Those in a position to see first hand, know there is not always joy in the eyes of the residents of the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Returning From Trip to Baghdad, Moran Repeats,
Returning from his first visit to Iraq in two years, U.S. Rep., whose 8th District of Virginia includes much of the News-Press’s primary distribution area, told the News-Press in an exclusive interview yesterday, “My views have not changed since before the invasion of Iraq was first proposed. We had no […]
A Year Later: The F.C. Connection To Webb
It was just a year ago, on June 13, 2006, that Falls Church resident James Webb bucked the Virginia Democratic establishment to win the party’s primary and the chance to be elected a U.S. Senator later in the year. It turned out, as everyone knows, that not only did Webb […]
Senator Whipple
Last week’s primaries changed the political landscape and raised the stakes in the November elections for the Senate of Virginia.
Smyth Wins, Connolly Upbeat About Fall Races Statewide
Fairfax County Supervisor Linda Smyth withstood a stiff challenge in a Democratic primary Tuesday to virtually ensure an election to a second term representing the Providence District. Smyth defeated Charles Hall with 54% of the vote Tuesday and no one has yet filed to contest her in the November general […]
Smyth Squares Off With Dem Primary Challenger in Debate
Linda Smyth, a one-term incumbent representing the Providence District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, will be facing competition in her re-election campaign—not from a Republican challenger, but from within her own party.
Anything But Straight: Judgment Day
To no fault of his own, John Edwards morphed into the “Breck Girl” in 2004 during his nearly successful drive to get the Democratic presidential nomination. The sliming of Edwards started when an anonymous Republican source telegraphed to The New York Times how the Party planned to attack the surging […]
Editorial: James Webb For Senator
Democratic contender James Webb is on the verge of one of the great political upsets in the history of Virginia. As we move to the election on Tuesday, polls continue to show him with a thin but perceptible lead over incumbent U.S. Senator George Allen in a race that has […]
Helen Thomas: It’s the War, Senator Lieberman
WASHINGTON — The political fate of Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman will be on the line in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Connecticut, an election that has become a referendum on the war in Iraq.
