Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) was a conservative politician who served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he was recognized as "Mr. Republican."Robert Alphonso Taft was born September 8, 1889, i...
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House debate over the Iraq war did more than pit Democrat against Republican. It pitted ghosts of the past against each other.Historical figures, some long gone, were invoked in the debate Tuesday....
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On one side: Abe Lincoln, Davy Crockett, poet Robert Frost. On the other: Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King Jr.The House debate on the Iraq war has a ghostly quality as lawma...
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Not since 1952 has the nation entered a presidential year with greater seeming uncertainty as to who will face off in November.Early that year, Tennessee Sen. Ernest Kefauver upset Harry Truman in ...
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Area: 9,366,008 sq km (3,616,236 sq mi), including 204,083 sq km of inland water but excluding the 156,049 sq km of the Great Lakes that lie within
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boundariesPopulation (2006 est.): 299,330,...
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Robert Alphonso Taft
Wisdom of the ages invoked in Iraq debate
