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How Do You Ask a Man to Be the Last Man to Die for a Mistake in Afghanistan?

ZP Heller | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Russ Feingold, Andrew Bacevich, Rethink Afghanistan, Rick Reyes, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, World News
ZP Heller

We should be seeing more soldiers like Reyes sitting before Congress, if not to channel Kerry's anti-war passion from 38 years ago, then to alert the nation to what's really going on in this war.

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Brave Afghan Vet Demands Answers from Congress

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Brave New Foundation, Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Vietnam, Taliban, Rick Reyes, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

Rick Reyes's testimony raises critical concerns that Congress must address before approving a massive supplemental war funding bill in the next few weeks.

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Arthur Delaney

Feingold To Obama: Hold Off On Prosecution Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, President Obama, CIA Detention, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

Senator Russ Feingold sent a letter to President Obama Wednesday praising the White House's release of Justice department memos that provided legal ju...

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Sam Stein

Feingold Unloads On Peggy Noonan: "Never Heard Anything Quite As Disturbing"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Feingold Prosecution, Feingold Rahm Emanuel, Memos Bush, Feingold Torture, Bush Torture, Feingold President, Investigation Bush, Torture Memos, Feingold Peggy Noonan, Peggy Noonan, Peggy Noonan Torture, Feingold Noonan, Peggy Noonan Keep Walking, Russ Feingold Peggy Noonan, Noonan Torture, Peggy Noonan on Torture, Peggy Noonan Mysterious, Peggy Noonan Just Keep Walking, Noonan Feingold, Politics News

Updated below Senator Russ Feingold, one of the harshest critics of the Bush administration's national security policies, says he cannot bring himsel...

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Impeach Bybee: The Growing Movement to Unseat Bush Torture Lawyer Turned Federal Judge

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Bruce Ackerman, Jerrold Nadler, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Habeus Corpus, Democratic Party, Steven Bradbury, Barack Obama, Office of Legal Counsel, Judge Jay Bybee, Center for Constitutional Rights, Jay Bybee, Jan Schakowsky, Bob Fertik, Michael Ratner, New York Times, David Swanson, Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush, Torture Memos, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

The UN has indicated that Obama's refusal to prosecute torturers may be a violation of International law.

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Forget "Accountability" for Somali Pirates

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Russ Feingold, Obama Administration, Somalia, Donald Payne, Somalia Government, Somali Pirates, Mogadishu-Somalia, World News
Robert Naiman

The risk will now be even greater in any future standoff: any Somali pirate taking prisoners is going to be less likely to trust the U.S., and more likely to harm an American captive.

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Arthur Delaney

Feingold To Death Penalty: Drop Dead

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Capital Punishment, Abolition, Death Penalty, New Mexico, Bill Richardson, Politics News

Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation Thursday to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. The "Federal Death Penalty Abolit...

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The Sex Appeal of Congressional Oversight Hearings

ZP Heller | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Russ Feingold, War, Bernie Sanders, Congressional Oversight Hearings, Tom Hayden, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News
ZP Heller

Where is the public outcry for congressional oversight hearings on the war in Afghanistan? Congress won't call for oversight hearings until we make them.

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Feingold Pushing Campaign Finance Bill, You Can Help Pass It

Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Campaign Finance Reports, Campaign Finance Reform, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, Campaign Finance, Transparency, Politics News
Paul Blumenthal

Did you know that Senators still file their campaign finance reports on paper, delaying the disclosure of contributors to their campaigns, sometimes for months?

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Sam Stein

White House Pushes Back On Budget Attack By Citing George H.W. Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Mike Mullen, White House Budget, Rosy Budget, White House War Costs, Budget Orzsag, White House, Budget Issues, Iraq War, Orzsag War Costs, Iraq War Drawdown, Politics News

The White House is pushing back against criticism that its cooking the books on its budget by overestimating the costs of drawing down the war in Iraq...

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Senate Dems May Punish Bayh, Feingold For Omnibus Opposition

The Hill | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Evan Bayh, Evan Bayh, Russ Feingold, Senator Russ Feingold, Omnibus Spending Bill, Senate Democrats, Omnibus, Politics News

Senate Democrats are debating whether Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) should be punished for opposing a $410 billion omnibus. Som...

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Sam Stein

Feingold Urges Obama To Support Truth And Reconciliation Commission

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Feingold Obama, Leahy Truth and Reconciliation Comission, Obama Investigate Bush, Patrick Leahy Investigate, Senate Judiciary Committee, Feingold Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Politics News

Senator Russ Feingold urged the president on Tuesday to support the creation of a truth and reconciliation commission to investigate potential illegal...

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Don't Let Afghanistan Become Obama's Vietnam

Sahil Kapur | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Iraq War, Karzai Obama, Fareed Zakaria, Afghanistan Surge, Iraq Surge, Barack Obama, US Troops in Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, White House, Russ Feingold, Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, Economic Crisis, Congress, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Nato, Stephen Tanner, Richard Holbrooke, United States Foreign Policy, Washington Post, Newsweek, Media Failure, Obama's Vietnam, Obama 17000 Troops Afghanistan, World News
Sahil Kapur

Although the president's goals for the region are commendable, he must carefully examine the larger strategy or Afghanistan might devolve into a hauntingly familiar quagmire.

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Sam Stein

Brzezinski: Obama Risks Getting "Bogged Down" In Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Obama Afghanistan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brzezinski Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Obama Policy, Afghanistan Policy, Politics News

President Obama's decision to deploy an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan has, as was expected, provoked concern among foreign policy observers ...

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Feingold Slams Obama For Extraordinary Rendition Decision

The Plum Line | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Feingold, Bush Extraordinary Rendition, Russ Feingold, Obama Extraordinary Rendition, Senator Russ Feingold, Senator Feingold, Bush Torture, Obama Torture, Barack Obama, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News

Senator Russ Feingold is sharply criticizing the Obama administration over its controversial decision to maintain the Bush administration's position i...

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Shameful Bankers: Time for a Revolution

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Russ Feingold, Financial Industry, John Thain, Economy, Barney Frank, Ponzi Scheme, Capitalism, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Marxism, Richard Fuld, Treasury, Timothy Geithner, Socialism, Bank Bailout, Tarp, Bailout Bandits, Business News
Paul Jenkins

While there are many victims in the colossal Ponzi scheme that is the American economy, few of these victims have not in some way been complicit.

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Feinstein On Panetta: Spoken To Obama, Biden

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Leon Panetta, Feingold Panetta, Russ Feingold Leon Panetta, Politics News

A day after the news of Leon Panetta's pending nomination to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency caused a stir among Democrats, it ap...

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As Congress Lay Dying

David Swanson | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Powers, Russ Feingold, Congress, Presidential Powers, Jerrold Nadler, Obama Transition, Presidential Power, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Swanson

The only possible path to truly transformative democratic change lies in re-empowering and reforming Congress.

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Feingold To Bush: Don't Abuse Pardon Power

Salon | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Bush Pardons, President Bush, George Bush Pardons, Feingold Bush, President Bush Pardons, Politics News

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) calls on President Bush in a Salon article not to abuse his pardon power: A departing president probably can't help thinkin...

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Friday Talking Points [55] -- "Bretton Woods II"? Not Quite.

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have to begin here today by stomping all over a cutesy term the media has come up with for the upcoming economic "summit" George W. Bush is holding ...

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Seth Colter Walls

Feingold Nudges Obama To Select "New Leadership" For Intelligence Agencies

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Obama Transition, President Obama, Politics News

In a gentle yet clear nudge to President-elect Barack Obama, Sen. Russ Feingold released a statement on Thursday calling for "new leadership" in the n...

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Feingold May End Up Chairman Of Senate Foreign Relations

Washington Monthly | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Feingold Senate Foreign Relations, Russ Feingold, Feingold Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chairman Feingold, Politics News

Vice President-elect Joe Biden leaves an open chairmanship on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that could end up being filled by one of the most...

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Feingold Could Lead Senate Foreign Relations

The Hill | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Senator, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Senator, Barack Obama's Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Barack Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Politics News

Vice President-elect Joe Biden leaves an open chairmanship on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that could end up being filled by one of the mos...

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Senator Feingold's Hearing to Restore "The Rule of Law"

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Three Branches of Government, Constitution, Executive Power, George W. Bush, Russ Feingold, Testimony, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

As the various branches of government overstep their authority, it is ultimately up to the people to hold them in check.

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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