Yearly Archives: 2008

Speier blasts Iraq war in first House speech Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau April 11, 2008, Washington, DC – Newly elected Democratic Representative Jackie Speier of Hillsborough was sworn into Congress Thursday morning and promptly gave a fiery speech criticizing … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – Families of both the victim and killer in a murder trial that ended with a guilty verdict last week say that their sons, both U.S. Army Rangers who served in Afghanistan, were negatively portrayed leading up … Continue reading →

April 10, 2008 – Washington, DC — President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would suspend U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer but tried to reassure a weary public that the war, to be handed to his successor … Continue reading →

April 11, 2008 – Morelia, Mexico — A Marine suspected of killing a pregnant colleague told police he slept in fields and survived by eating fruit that he found during a three-month manhunt that ended with his arrest in western … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – Washington, DC — The refusal of the top U.S. commander in Iraq to give Congress a timetable for additional troop withdrawals has escalated an already fierce debate about the rising cost of the conflict to taxpayers … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008, Washington, DC – No lights at the end of the tunnel. No corners turned. Give Gen. David Petraeus points for using well-understood clichés to express the obvious: We are bogged down in Iraq, the general in charge … Continue reading →

April 10, 2008 – As some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – Washington, DC — The House voted Tuesday to expand research into and surveillance of traumatic brain injuries, which affect some 1.5 million Americans every year and have come to be the signature wound of the war … Continue reading →

April 8, 2008 – Sure, Arizona Senator John McCain’s campaign may still be selling him as some kind of “maverick” or “independent thinker” — and most of the media may still be buying that ridiculous line. But when it comes … Continue reading →

April 9, 2008 – The answer is NO. PERIOD.I am writing about this because I got a call from a BBC reporter who wanted to talk to a veteran with PTSD who was being sent back to Iraq or Afghanistan.When … Continue reading →