Swift Boat Veterans 2.0

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•WHAT IT SAYS IT DOES Seeks to "educate the public concerning issues related to the preservation of economic freedom, the promotion of economic growth and prosperity."

•WHAT IT HAS ACTUALLY DONE Indiana attorney general Steve Carter filed a lawsuit against the group last week after receiving complaints that it was "push polling" against Democratic congressional candidate Baron Hill. Automated calls placed by the group claimed to be conducting a poll, then attacked Hill's voting record. The tactic usually goes below the radar. In this case, the Indiana AG claims it violates the state's telemarketing law.

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President BARACK OBAMA, at NATO talks involving over 50 world leaders, describing the withdrawal of 130,000 combat troops from Afghanistan, planned for the end of 2014
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