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... Democrats in Congress visited the White House on Tuesday, and they emerged to say that they and President Trump had agreed to spend $2 trillion on public works ... The question is who is going to pay for all this? The annual federal budget deficit is already nearing $1 trillion. House Democrats couldn’t even pass a budget outline because their left flank wants $67 billion more in domestic spending than the leadership offered. Republicans want more for defense. And that’s before any infrastructure blowout. Democrats have been saying they won’t agree to raise the gasoline tax unless Mr. Trump...

The Trump administration’s often overlooked list of achievements has surpassed those of former President Reagan at this time and more than doubled since the last tally of accomplishments after his first year in office, giving President Trump a solid platform to run for reelection on. As Trump nears the two-year mark of his historic election and conducts political rallies around the country during which he talks up his wins in hopes it will energize Republican voters, the administration has counted up 289 accomplishments in 18 categories, capped by the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. They include 173...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq, Nov. 6, 2008 – Although capturing terrorists and finding weapon caches in Iraq make headlines, Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team’s Infrastructure Coordination Element consider restoring essential services and key infrastructure elements to the citizens of Baghdad as the real victories in the war on terror. Army Maj. James Lantz speaks to local leaders at the opening of the Doura Refinery Kindergarten on Aug. 24, 2008, in southern Baghdad’s Rashid district. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Hodge  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The ICE team...

http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4044Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:28 am Post subject: Fathers' Issues / New Orleans - by sibleyd One theme of mine is that our social fabric is worn very thin and possibly near the tearing point. One major reason is the destruction of fathers and thus families and thus children. New Orleans tends to show that the social fabric is not as solid and untearable as many seem to think. New Orleans also tends to make other points. First, families headed by intact fathers tend to be more self-reliant than torn apart families who tend to be more reliant on...