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Perry Down, Cain Up; Why Can't Romney Pull Ahead?
Southern evangelical Christians will have a big voice in the early GOP primaries. Will Romney's religion be an issue? Why has Cain outstripped Perry in public opinion polls?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenSouthern evangelical Christians will have a big voice in the early Republican primaries. Will Mitt Romney's Mormon religion be an issue? Why has Herman Cain outstripped Rick Perry in public opinion polls? We look at Republican prospects. Also, economists breathe a sigh of relief over jobs numbers. On Reporter's Notebook, is Afghanistan better off than it was 10 years ago? We hear what Afghan-Americans who went home to help out are saying now.
Banner image: Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Herman Cain, Gov. Rick Perry and Mitt Romney at the end of the presidential debate sponsored by CNN and the Tea Party Express on September 12, 2011 in Tampa, Florida. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
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3 storiesEconomists Breathe a Sigh of Relief over Jobs Numbers
In what passes for good news in these economic times, the nation's labor market showed some signs of improvement last month. Employment grew by 103,000 workers: not great, according to one economist, but "less bad than expected." Greg Robb is senior Washington correspondent for MarketWatch.com .
Read the story7 minMitt Romney, Herman Cain and Religion in Politics
At the Citadel military college in South Carolina, Mitt Romney made a neo-conservative foreign policy speech today. He called for reversing cuts in the Pentagon and increasing military spending, and suggested that President Obama had surrendered America's role as being the strongest nation on earth.
Read the story36 minAfghan Expatriates Take Stock after Ten Years of War
Ten years ago today, just a month after September 11, US military planes began bombing Taliban training camps in Afghanistan. Now, after $338 billion has been spent and 1780 American lives have been lost, one former US commander says the US and its NATO allies are "a little better than halfway" to achieving their goals.
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