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Dems Counter-Punch Cheney: He Masterminded Failure (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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Democrats pushed back forcefully against Dick Cheney on Sunday for comments the former vice president made accusing President Barack Obama of "ditheri...

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Levin Warns Against Time Lines For U.S. Forces In Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

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The extent to which President Obama will receive Democrat support for escalating military forces in Afghanistan seems directly tied to his insistence ...

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Carl Levin: Afghanistan Fight Needs Better Strategy

AP | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat on military matters says a better strategy and a firm resolve to succeed in Afghanistan are more important than ...

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The Right Time to Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell Is Now

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee, Gays in the Military, Dadt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Harry Reid, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Carl Levin, New York News

I've secured the commitment from Sen. Carl Levin, chair of the Armed Services Committee, to hold the first hearing on Don't Ask Don't Tell since it began 16 years ago.

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Mike Mullen: More Troops Needed For Afghan War

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top military adviser endorsed an increase in U.S. forces for the worsening war in Afghanistan on Tuesday, ...

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Lawmakers May Push Obama For Timetable On Afghanistan

abcnews.go.com | JONATHAN KARL and Z. BYRON WOLF | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Carl Levin's announcement today that he opposes sending more U.S. combat troops to Afghanistan is a big deal, but President Obama's Afghan policy...

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Losing Ground: Taliban Cover 97% of Afghanistan: Report

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Norine MacDonald, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Afghan President Karzai, Isaf, Afghanistan, Armed Services Committee, Kunduz, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Icos, Nato, Stanley McChrystal, Carl Levin, Afghanistan Elections, Balkh, World News

New research indicates that 80% of Afghanistan now has a permanent Taliban presence and that 97% of the country has "substantial Taliban activity."

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Obama Is Facing Doubts From Dems On Afghanistan

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Thursday that he was against sending more American combat troops to Afghanistan until the United...

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Democratic Senators Send Obama Climate Bill Warning Letter

Treehugger | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Evan Bayh, Sherrod Brown, Russell-Feingold, Senate Climate Bill, Al Franken, John Rockefeller, US Climate Bill, Barack Obama, Letters, Robert-Casey, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Robert C. Byrd, Carl Levin, Climate Bill, Green News

A group of 10 moderate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday saying that they will not support any domestic climate change bill that ...

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Obama, Cairo and Institutionalizing Change

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Torture, Cairo, Politics, George W. Bush, Carl Levin, Business, Shafik Gabr, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Obama Mideast Trip, Politics News

Egypt's government has worked at suppressing political opposition, employed torturous interrogation tactics and has a less-than-favorable human rights record.

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Sen. Levin: CIA Docs Do Not Prove Cheney's Torture Claim

The Plumline | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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There's some important news about Dick Cheney and torture in a speech that Senator Carl Levin gave before the Foreign Policy Administration this week....

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The Levin Report Prompts A Second Look At Other Bush-Era Whitewashes

David Fiderer | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee Report, 60 Minutes, Antonio Taguba, Rachel Maddow, David Brooks, Donald Rumsfeld, Geoffrey Miller, Frank Rich, Seymour Hersh, Carl Levin, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News

The story of Taguba's report reflects a truism applicable to every investigation: When large swaths of information are declared off limits, the resulting work product may be fatally flawed.

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I've Written a Play on Torture

Chris Durang | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, Carl Levin, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John Yoo Torture, Torture, Politics News

Why would techniques that succeed in getting false confessions have been of use, as opposed to the traditional and successful psychological interrogation techniques that have a history of working?

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Senate Report: Harsh Tactics Used In Attempt to Establish Non-Existent Iraq-al Qaida Link

Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee, Harsh Interrogation Report, Carl Levin, Torture Memos, Torture, Iraq, Politics News

A report released Tuesday by the Senate Armed Services Committee presented new details regarding Bush administration officials' approval of the milita...

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Obama Didn't Want Congress' Advice On GM Head

The Hill | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Carl Levin, Obama Automakers, Fritz Henderson, Obama General Motors, Obama, Rick Wagoner, Obama Gm, Politics News

President Obama didn't want any advice from Congress on the decision to ask GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, according to Carl Levin (D), Michigan's sen...

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Levin Moves to Cut Waste, Fraud and Abuse from Missile Programs

Joe Cirincione | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Congressional Oversight, Aig, Defense Spending, Carl Levin, Barack Obama, Military Spending, Missile Defense, Politics News

In putting the hammer down on the Missile Defense Agency this week, Carl Levin served notice that the lax policies of the Bush administration were over.

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Governments Around The World Pledge To Ease Bank Secrecy

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

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Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said in a statement today that the loosening of foreign governments' bank secrecy laws is "a very welcome development whi...

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William Lynn: Watchdogs Upset Obama Broke His Own Lobbyist Rules

The Hill | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration has waived its ethics rules to allow William Lynn to serve as the deputy secretary of Defense. Senate Armed Services Committ...

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Time for Action

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Don't Ask Don't Tell, US Military, Human Rights Report, Department of Defense, Proposition 8, President Obama, Rick Warren, H.R. 1246, Army Recruitment, Frank Rich, Carl Levin, Barack Obama, State Department, President Clinton, Politics News

Obama has long been a supporter of lifting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but since the election, fairness, justice, and civil rights for the LGBT community seems to be delayed.

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Dems Won't Move On "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Very Soon

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

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It looks like the Democrats won't be moving quickly on one particular issue that is favored by many in the party base, Roll Call reports: Repealing "D...

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Clint and Cheney: a Tale of Two Dicks

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

The VP and Eastwood's character are both gruff, prickly, taciturn, sandpaper-voiced men, given to conservative views, macho posturing, and a narrow view of right and wrong. And they both always seem on the verge of telling people around them to go f**k themselves. Read More Will The Madoff Debacle Finally End The "Who Could Have Known?" Era? Iraq. Fannie Mae. Citigroup. Bernie Madoff. When you look at the elements that were crucial to the creation of each of these debacles, it's amazing how much in common they all have. And not just in how they began but in how they ended: with those responsible being amazed at what happened, because...who could have known? Read More Watch: Arianna Talks New Media and Politics with Ashton Kutcher

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White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

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Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

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"Car Czar" Could Force Bankruptcy By April, In Proposal

Bloomberg | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Bailout Deal, Car Czar, Cars, Treasury, Timothy Geithner, Carl Levin, Treasury Secretary, Business News

The U.S. Treasury may adopt a plan that would let a car czar or the Treasury secretary force General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC into bankruptcy if ...

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War Crimes and Incompetence -- the Real Shoes Thrown at Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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