washingtonbureau.typepad.com - 11/13/2008
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The Bush administration will soon be history, but that hasn't stopped its senior members from trying to rewrite history for the next couple of months ... and no doubt, long after. We were watching a video of CSPAN's interview with...
zombietime.com - 11/17/2008
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Victory in Iraq Day November 22, 2008 We
won. The Iraq War is over. I declare November
22, 2008 to be "Victory in Iraq Day." (Hereafter known as "VI Day.") By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all ...
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Victory in Iraq Day, November 22, 2008
weeklystandard.com - 11/17/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
There appears to be little angst among conservatives
at the prospect of Hillary Clinton joining the Obama
administration as Secretary of State. The idea was warmly embraced by Henry Kissinger , who our President-elect seems to hold in high-esteem, ...
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Hail Clinton
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Wow, Condi. Just wow.
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Warren Strobel over at McClatchy couldn't help but do a spit take when he heard this in a recent Condi Rice interview: When I go to Europe, I no longer see any difference in the view that a stable and secure Iraq is in everybody’s interest, and that an Iraq that is democratic and in which Saddam Hussein, that brutal monster that caused three wars in the region, including dragging us in twice, that used – who used weapons of mass destruction against his own people, that an Iraq that is democratic and friendly to the West is better for the Middle East. I ...
Condi Rice's History
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Warren Strobel at McClatchy's Nukes and Spooks blog: The Bush administration will soon be history, but that hasn't stopped its senior members from trying to rewrite history for the next couple of months ... and no doubt, long after.
We were watching a video of CSPAN's interview with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when we had to suddenly stop and hit the rewind button. Rice said this, and we quote:
When I go to Europe, I no longer see any difference in the view that a stable and secure Iraq is ...
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