Asked if the United States would support an Islamic republic -- similar to the kind of government in neighboring Iran -- Rumsfeld suggested the answer would be no.

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Scientists are discovering a different kind of answer which has to do with the types of abnormalities in the brain and body that are characteristic of people with depression.

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And there was a time back when I was covering Congress that that was the mantra of a lot of folks, conservatives in particular, and Republicans, that disclosure was the answer rather than any kind of campaign finance reform restrictions like McCain-Feingold.

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So he eagerly submitted to Rick Warren's questions, some of which were the kind that most people wouldn't want to answer at all, much less in public.

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Most of the subjects here are lonesome in some way, travelling (or hurtling) towards some kind of companionship or answer or feeling, while the book's packaging resembles a leather-bound travel journal.

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