realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com - 12/13/2008
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The White House responded today to a scathing New York Times Sunday editorial, which described Pres. Bush's comments in an ABC News interview last week as "skin crawling" and a "rewriting of history...
michaeltotten.com - 12/15/2008
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michaeltotten.com —
by Michael J. Totten BAGHDAD -- If your
men conduct any raids, I said to Captain Todd
Looney at Combat Outpost Ford on the outskirts of Sadr City, Baghdad, I want to go. We might have something come up, he said. If so, I'll get you out ...
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On the Hunt in Baghdad
thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo
of the worst insults in Islam ” against him,
an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ...
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Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...
julescrittenden.com - 12/14/2008
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julescrittenden.com —
Bush makes a last visit to Iraq. Reuters:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush made an
unannounced farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday, just weeks before he leaves office and bequeaths the unpopular Iraq war to President-elect Barack ...
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Friday roundup: The "Everyone's a cynic" Edition
Top of the Ticket —
... The New York Times writes that Chicagoans -- who were buoyed by Obama's win -- are once again cynical about politics now that Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has been charged with corruption.
An AP-GfK poll shows that 73% of Americans (including 54% of Republicans) approve of Barack Obama's performance so far.
Twenty-four national security experts write in the National Journal about their predictions of Obama's first big test.
Real Clear Politics documents the battle between the White House and the New ...
Friday roundup: The "Everyone's a cynic" edition (thanks, Blagojevich)
Top of the Ticket —
... The New York Times writes that Chicagoans -- who were buoyed by Obama's win -- are once again cynical about politics now that Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has been charged with corruption.
An AP-GfK poll shows that 73% of Americans (including 54% of Republicans) approve of Barack Obama's performance so far.
Twenty-four national security experts write in the National Journal about their predictions of Obama's first big test.
Real Clear Politics documents the battle between the White House and the New ...
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michaeltotten.com 12/1/2008 — I'm working on a long dispatch from the Sadr City area. Here is a short piece in COMMENTARY to hold you over in the meantime. Thank you for being patient. Everything, including writing and publishing, is a gigantic hassle in Iraq.
BAGHDAD For the ...
Stephen Zunes: Feinstein: Bad Choice for Intelligence
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mudvillegazette.com 2/1/2009 — Peace, high turnout reported at Iraq polls -(CNN) Half of Iraq's eligible voters turned out for peaceful provincial elections this weekend, the election commission said Sunday.
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'So what?'
washingtonmonthly.com 12/15/2008 — 'SO WHAT?'.... I'd like to think those responsible for the war in Iraq would know not to take a lackadaisical attitude towards the consequences of that war. If only that were true. In an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz...
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whitehouse.gov 1/20/2009 — IRAQ President Obama and Vice President Biden will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that we can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. The ...
Senate report ties Rumsfeld to Abu Ghraib abuse —
Reuters: Politics 12/11/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior U.S. officials share much of the blame for detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to portions of a report released on Thursday ...
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