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		<title>The Military-Industrial Complex Is Real, and It’s Bigger Than Ever &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned about the growth of the “military-industrial complex” in his farewell address. Ed Snowden, late of Booz Allen Hamilton, is just one small expression of its rise. The rest is evident throughout &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/the-military-industrial-complex-is-real-and-its-bigger-than-ever-the-daily-beast-4436">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NSA Spying Shows Obama’s Machine Out of Control &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With news that Verizon was required to hand over supposedly private domestic phone records to the government as part of a national security dragnet, the second-term curse just got much more real for the Obama administration. To date, however, the &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/obama/nsa-spying-shows-obamas-machine-out-of-control-the-daily-beast-4429">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Beast The Last of Their Kind: World War II Heroes in the Senate &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Greatest Generation has left the building. With the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), there are no World War II veterans serving in the U.S. Senate chamber for the first time in a half century. The milestone represents not &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/the-daily-beast-the-last-of-their-kind-world-war-ii-heroes-in-the-senate-the-daily-beast-4424">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Keans &amp; Co.: 5 Picks Chris Christie Could Make to Replace Frank Lautenberg &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who had been the last surviving World War II veteran in the U.S. Senate, is dead. And that means Gov. Chris Christie will need to appoint a successor until a special election, likely to be &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/keans-co-5-picks-chris-christie-could-make-to-replace-frank-lautenberg-the-daily-beast-4422">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CNN Podcast: Big Three – Russell Brand: Don&#8217;t blame Muslims</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week on The Big Three we say bye bye to Michele Bachmann; comedian Russell Brand joins us (naked, apparently) to talk about his column condemning group-blame in the wake of the brutal beheading of a British soldier; and Dean &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/cnn-podcast-big-three-russell-brand-dont-blame-muslims-4415">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Michele Bachmann Is Done: Her Hostage Tape to Reality &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 00:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our long national nightmare is over. Well, that’s overstating it. But the congresswoman who represented the worst of modern American politics more than she ever tried to represent her Minnesota constituents has announced that she will not run for reelection. &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/wingnuts/michele-bachmann-is-done-her-hostage-tape-to-reality-the-daily-beast-4416">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memo to the GOP: It’s Time to Listen to Your Elders &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 11:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes retirees are out of touch. But sometimes they’re freer to tell the truth. And that’s what happened when GOP mandarins Bob Dole and John Warner fired off warning flares about the rightward drift of the Republican Party. Former presidential &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/republican-reformers/memo-to-the-gop-its-time-to-listen-to-your-elders-the-daily-beast-4410">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Did &#8216;Patriot&#8217; Become a Dirty Word? &#8211; CNN.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 11:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Memorial Day, we honor those patriots who gave &#8220;the last full measure of devotion&#8221; &#8212; in Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s words &#8212; and died defending our freedom and union. But this Memorial Day is partly clouded by the resurgence of partisan &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/how-did-patriot-become-a-dirty-word-cnn-com-4412">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CNN Podcast: Big Three – Relief in Oklahoma?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will New Yorkers elect a punch line as Mayor? Anthony Weiner’s entry into the New York City race for mayor was one of the issues we discussed with comedian Jim Gaffigan, our guest this week on the CNN weekly podcast &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/new-york/cnn-podcast-big-three-relief-in-oklahoma-4378">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Scandals Stop Mattering, as Anthony Weiner Rises Again &#8211; The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because you have nothing to lose doesn’t mean you deserve to win. A shameless Anthony Weiner entered the New York City mayor’s race Tuesday with a web video fueled by naked ambition, released at the very unmayoral hour of &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/new-york/sex-scandals-stop-mattering-as-anthony-weiner-rises-again-the-daily-beast-4375">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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