When Israel defeated the 1948 invasion, Arab diplomats protested Israel's retention of territories beyond the lines of the rejected 1947 Partition Plan.

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His running mate choice draws some clear lines with Romney's Democratic opponents over the size of the cuts in Ryan's plan and his prior votes on taxes, which they say favor the wealthiest Americans -- a point of contention in an election in which both sides consider themselves champions of the middle class.

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As Kadima's leader Tzipi Livni reminds us every time she opens her mouth, Kadima's plan is for Israel to destroy itself by withdrawing to the indefensible 1949 armistice lines as quickly as possible.

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One month after the merger announcement, Robison, Executive Vice President Clarke and a few other execs entered a "clean room, " where 10, 000 decisions about the new company, from what product lines to keep to which pension plan to use, would be made ahead of the merger's approval.

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