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Feinstein calls for talks with Iran

- Dianne Feinstein
Submitted by Robert Dorst2 (not verified)
April 14th, 2008
"I believe we should begin to pursue a robust, diplomatic initiative with Iran on all issues and without preconditions. These [past] offers have been presented with preconditions and without the full engagement of the United States. We need a fresh approach and fresh ideas."

   9 April 2008 Source

Shadee Malaklou, "NIAC Conference: Feinstein urges 'robust diplomacy' with Iran without preconditions," National Iranian American Council, 9 April 2008. http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1079...

Powell: Troops in Iraq must be Reduced

- Colin Powell
Submitted by Robert Dorst2 (not verified)
April 11th, 2008
""[Whoever] becomes president on Jan. 1, 2009...will face a military force that cannot continue to sustain 140,000 people deployed in Iraq and the 20 (thousand) odd or 25,000 people we have deployed in Afghanistan and our other deployments.""

   10 April 2008 Source

"Powell: Troops in Iraq Must Be Reduced," Associated Press, 10 April 2008. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLBkzdVupoA9_e7D2-5tjiN8xzTAD8VV8UFO0

General testifies to lack of strategy in Iraq

- Army Vice Chief of Staff General Richard A. Cody
Submitted by Robert Dorst2 (not verified)
April 9th, 2008
" "Right now, as I testified, I've been doing this for six years. As you know, I was at G-3 of the Army and vice chief now for almost four years. And I've never seen our lack of strategic depth be at where it is today.""

   1 April 2008 Source

Army Vice Chief of Staff General Richard A. Cody, Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Readiness, 4/1/08. http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1329823/

Cooperation and Communication in the War on Terror

- Ambassador Francis X Taylor
Submitted by Robert Dorst2 (not verified)
January 14th, 2008
"There are six principles in the war on terrorism; and they go something like this: Cooperate, cooperate, cooperate, communicate, communicate, communicate."

   12 April 2004 Source

Robert L. Borosage, Robert Loper, et al. Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good. http://ourfuture.org/straighttalk.

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(Too Much) Stuff Happens

By Tom Engelhardt
From tomdispatch.com
November 21st, 2008
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tomdispatch.com — It's the ultimate argument, the final bastion against withdrawal, and over these last years, the Bush administration has made sure it would have plenty of heft. Ironically, its strength lies in the fact that it has nothing to do with the vicissitudes of Iraqi politics. In fact, it's an argument that has nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with us, with the American way of war (and life), which makes it almost unassailable.

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Major Opportunity on Defense Spending

By Chris Bowers
From openleft.com
November 21st, 2008
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openleft.com — Political observers might instinctively think that the September 11th attacks have made reducing military spending a third rail in American politics. Those observers would be wrong, for two reasons.

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After the Torture Era

By Eugene Robinson
From washingtonpost.com
November 20th, 2008
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washingtonpost.com — Amid the excitement of the election and the urgency of the economic crisis, it has been easy to lose sight of the terrorism-related "issues" that defined George W. Bush's presidency and robbed America of so much honor, stature and goodwill.

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No Time to Sing Kumbaya

By Ian Welsh
From alternet.org
November 17th, 2008
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alternet.org — We cannot just ignore Bush's crimes and incompetence because Obama got elected.

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Blackwater Busted?

By Jeremy Scahill
From thenation.com
November 17th, 2008
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thenation.com — After more than five years of rampant violence and misconduct carried out by the massive army of private corporate contractors in Iraq — actions that have gone totally unpunished under any system of law — the US Justice Department appears to be on the verge of handing down the first indictments against armed private forces for crimes committed in Iraq.

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Obama Pressured to Back Off Iraq Withdrawal

By Gareth Porter
From ipsnews.net
November 13th, 2008
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ipsnews.net — The promotion of Robert M. Gates as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of defense appears to be the key element in a broad campaign by military officials and their supporters in the political elite and the news media to pressure Obama into dropping his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in as little as 16 months.

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Iran Returns to the Global Stage

By Philip Palij
November 13th, 2008

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Cold War Hawks Nesting With Obama

By Robert Scheer
From thenation.com
November 12th, 2008
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thenation.com — How can Obama improve U.S. relations with Russia if some of his closest advisors are unrepentant hawks from the cold war era?

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