Posted by gestroud on May 5, 2008
As part of their continuing campaign to keep John Sununu out of the U.S. Senate — an effort which failed in 2002, when then-Rep. Sununu (RN.H.) was first elected to “the world’s greatest deliberative body” — pro-Israel PACs bestowed a whopping $44,000 on would-be Democratic opponent Katrina Swett in 2007.
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Posted by gestroud on April 23, 2008
Former American President Jimmy Carter had always been atypical president. His personal life, his presidency, his political and humanitarian services are totally different than the rest of the American presidents. He has been “cut from a different clay”. He has been, and is still considered, a presidential outsider. Yet this does not change the fact [...]
Posted by gestroud on April 22, 2008
This week, Congress prepares work on the Farm Bill, Veteran’s Benefits, Wage Discrimination, Genetic Information and Non Discrimination, Medicaid, and Housing.
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Opinions that once gave legal cover to the Bush administration’s torture regime are ultimately branding both John Yoo and the administration as war criminals.
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If the United States is serious about advancing peace in the Middle East, it must clarify what sort of security threat Syria poses, and how North Korea factors into their assessments.
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George W. Bush acknowledged that he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details of the CIA’s use of torture. “I’m aware that our national security team met on this issue and I approved,†he said. He also defended the use of waterboarding – simulated drowning where the victim feels like they are about to die.