pr.thinkprogress.org - 3/19/2009
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IRAQ Six Years Of War In Iraq Six years to the day have passed since President Bush launched the invasion of Iraq, a preventative war of choice based on "intelligence fixed around the policy ." The purpose, according to Bush, was " to disarm Iraq , to free its people, and to defend the world ...
usatoday.com - 3/20/2009
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usatoday.com —
The 11.2% jobless rate for veterans who served
in Iraq and Afghanistan and who are 18 and...
older rose 4 percentage points in the past year. That's significantly higher than the corresponding 8.8% rate for non-veterans in the same age group, says Labor ...
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Jobless rate at 11.2% for veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan
sfgate.com - 3/22/2009
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sfgate.com —
In typical San Francisco fashion, the demonstration, which
began at Justin Herman Plaza, attracted support for a...
broad medley of causes. Protesters carried signs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, 9/11 ...
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Crowds in S.F. protest Iraq war, bank bailouts
washingtontimes.com - 3/20/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
Senator says Christopher Hill misled him Eli Lake
( Contact ) Friday, March 20, 2009 Sen. Sam...
Brownback of Kansas threatened Thursday to take advantage of a Senate rule to block the confirmation of Christopher Hill as U.S. ambassador to Iraq on the ...
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Brownback to block Iraq nominee
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Nation’s major newspapers ignore Iraq war’s sixth anniversary.
Think Progress —
... noting the anniversary of the invasion. Today’s Progress Report has more on the good, the bad, and the ugly of developments surrounding the Iraq war over the last year. ...
Kristol Complains That Obama’s Iran Message Is ‘Weak’ And ‘Embarrassing’
Think Progress —
... Its is sad to see that Kristol hasn’t learned from any of the Bush administration’s foreign policy mistakes. He still appears to be happily wedded to neoconservatism, the results of which are on full display, most notably in Iraq, where after six years of war, ...
Kristol Complains That Obama?s Iran Message Is ?Weak? And ?Embarrassing?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... it “a weak and embarrassing statement by the President of the United States.” Fox News’s Brit Hume piled on, complaining that it “appears” that the U.S. has now “joined the rest of the world and practicing the diplomacy of talk.” Watch it: It is sad to see that Kristol hasn’t learned from any of the Bush administration’s foreign policy mistakes. He still appears to be happily wedded to neoconservatism, the results of which are on full display, most notably in Iraq, where after six years of war , ...
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