thinkprogress.org - 11/24/2008
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Last week, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said unequivocally, “We did not torture.” This is a lie . In a wide-ranging interview with the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz, Perino refused to retract her claim:
When a reporter asked last week about reports that Obama’s ...
thinkprogress.org - 11/19/2008
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The Bush had administration repeatedly insists that it
does not practice torture: “ We do not torture...
,” President Bush declared in 2005. The U.S. “ is not torturing any detainees ,” White House Press Secretary Dana Perino ...
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Perino: ‘We Did Not Torture’
thinkprogress.org - 11/19/2008
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The Washington Post reported this morning that between
March and November, the Bush administration has “ burrowed...
” at least 20 political appointees into career civil service posts, initially depriving President-elect Obama of the chance ...
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Perino: Obama ‘Should Want’ Bush’s Political Appointees ...
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... Sob story or SOB story? Perino remains comfortable with the current lying line about waterboarding and torture. She is “absolutely comfortable” with what she said about people whoe were made absolutely uncomfortable by people who did what Bush said. ...
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