TANKS AT PLAY: Location Chosen for $50M Wartime Museum
Apr 14,2010

These days it's little more than a dusty field about 28 miles from downtown Washington. But on some weekends the armored toys come out, creating muddy indentures in the ground from World War II-era tanks and amphibious personnel carriers.


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MULLINGS/Nukes
Apr 12,2010

President Barack Obama is on an anti-nuclear binge. It is obviously a good thing to want to reduce nuclear weapons on the planet, and I hope he is successful. This week Obama is hosting 40+ heads of state at a nuclear summit. I don't know that his goal is for that,

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Virginia Young Democrats Reject New Voter Restoration Requirements
Apr 12,2010

After last week’s "glaring omission" of slavery from his Confederate History Month proclamation, Gov. Bob McDonnell has once again taken a swipe at those Virginians working toward parity, equality, and enfranchisement in the Commonwealth,

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MULLINGS/Gee, Em! How's it Going?
Apr 09,2010

Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the tarantula infested tomatoes of big time finance comes word that America's car company - literally - GM, lost $4.3 billion 2009 covering the period from its emergence from bankruptcy in July through the end of the year. So, GM accomplished that in only about six months.

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Misusing the B-Word
Apr 06,2010

According to many, we are in an epic fight for equality. In tune with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, many in this day in age are fighting the b-word: bigotry. During the current session of the Virginia General Assembly, Delegate David Englin of Alexandria introduced a bill to combat discrimination in the Commonwealth. It failed in committee.




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