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The only thing that’s permanent is change, the saying goes. I only wish it weren’t so brutally true. I don’t embrace too well most change that comes my way. I like things to purr along on a steady course, with surprises that pop up being of the pleasurable variety. Particularly difficult for me are the…
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As we honor the service of the men and women who have served our country, I wanted to provide you an update on things we have worked on in Washington to support our nation’s veterans once they return home from war. On this Veterans Day, I want to acknowledge my respect and appreciation for the…
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Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) today told the Senate Budget Committee that the only way to address the nation’s growing debt is to create a bipartisan commission and require Congress to vote up or down its recommendations. Wolf, who for three years has been advocating for a blue ribbon panel that would put everything from entitlement…
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum today announced that Dr. John Milton Cooper Jr., the foremost Woodrow Wilson scholar in the country and author of a new biography about President Wilson, will be the 2009 Annual Luncheon Speaker on Friday, Nov. 13, at noon at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center in Staunton….
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Story by Chris Graham With AFP Video It’s nearly been three years since state leaders announced the move of SRI International to locate its East Coast research and development headquarters north of Harrisonburg. Local and state officials marked the formal grand opening of SRI’s new Center for Advanced Drug Research on Monday afternoon. “Today, we…
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The media and Republicans are howling about the gubernatorial-election trainwrecks in Virginia and New Jersey spelling early doom for the agenda of President Barack Obama not even a year into his term. It’s Tim Kaine’s job as Democratic National Committee chairman to put a silver lining in the smoke clouds. I asked Kaine after a…
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Monday, Nov. 9 COACH GROH: We have had a particular interest in Mark’s (Herzlich) circumstances because at one time we were hopeful that he would be here. So we’ve had a lot of personal discourse with him during that time frame. I think you hear even more about the story and it extends to the…
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Last week, a new version of health-care reform legislation was unveiled in the U.S. House. I was pleased to see major changes in the bill that move us in the right direction. Though I was unsatisfied with the original bill, I’ve been working hard for reforms that I can support, because doing nothing would mean…
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One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. According to the American Cancer Society, this year alone an estimated 40,170 women will lose their lives to breast cancer. Meanwhile, it is estimated that 4,000 breast cancer deaths could be prevented just…
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Waynesboro treasurer Sandee Dixon is facing three challengers, including two write-in challengers, in the wake of a series of four state audit reports raising issue with her management of the city money office. The four faced a question on the audit issue at a candidates forum sponsored by Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending Wednesday night….
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