dailykos.com - 12/3/2008
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Ugh . Those of us who argued against the $700 billion based that argument on that facts that 1) we didn't have a good handle on what the problem was, so 2) it was stupid to rush to a solution that might not solve the actual problem. Throw in the additional fact that $700 billion is a whole ...
A Clue About The Identity Of The Next CIA Director?
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/16/2008 — (send your transition tips and RUMINT here ; Judy Miller-level anonymity guaranteed, but for goodness sakes, use your non-government e-mail account!) On Friday, after he was announced as an agency review team member for Barack Obama, John O. Brennan ...
John Conyers Needs To Go To The Clue Store
oliverwillis.com 1/8/2009 — In his letter opposing the possible nomination of Sanjay Gupta to Surgeon General, Conyers spells “Nobel” wrong and gives the wrong prize to Paul Krugman (he won for Economics, not Peace). Oh, he also spells Gupta’s name wrong.
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What's Next in Iraq
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 ...
How Obama Won Iraq
mudvillegazette.com 12/1/2008 — Heh .
It might be helpful for folks to understand that there were always at least two Iraq wars - one, a military conflict in Iraq and two, a political pissfest in Washington. The U.S. military won one of them in 2007; the Democrats won the other ...
Victory In Iraq Day
confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/25/2008 — The Iraq Wars are over, and we have won. Let me say that again. WE HAVE WON THE IRAQ WARS. And yes, I do mean to use the plural, as we have, along with our allies, won three intertwined...
Bush Visits Iraq For Final Time
huffingtonpost.com 12/14/2008 — 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 ...
What’s Next in Iraq
commentarymagazine.com 12/1/2008 — BAGHDAD – For the past two weeks I’ve been embedded with the United States Army in Baghdad, and I find myself unable to figure out what to make of this place. Baghdad, despite the remarkable success of the surge, is as mind-bogglingly run-down ...
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