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The Other Whitehouse Wants A Reckoning For The Bush Administration
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a member of both committees. On Wednesday, he gave a little-noticed floor speech entitled "As We Go Forward, We Must Also Look Back."  The message: ...

Looking Forward By Looking Back, Part 2
TalkLeft — When I wrote this post, I was not aware of this speech by Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (h/t Marc Ambinder): Whitehouse: As We Look Forward We Must Also Look Back I rise as we celebrate a new President, a new administration, a new mode of governing, and a new future for America. . . . President Obama looks to that future. Given the depth and severity of those predicaments, we need all his energy to look forward to lead us to that brighter day; forward to what Winston Churchill in Britain's dark days called those "broad and sunlit ...

BuzzFlash Mailbag for January 28, 2009
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... because torture is a lot more serious than lying about oral sex. Karen Webb Moore, Ok Subject: Senator Whitehouse on Bush Accountability David Bender discussed this on the Maddow show (radio). I listened to the whole speech at Senator Whitehouse' webpage. This is an awesome speech. I hope he pursues hearings. While it would be great to see Bush & Co. in jail, I will gladly settle for hearings that shame them and warn off future pols who want to subvert the Constitution. http://whitehouse.senate.gov/newsroom/speech... Anne Ehrlich Subject: Here's a good story ...

FDL Welcomes Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Firedoglake — ... Today, Senator Whitehouse will join us to chat about where we go from here. In anticipation of this discussion, Senator Whitehouse sent along part of a speech he gave in January, calling for accountability. ...