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by Walter Alarkon - 07/18/08 9:50 AM ET

Barack Obama’s call for a “civilian national security force” is puzzling, writes Carol Platt Liebau, who wonders whether the Democrat is trying to equate an army of Peace Corps types with the military. This off-the-cuff rhetoric from Obama reflects his inexperience, writes Hugh Hewitt. Electricity costs have increased by nearly half in Maryland and Washington, D.C. in the past two years, and yet Obama and Democrats still oppose the best solution, more nuclear power plants, writes Hewitt.

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