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    <title>Michael Reagan's Townhall.com Column</title>
    <description>Michael Reagan, the eldest son of Ronald Reagan, is heard daily by over 5 million listeners via his nationally syndicated talk radio program, "The Michael Reagan Show." The show airs on over 200 stations in the U.S. and for the world at www.radioamerica.com. His show has turned conventional radio wisdom upside-down, earning stellar ratings by concentrating on substantive national issues, albeit with a healthy dose of Mike's biting humor, wit and warmth. Listeners count on Michael Reagan to pierce the public relations veil that shrouds government and distorts the dominant media's coverage of social and cultural issues.

Michael Reagan's radio career began with an appearance as a guest host on Michael Jackson's program from KABC in Los Angeles. Michael Reagan was then host of a top-rated local radio program on San Diego's KSDO before launching his national program in 1992. Prior to launching the national program, Michael Reagan set world records in power-boat racing. His racing raised more than $1.5 million for charities like the United States Olympic Team, Cystic Fibrosis and Juvenile Diabetes Foundations and the Statue of Liberty Restoration Fund. His efforts were recognized when he became a recipient of the "Victor Award" for outstanding sports and humanitarian achievement.

Michael Reagan also serves on the board for The John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation and has authored many successful books including his best-selling autobiography, "On the Outside Looking In," and "The Common Sense of An Uncommon Man: The Wit, Wisdom and Eternal Optimism of Ronald Reagan." His latest book "Twice Adopted" is based on his personal story. Michael Reagan and his wife, Colleen, have two children and reside in Sherman Oaks, California.</description>
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      <title>Passage By Pork Rather Than Good Public Policy</title>
      <description>As families across our nation prepare to celebrate Christmas together, Democrats in the United States Senate and their ringleader, Harry Reid, have been deviously busy once again. They're working hard to fill taxpayers'...</description>
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      <title>The Haze of Copenhagen</title>
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Thousands are now gathered in Copenhagen to embark on an aggressive plan to reach a framework for reducing carbon emissions, with the goal of instituting a more formalized, binding agreement within six...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:56:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Harry Reid, Uncensored</title>
      <description>On the Senate floor this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid abused the dignity of his position with yet another desperate attack on Republicans and other Americans who understand the dangers of President Obama's...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Getting it Right? A Half-Hearted Afghanistan Strategy Revisited</title>
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As many of you will recall, in previous writings I urged President Obama to do the right thing when it came to providing Gen. McChrystal with his requested troop increases in support of the war effort in Afghanistan....</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:18:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Stimulus Equals Deception</title>
      <description>It seems the president has a new trick up his sleeve to convince us his bloated "stimulus" packages are solving our economic woes: deception.

ABC News called out the Obama administration the other day when, on the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:11:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Lost Message and a Lost Opportunity</title>
      <description>This past week I have been in Europe to help commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I went into this trip with a great deal of enthusiasm and an expectation that the heroes responsible for that...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What a Difference a Year Makes!</title>
      <description>One year ago Barack Obama turned the political establishment upside down with a resounding national election that, according to so-called experts, spelled the end of influence and legitimacy for the GOP for years,...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Fresh Change and a New Beginning? The November 2009 Elections</title>
      <description>Next Tuesday, November 3, voters across the nation will take to the polls in the first elections since President Obama's inauguration. 

At stake are critical state legislative races across our nation that will...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay -- An Administration Without a Plan</title>
      <description>Over the last month our nation has focused a great deal of attention on Gen. McChrystal's substantial troop request for our mission in Afghanistan. This is the sort of matter which we should be talking about, because...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Prize for Hope</title>
      <description>So much has already been said and written concerning President Obama's startling receipt of a Nobel Peace Prize this past Friday that I don't want to bore you with a regurgitated version of yesterday's news. 


But...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:36:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An Overlooked Crisis</title>
      <description>As our health care system is debated in Congress and we continue to face down pro-choice challenges in the bill, I want to take the time to remind all of us of another vulnerable segment of our population. This is one...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:10:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Time for President Obama to Get Behind the General Consensus on Afghanistan</title>
      <description>Gen. Stanley McChrystal, President Obama's personal choice to lead U.S. and coalition forces and operations in Afghanistan, has officially made a request for between 30,000 and 40,000 additional troops. He asserts that...</description>
      <link>http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelReagan/2009/09/30/time_for_president_obama_to_get_behind_the_general_consensus_on_afghanistan</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Newspaper Profitability -- Is it Critical to our Democracy?</title>
      <description>Today, as you read this column in your favorite newspaper, I hope that you can appreciate the irony of where I am choosing to voice my opposition to President Obama's expressed "happiness" to look at proposals to...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Politics of Race -- Flames Fanned by a Former President</title>
      <description>The Democrats, led by certain members of Congress and former President Jimmy Carter, have developed a new tactic to dismiss growing displeasure with President Obama's policies. As his approval ratings continue to drop,...</description>
      <link>http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelReagan/2009/09/17/the_politics_of_race_--_flames_fanned_by_a_former_president</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>When Should "a Thousand Words" Give Way to Silence?</title>
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On August 14 a young Marine Lance Corporal, Joshua Bernard, was struck by a Taliban-fired RPG during an ambush while on patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. This American hero suffered severe leg wounds and...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:41:41 GMT</pubDate>
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