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Senator Whitehouse Reveals Smoking Gun of White House Claiming Not to be Bound by Any Law
December 7, 2007 – Damn, I love me some Sheldon Whitehouse. He, like, actually knows the law. And he, like, is willing to actually read the stuff he is exercising oversight over. Which is why this speech he gave today … Continue reading
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Letter to the Editor – Suicide is the Hidden Horror of the Iraq War
December 10, 2007 – Some months ago a friend of mine – an Iraq vet – committed suicide. He was a solid citizen, a hard working family man, serious, level-headed, and had a deep desire to help others. The kind … Continue reading
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Boulder County Shelter Seeing New Generation of Homeless Veterans
December 10, 2007 – Iraq war veterans are starting to line up for free meals and a warm bed at the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless. “Traditionally, we’ve seen veterans from Vietnam – veterans consistently have been 25 percent of … Continue reading
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Victim Claims Gang-Rape Covered Up By US, Halliburton/KBR
December 10, 2007 – A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident. Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped … Continue reading
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Editorial Column – A Flood of Stressed Veterans is Expected
December 9, 2007 – Last May, Tim Chapman was sitting in his car on the edge of a cliff, weeping. If he took his foot off the brake, he would go over the edge – to silence, to peace, and … Continue reading
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Will the Iraq War Cause an Electoral Storm?
December 11, 2007 – Back in February of this year, writing about the history of turning-point elections, Steve Fraser asked a question, but didn’t answer it: Would campaign 2008, he wondered, turn out to be a rare presidential election of … Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Two House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearings Set for Wed. Dec. 12
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Media Advisory Two Hearings Scheduled for Wednesday, December 12, 2007: Hearing #1: 10:00 a.m. in 345 Cannon House Office Building. Full Committee Hearing on “Stopping Suicides: Mental Health Challenges Within the Department of Veterans Affairs.” Immediately … Continue reading
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How to Keep an Ex-Terrorist Talking
December 9, 2007 – The informer was growing terrified about the prospect of testifying against Al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden, he feared, would get to him or his family. Allah, he suspected, was already punishing him; his father was sick … Continue reading
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CIA Destroyed Two Tapes Showing Interrogations
December 6, 2007 – The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its … Continue reading
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Bush Threatens 200,000 Jobs to Continue Lost Iraq War
December 5, 2007 – Federal employees who work for the Army may get layoff notices before Christmas if Congress and the White House do not reach an accord on funding for the Iraq war, the Pentagon said yesterday. The warning, … Continue reading
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