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War Is a Hate Crime
truthdig.com - 10/26/2009
War Is a Hate Crime
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By Chris Hedges The first major federal civil rights law protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, passed this week, was attached to a measure funding ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries October 25, ...
Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On Afghanistan Report It Handed Off To Obama
thinkprogress.org - 10/25/2009
Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On Afghanistan Report It Handed Off To Obama
— thinkprogress.org — For weeks, former Bush administration officials have been attacking President Obama for “dithering” on whether to send... more troops to Afghanistan, with Vice President Cheney saying that “ signals of indecision out of Washington hurt ... (more) Podesta: Bush Administration Spent Only One Hour On ...

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Obama Defends Afghanistan Timetable
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/26/2009
Obama Defends Afghanistan Timetable
— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — While the president didn't mention criticism by former Vice President Dick Cheney that the White House was... "dithering" on strategy, he made it clear he wouldn't be pressured into a decision. (more) Obama Defends Afghanistan Timetable

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Gibbs Responds to Cheney: He ‘Seems To Have Forgotten His Role In The Last Seven Years Of Afghanistan’
thinkprogress.org - 10/23/2009
Gibbs Responds to Cheney: He ‘Seems To Have Forgotten His Role In The Last Seven Years Of ...
— thinkprogress.org — Last night in a speech to the Center for Security Policy, Vice President Cheney attacked President Obama... for “ dithering ” on whether to add more troops to Afghanistan. “[T]he success of our mission in Afghanistan is not only ... (more) Gibbs Responds to Cheney: He ‘Seems To Have Forgotten ...

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The Republic of T.:  Digest for October 24th through October 26th

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Digest for October 24th through October 26th
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for October 24th through October 26th: War Is a Hate Crime – The Public Necessity – Op-Ed Columnist: After Reform Passes – What the U.S. military can’t do – Elderly Couple "Royally Duped" By Health Care Company: Plan Wasn't Insurance At All – GOP: The Party of Rape, Torture, Hate Crimes and Death – Thank you, AHIP – ...

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