Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor
WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...
WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...
Harry Shearer | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
In each, nature had a part, but man-made engineering failures created catastrophic results. And in each, the response has been the same.
Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration's former deputy to Condi Rice, Robert Zoellick, who currently runs the World Bank, has been making some frantic calls. It is just that they are a trifle late.
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 03.22.2008 | Living
Arguably the best New Yorker cover of all time was Saul Steinberg's "view of the world from 9th avenue" (March 29, 1976), which showed the richly deta...
Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics
On the whole, Congress squeaked by with a passing grade in 2007, but there is considerable room for improvement.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics
A herd mentality often prevails: journalists know that they will almost never get in trouble for reporting something that is wrong when everyone else is also saying it.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics
If the middle class could give your Congressmember a grade, what would it be? Today, DMI releases grades for every senator and representative, evalua...
Craig Newmark | Posted 02.08.2008 | Media
Using Capitol News Connection's new Ask Your Lawmaker site and widget, you can ask powerful lawmakers on the air next Tuesday and Wednesday about the issues that will define this election.
Philip Giraldi | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics
The real reason for the cover-up on the CIA tapes is because torture is universally acknowledged to be a war crime and everyone in the CIA and White House hierarchy knows that to be true.
John Bruhns | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics
Kucinich demonstrated last week that he is willing to fight fire with fire when it comes to dealing with Bush and Cheney like no other Democrat has done yet.
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The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics