huffingtonpost.com - 2/10/2009
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During tonight's presidential news conference, HuffPost White House correspondent Sam Stein asked President Barack Obama about a proposed congressional 'truth commission' into the Bush administration's conduct.
Below is the video and transcript:
STEIN: Thank you, Mr. President. Today, ...
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Obama recognizes legitimacy of new media, grants HuffPost a question in his first press conference.
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... failed pre-leasing review process.
Last Wednesday, US Attorney and Bush lackey, Brett Tolman, indicted Tim on two Federal counts carrying up to ten years in prison. Yep, you got that straight. The leases were so bogus, a Federal Judge wouldn't even let BLM cash the auction checks, and the new Interior Secretary canceled the whole scam — yet USA Tolman wants to put a non-violent student who stood up to the con job away for ten years.
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