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		<title>Mexican is Not a Race</title>
		<link>http://www.diversenews.com/2010/05/20/mexican-is-not-a-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 01:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gary Goldfarb May 20, 2010/ PHILADELPHIA &#8211; With all the recent news of Arizona&#8217;s S.B. 1070 law, a Mexican being beaten and the Mexican president calling the law &#8216;racist&#8217;, does this mean that Mexicans are of a certain race? Last I checked, Mexico is a country. Let&#8217;s switch countries around to see: So, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chaka Fattah Salutes Veterans in Warrior Transition Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 17:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), joined by Wounded Warrior veterans including a member of his own staff, today keynoted the national launch of the innovative AMVETS Warrior Transition Workshops. The workshops were developed by combat veterans for combat veterans to assist in their transition from military to civilian life. The program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tavis Smiley to Moderate Conversation on &#8216;Need&#8217; for Black Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.diversenews.com/2010/02/23/tavis-smiley-to-moderate-conversation-on-need-for-black-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Forum Also to Activate Black Participation in 2010 Census LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Some noted Black leaders recently have suggested publicly that President Obama does not need to focus on Black issues. In response to mounting evidence showing African Americans are disproportionately lagging behind on all economic indicators despite assertions of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lockheed Martin Donates $400,000 to Washington Crossing Historical Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Pa., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today pledged to donate $400,000 to the Washington Crossing Historical Park in Washington Crossing, Pa. The park, which has experienced recent state budget cuts, is visited by more than one hundred thousand tourists each year. Lockheed Martin&#8217;s donation will fund the addition of a dedicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>90 year-old Stands His Ground to Raise the American Flag</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colonel Van Barfoot RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Col. Van Barfoot has until Friday at 5 pm to remove his flagpole or face a civil suit. The 90-year-old veteran is shocked and gratified by the outpouring of support from around the country. His daughter, Margaret Nicholls said, &#8220;The response has been unbelievable. What started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA Outsourcing Threatens Jobs for Veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; In the midst of the great recession, a depressed job market is hitting veterans particularly hard. Unemployment numbers for all veterans continues to hover near 12 percent, but for service members who left the military in the past three years unemployment is 18 percent, nearly twice the national average. &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMA Deeply Disappointed Senate Blocked Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.diversenews.com/2009/10/26/ama-deeply-disappointed-senate-blocked-medicare-physician-fairness-act-of-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Permanent repeal of the Medicare physician payment formula is essential to comprehensive health system reform Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D. President, American Medical Association: &#8220;The AMA is deeply disappointed that the Senate today blocked consideration of S. 1776, legislation to preserve access to health care for America&#8217;s seniors, baby boomers and military families. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adolf egged while running for office</title>
		<link>http://www.diversenews.com/2009/10/18/adolf-egged-while-running-for-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism of the home of a Muslim woman who is running for elected office. CAIR said the house of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to let Russia inspect American Nuke sites</title>
		<link>http://www.diversenews.com/2009/10/14/obama-to-let-russia-inspect-american-nuke-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diversenews.com/2009/10/14/obama-to-let-russia-inspect-american-nuke-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who, that grew up during the cold war, would ever think of such a time when the Soviet Union would be inspecting the U.S.&#8217;s nuclear facilities? Scary ain&#8217;t it? In a somewhat rare show of media isolation, Fox News appears to be the only news service covering this Dana Lewis and AP contributed story (by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama: No more troops in Afghanistan&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.diversenews.com/2009/09/17/president-obama-no-more-troops-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[anytime soon. -Josh Truman]]></description>
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