newshoggers.com - 12/23/2008
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By Cernig
When is a withdrawal not a withdrawal? Apparently, when it's conducted by the Obama administration's "bipartisan" hangovers.
I know I mentioned this earlier, but it deserves more examination. This Sunday, Joe Biden told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that a NY Times report alleging ...
crooksandliars.com - 12/21/2008
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crooksandliars.com —
The Deciderer, according to the Three Amigos There's
a lot of fluff about bi-partisan agreement, withdrawing to
leave a democratic Iraq and the "successes" of the last two years in an op-ed by John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in the ...
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McCain, Lieberman & Graham Throw Their Weight Behind Odierno
news.yahoo.com - 12/21/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
BASRA, Iraq The top U.S. general in Iraq
said he will make a decision about the future
role of American troops in early spring, to allow enough time to address any violence that may arise from January's provincial elections. Army Gen. Ray Odierno ...
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Top US general in Iraq prepares for troop decision - ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/18/2008
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Conservatives Mount Campaign To Claim ‘Iraq War Was
Worth It’ blankley-2.JPG The recent decline in violence in
Iraq has seems to have given conservatives cover to not only defend the “surge,” but even to attempt to rehabilitate the decision to go to ...
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Conservatives Mount Campaign To Claim ‘Iraq War ...
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Obama, Gates Keep Bush Political Appointees At Defense
At-Largely —
... and the actions of small bands of extremists don't constitute a war) and these officials haven't exactly being doing a stellar job. Given the way Gates and Bush's generals have been talking recently about parsing the agreement with Iraq , it's beginning to look like the DoD tail is setting up to wag the White House dog.
Sack Odierno, Send A Message
Crooks and Liars —
... in a WaPo op-ed by describing him, rather than Commander-In-Chief Obama, as "the person whose judgment should matter most in determining how fast and how deep a drawdown can be ordered responsibly." Suitably emboldened, Odierno announced that he was the Deciderer: "any decision on force structure here in Iraq will be made by me," and that there would be no substantial drawdown of troops from Iraq until he was ready to agree it. Odierno got backing from Gates, Ambassador Crocker, Admiral Mullen and General Petraeus in the dying days of the Bush administration too, with all ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/14/2008 — BAGHDAD — President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it.
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Biden says deal near on economic stimulus plan —
Reuters: Politics 12/23/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming Obama administration is nearing agreement with congressional Democrats on a huge emergency spending bill intended to jolt the weak U.S. economy and create 3 million jobs over two years, Vice President-elect Joe ...
Biden: No earmarks in the Obama stimulus —
CNN Political Ticker 12/23/2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Vice President-elect Joe Biden pledged Tuesday that there would be no earmarks in the stimulus plan that he and President-elect Barack Obama are proposing to jump-start the economy.
"It’s important for the American taxpayer to ...
Obama closing in on stimulus plan —
CNN.com - Politics 12/23/2008
President-elect Barack Obama's economic team and congressional staffers are close to finalizing a massive recovery proposal but are still hammering out details, Vice President-elect Joe Biden and economic adviser Larry Summers said Tuesday.
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