Gates on board with Obama's Iraq plan - Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he accepted President-elect Barack Obama's approach to scheduled troop reductions in Iraq, arguing Tuesday that the hotly debated subject of timelines for... More
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Gates on board with Obama's Iraq plan (www.latimes.com)
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he accepted President-elect Barack Obama's approach to scheduled troop reductions in Iraq, arguing Tuesday that the hotly debated subject of timelines for... More
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Combat deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan fall sharply (www.militarytimes.com)
U.S. combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan last month dropped to the lowest combined level since the United States began fighting the two wars more than five years ago. Eleven American... More
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Ecogeek Deathmatch: Ed Begley Jr. v. Bill Nye, Science Guy
(www.motherjones.com)
Which Hollywood do-gooder has the greener crib? A no-holds-barred fight to the furnished.
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Songs for the Mahdi Army
(www.motherjones.com)
One day in Iraq, a friend picked me up from the house in Baghdad's Mansur district and took me to the Shaab district of east Baghdad. We drove past checkpoints manned by "Awakening" militias created... More
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Five Ways to Game Global Warming
(www.motherjones.com)
These online ecofantasies put the fun back into saving the planet.
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STEALTH PRICE INCREASES ON CONSUMER PRODUCTS
(www.jimhightower.com)
Good grief! Whole industries are downsizing, paychecks are shrinking, home values are dwindling, and our 401Ks are deflating to 1Ks. It can’t get any worse, can it? Well, don’t look now, but... More
Submitted about 11 hours ago by cdoherty on Economy | 0 Comments |
Strengthening PEPFAR: A Plan for Immediate Action
(www.rhrealitycheck.org)
On January 20, President Obama will inherit many challenges, among them the global AIDS epidemic. He will also inherit the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program often cited... More
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Bush's Pity Party
(www.prospect.org)
It's tiresome to need to point this out at this late date but, yes, George W. Bush and his administration misled the country while making the case for war with Iraq and,...
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The Pentagon: Where The Fat's At
(www.theittlist.com)
Will Obama have the guts and good sense to rein in this country’s runaway military spending? In These Times Contributing Editor Frida Berrigan offers a great primer on this crucial topic over at... More
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