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Will the Race for President Turn into a Generational Showdown?
Can Barack Obama mobilize post-boomers against the politics of the past? Do Hillary and Bill Clintons' appeal to "experience" make older voters want to see them back in the White House? Also, President Bush and Congressional Democrats may be in for another battle over Iraq, and federal raids on four Southern California art museums may lead to criminal indictments.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenBarack Obama has written that "the politics of today suffers from a case of arrested development." He calls it "the psychodrama of the baby-boom generation." Can he mobilize post-boomers against the politics of the past? Does the Clintons' appeal to "experience" make older voters want to see them back in the White House? Also, President Bush and Congressional Democrats may be in for another battle over Iraq, and federal raids on four Southern California art museums may lead to criminal indictments.
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3 storiesCan Bush Tie the Hands of Future Presidents on Iraq?
President Bush and the Democrats in Congress may be in for another battle over Iraq. In 11 months the United Nations mandate for military action runs out and the administration wants Iraq to give the US both combat authority and grant civilian contractors protection from Iraqi law, without the approval of Congress.
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During last night's Republican debate in Florida, the only Democrats mentioned were Bill and Hillary Clinton. But the Democratic nomination has yet to be decided.
Read the story33 minStolen Antiquities in Art Museums
LA's Getty and New York's Metropolitan are among the prominent American museums publicly embarrassed recently by revelations of stolen artifacts in their collections. Yesterday, four others were raided by dozens of federal agents in Southern California--with TV news crews notified in advance.
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