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Pensylvania primary. Clinton needs big win today "Senator Hillary Clinton faces the toughest test yet of her struggle to capture the Democratic nomination in today's Pennsylvania primary: Not only must she score an expected win, she must beat her rival, Senator Barack Obama, by a large enough margin to convince party leaders that she would be the stronger nominee in the fall." Clinton, Obama Make Last Pitches To Pennsylvania "Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama offered Pennsylvania voters their closing arguments, winding down a nearly two-month campaign in the state that has done little to bring clarity to the Democratic presidential contest." What to look for in the Pennsylvania primary "Here are some factors that, in addition to who wins the vote, will help decide whether the Pennsylvania primary is one more way station on the road to the final primaries in June, or whether the nomination fight might come to a quicker conclusion:"
US-Canada-Mexico summit. Bush opens summit with leaders of Canada and Mexico "For a summit of three countries doing nearly $1 trillion worth of business with each other every year, President Bush's two-day meeting with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts began as a decidedly low-voltage affair." White House Defends NAFTA as Bush Meets With Heads of Mexico, Canada "With the North American Free Trade Agreement taking a pounding on the campaign trail, President Bush met with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to defend the pact and to seek new ways to cooperate on border, economic and regulatory issues." Bush voices NAFTA support amid Democratic criticism "President George W. Bush used his final Three Amigos summit to offer a morale boost for a North American free-trade agreement facing increased skepticism from Democratic presidential hopefuls."
US military. Waivers for Recruits With Convictions Rise "The Army admitted about one-fourth more recruits last year with a record of legal problems ranging from felony convictions and serious misdemeanors to drug crimes and traffic offenses," Army and Marine Corps Grant More Felony Waivers "Strained by the demands of a long war, the Army and the Marine Corps recruited significantly more felons into their ranks in 2007 than in 2006, including people convicted of armed robbery, arson and burglary," More convicted felons allowed to enlist in Army, Marines 'Under pressure to meet combat needs, the Army and Marine Corps brought in significantly more recruits with felony convictions last year than in 2006, including some with manslaughter and sex crime convictions." General: Army needs 'stop-loss' until late 2009 "It will be more than a year before the Army can end the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to stay in the service beyond their retirement or re-enlistment dates,"
Veterans. Talking Veterans Down From Despair "The veterans hot line is part of a specialized effort by the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce suicide by enabling counselors, for the first time, to instantly check a veteran's medical records and then combine emergency response with local follow-up services." Clergy learn together how to help vets "While private charities and government agencies have focused on ways to help returning vets dealing with traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, or major depression, clergy have had little training. And with vets looking to churches for healing, ministers
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