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Column by Bob Goodlatte Just a few weeks ago, President Bush and Secretary of State Rice hosted an international conference at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The conference focused on supporting the efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Abbas on their road to peace.
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz Shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, Dan Seifert joined the National Guard. The former Air Force technician didn’t expect that this move would create a theological crisis, but at age 42, he was a different person.
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Column by David Cox Throughout their history, Democrats have been the party of opportunity. It still is.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., were a wakeup call for those involved in the emergency-services community in the Shenandoah Valley. “The big thing that came out of 9/11 was the thought that, hey, we’ve got to look at our policies and…
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Story by Chris Graham The big news out of Richmond this week is that the state is facing a possible $300 million budget deficit due to slowed tax collections.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Shenandoah Valley is usually pretty tame as far as its politics goes – but even the solid Republican Mountain Valley has seen its share of contentiousness this political season. To wit … – One of the highlights of the Augusta County Fair this summer was an episode…
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Story by Chris Graham Mark Warner has been down this road before – lending his name and expending his political capital to aid political protege Tim Kaine’s run at the governor’s job last fall. The businessman-turned-Virginia political favorite son knows that there is risk involved to engaging in such efforts. “If you feel like you…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham A group of former University of Virginia football teammates of U.S. Sen. George Allen alleges that the former quarterback regularly used the n-word to refer to African-Americans. A second group of the Republican’s former teammates has stepped up to say that this is not true. Meanwhile, the state’s…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I wisecracked recently to a friend about how I was watching the start of a NASCAR race on TV recently when I was struck by something that I heard the public-address announcer at the race track du jour say about how the fans in attendance needed to take…
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Story by Chris Graham Angela Tincher has always been able to bring it – but as the Virginia Tech sophomore has learned the part of the game that Yogi Berra figured was somewhere in the area of 45 percent mental, she’s become virtually unhittable. “The more I pitch, the more the scouting reports get out…
