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      <excerpt>...poetic symmetry to the press release Sen. Christopher S. &quot;Kit&quot; Bond, R-Mo., issued last week after Attorney General Eric Holder decided that Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to the United States and some will stand trial on criminal charges in c</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...least her reaction, as often as she can. We've received a similar gracious promise from the office of U.S. Sen. Christopher &quot;Kit&quot; Bond, a Republican. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, who has helped the GOP shape responses to the Democrats' proposals for reform, mig</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...ruling by the WTO that Airbus received illegal subsidies. Lawmakers, such as Brownback, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), are asking the Department of Defense to &#8220;level the playing field.&#8221; &#8220;Airbus and the European Union have refus</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...secretary of state, is in a dead heat with seven-term Republican Rep. Roy Blunt in the race to succeed GOP incumbent Sen. Kit Bond, who decided not to seek re-election, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Nov. 13-15. Get the new PD too</excerpt>
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      <title>Carnahan, Blunt Are Neck-and-Neck in Race for Missouri Senate Seat</title>
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      <excerpt>...opening U.S. reserves of clean natural gas. These are carbon-cutting strategies where we can come together, and I urge my colleagues in Congress to do so as soon as possible. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., is a member of the Environment and Public Works Committe</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> In addition, former Minnesota senator Norm Coleman took heat last year for renting a room in Larson&amp;#39;s Washington DC apartment at well below market value. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>As the health care battle rages on, pundits are quick to point out the importance of doing reform right - after all, it composes one-sixth of the American economy. Unfortunately, harping on that number seems to have reminded Congress of one thing:</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>A new Public Policy Poll shows the race to replace Senator Kit Bond in a virtual tie. Robin Carnahan leads Roy Blunt 43%-42% in the open seat race, one of the Democrats best opportunities this cycle. While she has lead tight throughout, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Senator Christopher &#8220;Kit&#8221; Bond (R-MO) believes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others detained at Gitmo are not run of the mill criminals and should not be brought to the U.S. mainland for trial. &#8220;These are illegal combatants in a war on ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Probably for open seats. But Kit Bond, despite being very low profile had a firm grip on that Senate seat for a long time. I believe his only marginally close race was against now Governor Nixon several elections ago. ...</excerpt>
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