obsidianwings.blogs.com - 12/14/2008
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by hilzoy
Last night I wrote about the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction's draft report. The NYT has put the draft online here . I'm still reading through it, but here's a bit from p. 65 . The scene is an interagency conference on reconstruction about a month before we ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/14/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
BAGHDAD — President George W. Bush on Sunday
made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that...
defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it. Air Force One, Bush's distinctive powder ...
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Bush Visits Iraq For Final Time
marginalrevolution.com - 12/8/2008
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marginalrevolution.com —
I was surprised to read the first plank
of Obama's proposed stimulus:First, we will launch a massive...
effort to make public buildings more energy-efficient. Our government now pays the highest energy bill in the world. We need to change that....
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Obama's fiscal stimulus: some details
article.nationalreview.com - 12/15/2008
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War Lords
Eschaton —
War Lords Thanks, Oh Wise Men Of Washington, for the last 8 years.
What did I do with those cold meds?
The Sideshow —
Bra of the Week I apologize for the poor showing here this weekend, but I don't seem to have the attention span to get to the end of a sentence. So, here's a reminder of what it meant that the grown-ups were in charge (via). Among the things the commenters have been pointing out to me while I've been away, Elizabeth Warren doing the heavy lifting with the Congressional Oversight Panel. Glennzilla makes links to his recent appearances easy to find here. How come Obama is advised to release everything? I don't ...
Hullabaloo —
... Some of this history has been told elsewhere, but this is a coherent, comprehensive narrative that will keep you awake at night. Hilzoy uncovered maybe the most notorious example: ...
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 1/14/2009 — Lots of emails from readers asking about the chat with the president-elect this morning. It was totally off the record and I'm a stickler for those rules. I can say, however, the following: it's hard to express the relief I feel that this man will be ...
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whiskeyfire.typepad.com 9/20/2009 — I'm not a lawyer, but I'm also not a dumbass; the problem with this impassioned call for a "special prosecutor" to investigate ACORN is that there is no credible evidence that ACORN has actually committed a crime . That the person who wrote this ...
Obama Releases Some Details on Economic Stimulus Package
calculatedrisk.blogspot.com 12/7/2008 — President-elect Obama released some more details of his economic stimulus proposals today. As I noted last week, there aren't anywhere near enough "shovel ready" projects to offset the decline in private non-residential structure investment that I ...
More Republican Budget Details
dailykos.com 3/28/2009 — Fresh from the GOP think tanks, we've got even more details on the super-duper Republican budget plan . Heck, I just can't figure out how eight years of rule by these folks led to an economic disaster. I mean, this is good stuff, right?
Details on Hillary-Barack Meeting
blogs.abcnews.com 11/14/2008 — ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports: President-elect Barack Obama met with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., yesterday to Chicago to discuss the possibility of the senator becoming Secretary of State. A source with knowledge of the transition process ...
Auto bailout bill details
swamppolitics.com 12/8/2008 — by Frank James
Steve Ellis of Taxpayers' for Common Sense has gotten a copy of the auto bailout legislation resulting from negotiations between Congress and the White House. Here's what his quick early take:
We just got it and are looking ...
Down with Barriers, Up with Iraq
michaelyon-online.com 11/25/2008 — On November 13th I covered a mission in south Baghdad with soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division. General Petraeus once told me during the height of the fighting, back when violence was the lingua franca and victory was very much in question, that ...
Fuck Off, No Details
whiskeyfire.typepad.com 1/25/2009 — Lots of emails about the chat with the president-elect the other evening . But the chat was off the record, and I'm a stickler for that shit. Also, you can't prove it didn't happen. But rest assured that it is very good news that Obama is willing to ...
Bush makes farewell visit to Iraq —
Reuters: Politics 12/14/2008
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 Obama.
Bush makes unannounced visit to Iraq —
CNN Political Ticker 12/14/2008
President Bush shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad Sunday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — President Bush made an unannounced visit Sunday to Baghdad, Iraq, where he was to meet with Iraqi leaders and address U.S. troops.
Bush ...
Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq —
CNN.com - Politics 12/14/2008
President Bush made an unannounced visit Sunday to Baghdad where he was to meet with Iraqi leaders and address U.S. troops, according to National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe.
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