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							<title><![CDATA[The Unnecessary and Unhelpful Fight for Speaker]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am not alone in wondering why Andy Biggs and a few other Republican House members are determined not to support Kevin McCarthy for speaker when the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3. Evidently Biggs and his followers think McCarthy is too identified with the Republican establishment....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inflation Is Even Worse Than We're Being Told]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10969221/Raging-inflation-FAR-WORSE-told-ANDY-PUZDER-JIM-TALENT.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If inflation today is really as high now as it was 40 years ago, then that means that the Fed is twice as far away from the needed interest rate target as we now think.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fed Chair Wants To 'Get Back' to Trump Era]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10942459/Fed-chair-Powell-wants-Trump-economic-era-agree-ANDY-PUZDER-JIM-TALENT.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA['The labor market we had before the pandemic... that's what we want to get back to.' So said'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Federal Reserve'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Bank Chairman Jerome Powell last week following his announcement that the Fed is raising its benchmark interest rates three-quarters of a percentage point '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's No Logic to the Democrats' Covid Vaccine Mandates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/11/joe-bidens-vaccine-mandate-unnecessarily-antagonizes-the-unvaccinated/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At this point, between widespread vaccination and natural immunity, Biden's efforts hurt more than they help.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re Going to Reopen Soon, and We Should]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/18/were_going_to_reopen_soon_and_we_should_142963.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No one should kid themselves. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re not at the end of the COVID-19 epidemic. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re not even at the beginning of the end. But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, we are approaching the end of the beginning; and that means the severe social distancing restrictions, which were...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Coronavirus, Keep Calm and Carry On]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/coronavirus-outbreak-rational-thinking-jim-talent</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we adjust to the new normal, we tend to make better decisions until the danger passes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Was Right Not to Risk War With Turkey]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/trump-used-the-options-he-had-in-syria/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was no reason to leave a few Special Forces in the middle of an armed conflict when, yes, Erdogan might be willing to risk war with the U.S.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Playing a Long Game With China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/24/why_trumps_partial_delay_of_tariffs_makes_sense.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America has the upper hand in the ongoing trade negotiations with China, and the temporary reprieve that President Trump recently gave the Chinese regime is only further proof that our strong economy grants us a degree of flexibility that Beijing can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hope to match.
There are a lot...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Bull in the China Shop]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/07/a_bull_in_the_china_shop.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Department of Energy is going to prohibit its scientists from participating in programs sponsored by foreign countries suspected of trying to steal sensitive technology.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Of course the obvious target of the policy is China; of course the policy is the correct one, and of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Tough Stand on China Trade Benefits U.S., World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-tough-stand-on-china-trade-will-benefit-america-and-the-world</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a full generation now, Americans have engaged in the annual pastime of bemoaning the number of gifts under the Christmas tree made in China, our greatest foreign trade adversary.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Skillful Diplomacy Puts U.S. in Good Position]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/01/andy-puzder-jim-talent-trumps-strengths-skills-mean-were-getting-closer-to-north-korea-summit.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One thing is clear: President's Trump's decision last week to cancel the summit, which had been scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, played a crucial role in getting the North to scramble and change its behavior to try to get the summit back on track for the original date or later.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Era of Intellectual Property Theft Is Over]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/31/donald-trump-china-intellectual-property-theft-column/458320002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defense Takes Another Hit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/10/26/defense_takes_another_hit_128553.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Talent</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama has vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), extinguishing the one real opportunity this year '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and possibility for the rest of his administration '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' to reverse the decline in American power that is undermining the foreign policy of the United States...]]></description>
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