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Jewish General to Pilot Evangelical-Friendly Air Force
June 12, 2008 – When he was a cadet at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in the early 1970s, Norton Schwartz did not hide his religion under his blue-and-white uniform. A member of the academy’s Jewish choir … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: The Iraq War Becomes Suicidal
June 12, 2008 – I gave a dollar to a shabbily dressed young man holding a “help me” sign on a Market Street in San Francisco. Most Saturday shoppers, many of them foreign tourists taking advantage of the cheap dollar, … Continue reading
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Plan Would Lift Saudi Oil Output to Highest Ever
June 14, 2008 – Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is planning to increase its output next month by about a half-million barrels a day, according to analysts and oil traders who have been briefed by Saudi officials. The … Continue reading
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‘All Options’ Open on Iran, says Bush
June 11, 2008 – US President George W. Bush said Wednesday after talks here with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that “all options” are on the table for dealing with Iran’s suspect nuclear programme. “We’ll give diplomacy a chance to work,” … Continue reading
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Rapture-Ready Evangelicals Impersonate Army Officers – Bush Administration Gives Organization Members Award
June 13, 2008 – A few days ago, a tip was sent to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) research department to check out an organization called Marshall Minute Military Ministries. MRFF has investigated a seemingly endless stream of evangelical … Continue reading
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Review Finds Discrepancies in VA Care for Men,Women
June 13, 2008 – A review by the Department of Veterans Affairs finds that women veterans aren’t receiving the same quality of outpatient care as men at about one-third of its facilities. The review obtained by The Associated Press appears … Continue reading
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McCain: Troop Withdraw Date ‘Not Too Important’ in Iraq
June 11, 2008 – Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama heaped criticism on Republican opponent John McCain for saying it was “not too important” when American troops are withdrawn from Iraq, as Democrats leapt at the chance to attack … Continue reading
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Veterans Affairs Tells Court it Can’t Imagine Voter Registration Drives for Its Wounded Veterans and the Homeless
June 12, 2008 – An attorney for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs hospitals and homeless shelters for veterans, told a federal appeals court Thursday that the VA could not conceive of any circumstance where voter registration drives could … Continue reading
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June 12, Civil Liberties Update: Harsh Rebuke for Bush Administration as Supreme Court Upholds Rule of Law
Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts June 13, 2008 (print edition), Washington, DC — Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention there in United States … Continue reading
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ACLU Urges Congress to Examine White House National Security Council as Central Decision-Maker on Torture
June 9, 2008, Washington, DC – On the eve of two important congressional hearings tomorrow, Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office said, “It is time to get to the bottom of this administration’s torture regime Congress and … Continue reading
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