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More than 700 members of One: The Campaign to Make Poverty History will caucus across Iowa tonight, but its CEO says the organization founded by rock star Bono has already succeeded in Iowa.

“It’s hard to measure success in a non-qualitative way,” said David Lane, Chief Executive Officer of One. “We don’t have any allusions that [...]

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd has received a boost to his presidential campaign from a prominent member of the global health community. Robert Sargent (Bobby) Shriver III, co-founder and chairman of Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (DATA), made his endorsement public this week.
“I have been truly impressed with Chris Dodd’s leadership on global health issues,” said Shriver. [...]

There are more than 6 billion humans living on Earth and if we all consumed, traveled and lived as I do, we’d need about four and a half Earths to sustain us, that’s according to an on-line game produced by American Public Media. 

If I continue to need so much energy and supporting infrastructure, a [...]

Sen. John McCain’s “No Surrender” tour roared into Waterloo on Wednesday.  The Republican presidential candidate appeared onstage with veterans from Iraq and Vietnam at American Legion Post 138.  McCain strongly voiced his concerns about leaving Iraq during the tour stop. 

He opened with a joke before settling into a serious defense of the current strategy in [...]