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Recent polls show popular three-term New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s approval ratings declining as a result of his continued support for the proposed mosque near ground zero. But in my book, Bloomberg will always be top-notch for his willingness to fight for what he believes in, even if it’s not always popular.
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Al D'Amato
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8/20/10
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Believe it or not, in my 18 years in the U.S. Senate, I engaged in many heated debates with my colleagues. I have observed, and history has proven, that political battles benefit the people.
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Al D'Amato
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8/12/10
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To the Editor:
I agree fully with Bernie Kilkelly ("D'Amato is all too predictable," July 22-28). Shame on you, Herald.
These biased remarks from Al D’Amato are a regular thing with him. …
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8/11/10
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Since I last wrote about the direction of our country’s immigration policies, a federal judge has ruled in the United States of America v. Arizona and issued an injunction, blocking the most controversial aspects of Arizona’s SB 1070 from taking effect.
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Al D'Amato
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8/5/10
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Within the next couple of weeks, New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will make one of its most politically sensitive decisions — whether a historic downtown building just two blocks from the World Trade Center site can be torn down to make room for a mosque and Islamic cultural center.
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by Al D'Amato
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7/30/10
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July 15 was a big day for President Obama. Not only did BP miraculously cap the oil spill — albeit temporarily — but Goldman Sachs settled with the SEC and Congress approved all 2,300 pages of a historic financial overhaul bill.
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by Al D'Amato
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7/22/10
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I can’t remember the last time I picked up a copy of Rolling Stone, but I urge you all to read the article in which Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of our troops in Afghanistan, and his colleagues gave a candid interview to journalist Michael Hasting.
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Al D'Amato
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7/1/10
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If you’re a political junkie like me, you love a good knock-down fight. In the political record book, June 8 will go down as the day when women, particularly Republican women, scored a knockout, and boy, did they roar!
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Al D'Amato
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6/20/10
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My father served as a union president — a teachers union president — in Suffolk County nearly four decades ago, in the days when educators like him were given little respect, and even lower wages.
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Scott Brinton
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6/3/10
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On April 20, an explosion off the Gulf Coast on an oil rig leased by British Petroleum marked the unfortunate beginning of the worst oil spill in our nation’s history.
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Al D'Amato
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6/3/10
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