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Ideology, although a complex issue may be seen as the dominant ideas and values which inform any one society or culture but which are imbued in it's social behavior and representative texts at a level that is not necessarily obvious or conscious. An ideological stance is normally politicized and historically determined. In the first instance,

AFP - Lawmakers in the US Congress will send their controversial Iraq war funding bill, with a timetable for withdrawing US troops from the country, to the desk of President George W. Bush on Tuesday, sources in the House of Representatives said.

U.S. News & World Report - The leading Republican candidates had two goals in Tuesday's GOP presidential debate in Columbia, S.C.--demonstrate their toughness on terrorism and establish themselves as true conservatives. They appeared to have succeeded in their first objective but left doubts about the second.

AP - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama told unionized firefighters Friday that he would stand behind them and provide the wages and resources they deserve — and that others in Washington would not.