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  1. The Benefactor of the Ball

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12...

    It was billed as the biggest, most eye-popping of the inauguration hotel packages: the JW Marriott's $1 million "build-your-own-ball" offer. You get 300 rooms, four suites, $200,000 worth of food and drink, and a primo site overlooking the Pennsylvania Avenue parade route.

    9 hours ago

  2. New Pentagon Policy Says ÂIrregular Warfare' Will Get Same Attention as Traditional Combat

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12...

    The Pentagon this week approved a major policy directive that elevates the military's mission of "irregular warfare" -- the increasingly prevalent campaigns to battle insurgents and terrorists, often with foreign partners and sometimes clandestinely -- to an equal footing with traditional combat.

    1 hour ago

  3. School Employees Forgo 5% Raises in Montgomery

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12...

    Montgomery County teachers and other school employees have agreed to give up a 5 percent pay raise next year, a concession that saves the school system $89 million and allows Superintendent Jerry D. Weast to balance the budget.

    40 minutes ago

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