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July 18, Voting Rights Update: VA Secretary Peake Blocks ALL Voting Rights for Veterans at VA Facilities – VCS Issues Statement
VA refuses request to change vote policy July 17, 2008 – Veterans Secretary James Peake formally responded to a request by three prominent Democratic senators to reverse his policy disallowing voter registration drives on Department of Veterans Affairs property. He … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: The Real McCain
June 22, 2008 – It is a vintage John McCain performance. Standing in a light-filled atrium at the University of Denver, McCain is espousing his vision for America’s future relations with the world. He hits all the right notes, citing … Continue reading
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Associated Press: Senator Clinton Lost Presidential Election Due to Her Vote for Iraq War Plus Her Failure to Repudiate Her Vote
June 4, 2008, Washington, DC – On her first campaign visit to New Hampshire, in February 2007, Hillary Rodham Clinton was confronted by a voter who demanded she explain her 2002 Senate vote authorizing the U.S. invasion of Iraq. “I … Continue reading
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May 30, Los Angeles Times Editorial Column: Senator McCain’s Attack on Veterans
Senator McCain’s respectful rhetoric isn’t matched by his votes. May 30, 2008 – More than a few people have been puzzled by Sen. John McCain’s dogged opposition to the updated GI Bill of Rights now before Congress. The dissonance between McCain’s … Continue reading
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Senator Leahy Schedules Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Right to Vote
May 13, 2008, Washington, DC – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a hearing to examine the constitutional underpinnings of voting rights and to investigate obstacles that impede access to the ballot box for all Americans. Several … Continue reading
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Mikey Weinstein: Fighting the Good Fight for Religious Freedom in Our Military
May 5, 2008 – I spent the day last month with Michael “Mikey” Weinstein, a living Jewish hero. He is the Air Force Academy honors graduate, boxer, Air Force officer, lawyer, Nixon staff person and bundle of energy who is … Continue reading
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Mythmaking and Democracy – Protecting Voting Rights for All
April 30, 2008, Washington, DC – History is forever burdened by the propensity of the political class to stir the public into hysteria over this or that threat, even if fabrications—not fact—form the basis of the provocation. The Iraq war … Continue reading
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Bush’s War on Professionals
New ranges of secret government are emerging from the fog of war. The latest disclosure, by the New York Times, of domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency performed by evasion of the special Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court surfaces a … Continue reading
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Bush Accepts Torture Ban, Agrees to McCain Amendment
The White House and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) reached agreement today on a measure that would ban torture and limit interrogation tactics in U.S. detention facilities, a provision that the Bush administration had strongly resisted but that received broad support … Continue reading
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Why the Military Shouldn’t Take Charge in Emergencies
A majority of Americans in a recent poll expressed support for the use of our military as part of law enforcement during domestic emergencies. President Bush evidently shares this view, for he proposed using the military to enforce the law … Continue reading
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