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A backyard barbecue with more than 200 guests, an event center bustling with loyal Republicans at noon and a high school gym at capacity by 5 p.m.: It must be Iowa with presidential contenders in town.

AP - Openness in federal contracting, a major issue in tracking the billions of dollars spent in Iraq, is on the agenda as House Democrats wrap up a week dedicated to providing the public with more information on the workings of government.

AFP - Iran said Friday that the United States had yet to issue a promised visa for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to travel to the United Nations to address the Security Council on his country's controversial nuclear programme.

To liberals, civility, or the premise of it, is to be used, not to enable greater cooperation, but as a weapon - to be yielded when liberals are devoid of any intelligent argument (which explains why they employ it so often!).Technorati Tags: liberals, intelligent argument, civility, premise, cooperation