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White House Blackmails Iraq Ahead of Dec. Expiration of UN Mandate

By Gus Wynn
October 29th, 2008

The recent $70 billion financial bailout was forced onto a skeptical, unwilling American public who dialed in to Congressional offices protesting the plan. The inital NO vote by Congress echoed the feeling by enraged citizens that Wall Street should twist in the wind, choked by it's own greed and irresponsible, unsustainable practices. more »

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Kristol Pandering Again

By Timothy Gatto
June 23rd, 2008

William Kristol must believe that he is extraordinarily sanguine and the rest of us extraordinarily stupid when he wrote his column in the New York Times today. The column entitled “Someone Else’s Alex” was in response to a Move-On.org ad that showed a mother with a one-year old baby named Alex. more »

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Us vs. Them

By David Sirota
May 17th, 2008

The New Republic's Peter Scoblic has a great op-ed in the Los Angeles Times about Bush's comments to the Israeli Knesset this week. It is a must-read.

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Joint Chiefs chair: US prepping military options against Iran

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April 26th, 2008
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rawstory.com — Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the Pentagon is planning "potential" military actions against Iran, reports The Washington Post.

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Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

By Bill Scher
April 14th, 2008

A particularly shameful day for the Sunday shows, which once again went 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. more »

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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

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More Army Recruits Require 'Conduct Waivers'

Submitted by Robert Dorst2 (not verified)
April 9th, 2008

The percentage of recruits requiring a waiver to join the Army because of a criminal record or other past misconduct has more than doubled since 2004 to one for every eight new soldiers. The increase reflects the difficulties the Army faces in attracting young men and women into the military at a time of war

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Jim MIchaels, "More Army Recruits Require 'Conduct Waivers'" USA Today, 6 April 2008. http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-04-06-Waiver_N.htm
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder More Common Among Soldiers Serving More than one Tour

Submitted by Robert Dorst2 (not verified)
April 9th, 2008

27 percent of noncommissioned officers - a critically important group - on their third or fourth tour exhibited symptoms commonly referred to as post-traumatic stress disorders. That figure is far higher than the roughly 12 percent who exhibit those symptoms after one tour and the 18.5 percent who develop the disorders after a second deployment

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Thom Shanker, "Army Is Worried by Rising Stress of Return Tours to Iraq," New York Times, 6 April 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/washington/06military.html?scp=1&sq=noncommissioned+officers&st=nyt
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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/

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Petraeus and Crocker (Inadvertently?) Make The Case for Iranian Diplomacy

By Bill Scher
April 9th, 2008

Based on the opening statements from Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker, shifting blame onto Iran for the continuing violence in Iraq appeared to be a major objective of their congressional testimony. more »

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