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New Baghdad embassy's fire-fighting system is defective

By Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

The fire-fighting system in the massive new $740 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is defective, according to documents obtained by McClatchy and U.S. officials, who allege that their concerns were ignored or overruled in a rush to declare the complex completed. » read more

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For the next few days, Mitt Romney will be known again as George Romney's son. As the presidential nomination caravan moves into Michigan this weekend — the state's primary will be held Tuesday — Mitt Romney will face a very new kind of pressure. He's got to live up to Dad. » read more

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