The Tea Party drove one long-time Republican operative to quit after 30 years as a Capitol Hill staffer.

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The strategy that the US has adopted in Iraq, which has met with such success in the brief time it has been operative, is a long-term strategy.

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Strachan, winning the Manager of the Year award for the second time, has led Celtic to the Co-operative Insurance Cup this season and his team are a point ahead of rivals Rangers at the top of the Premier League.

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United were taken to extra-time by Ross County in Dingwall in the Co-operative Insurance Cup in midweek and did not return to Dundee, albeit victorious, until the early hours of the following morning.

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According to a spokesman, the co-operative will run five ferries on the city's Harbourside on regular time-tabled services, 364 days a year.

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The Co-operative Insurance company apply their name to the League Cup for the last time this Sabbath, and in the wake of the Old Firm final, Scottish football will have two of its three major competitions without financial backers.

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"He has been trained to fly in the front seat as the mission commander, a role that equips the operative to fly the aircraft from the back seat but the majority of the time involves operating the Apache's sights, sensors and weapons systems, " it said.

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The Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative scandal exposed his doping and subsequently led to his 9.78 seconds record time being dropped from the books.

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President Bush and what is left of the GOP on Capitol Hill and around the country would do well to heed this skilled operative's critique - and the insights it provides for the way ahead in such a dangerous time of war.

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