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Chief Iraq War Cheerleader and D.C.’s Favorite Idiot Savant Plays Dress-Up in Afghanistan
ASSOCIATED PRESS DECEMBER 14 2008 By JASON STRAZIUSO KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The men around Lindsey Graham ignored his powerful political title – U.S. senator – and their own douchechills -instead addressing him by rank – colonel. Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and the only U.S. senator in the military’s Guard or Reserves, donned […]
MoreDick Cheney is Fairly Pleased With His Eight Bloody Years
Ed Pilkington in New York guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 December 2008 01.19 GMT The outgoing US vice-president, Dick Cheney, last night gave an unapologetic assessment of his eight years in office, defending the invasion of Iraq, the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, secret wiretapping and the extreme interrogation method known as waterboarding. In his first […]
MoreJudge Rules White House Aides Can Be Subpoenaed
The NEW YORK TIMES August 1, 2008 By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON — President Bush’s top advisers must honor subpoenas issued by Congress, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a case that involves the firings of several United States attorneys but has much wider constitutional implications for all three branches of government. “The executive’s current […]
MoreFrom Secret Deals With Big Oil in The White House to Permanent Bases in Iraq
Think Progress Engel: Permanent Bases Would Technically Be Iraqi With U.S. ‘Tenants’ As ‘A Face Saving Device On Thursday, the UK Independent’s Patrick Cockburn reported on “a secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad” that “would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely.” According to Cockburn, the deal result in American soldiers being stationed on […]
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