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michaelyon-online.com - 3/4/2009
TORTURE: Some Thoughts
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PART I 04 March 2009 On 24 February 2009, President Barack Obama said during his speech: “The United States of America Does Not Torture.” The President’s words were cast LIVE, around the globe, and I was literally on the other side of the world, a dozen time zones away watching it on ...
Canada's candid PM Harper warns Obama: We'll never defeat Afghan insurgents
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 3/2/2009
Canada's candid PM Harper warns Obama: We'll never defeat Afghan insurgents
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Remember way back in the early days of the Obama administration when the president went to Canada... on his first foreign trip and as soon as Afghanistan came up in the concluding news conference , the well-briefed new U.S. leader pre-empted a ... (more) Canada's candid PM Harper warns Obama: We'll never ...

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commentarymagazine.com - 3/5/2009
Afghanistan Is Better Than You Think
— commentarymagazine.com — I have just returned from Afghanistan shocked by the depth of the disconnect between reality and reporting.... The coalition officers that I spoke with expressed confidence that with the U.S. reinforcements now flowing into the country, they will be able ... (more) Afghanistan Is Better Than You Think

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A drawdown of contractors in Iraq
csmonitor.com - 3/4/2009
A drawdown of contractors in Iraq
— csmonitor.com — US commanders there may find it hard to quickly reduce the use of almost 150,000 contractors.... (more) A drawdown of contractors in Iraq

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Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... Yet in fact, during probably dozens of radio interviews last year, I made clear to millions of Americans that I was hoping that Senator McCain would take the Oval Office. McCain demonstrated better understanding of the wars./ppOther folks said they have never seen me talk or write about torture, though I have probably done so on dozens of occasions, again to millions of Americans, long before the elections, and probably before I ever knew the name Obama. /ppHad President George Bu read ...

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