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Escalation Without A Plan: Top U.S. Officials Admit To Having No Plan for Afghanistan

Thenation.com, Getafghanistanright.com | By Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: U.S. Troops, Gen. David McKiernan, US Military, Nato, Troop Escalation, Afghanistan, War, Taliban, President-Elect Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Confirmation Hearings, Secretary of State, World News

Does this sound familiar? "We have no strategic plan. We never had one." That's how a senior US military commander described the war in Afghanis...

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Lisa Jackson: Music to My Ears

Josh Dorner | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Barbara Boxer, California Waiver, Jeff Merkley, Clean Energy, Lisa Jackson, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Confirmation Hearings, Stephen Johnson, Oregon, Green News
Josh Dorner

EPA Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson was in the dock before the Senate today and I agree with Barbara Boxer that Jackson's answers to many questions were "music to my ears."

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Why Rove Attacks Eric Holder: To Provide Cover for Bush's Pardons

Paul Abrams | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Karl Rove, Senate Judiciary Committee, Eric Holder, Pardons, Confirmation Hearings, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Karl Rove understands better than anyone that George Bush needs as much wiggle room as possible to provide the pardons he and scores of his rogue colleagues expect.

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Her Confirmation Will Be the Hot Fight Ticket in the Beltway

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Arizona, BORDER ISSUES, Janet Napolitano, Confirmation Hearings, Obama's Cabinet, Janet Napolitano Homeland Security, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

While pundits and bloggers continue their Clinton obsession, right wing strategists are targeting Governor Janet Napolitano for confirmation fun and games.

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Specter Bothered By Mukasey's Answers On Waterboarding, But Will Vote For Him Anyway

AP | Hope Yen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate, Confirmation Hearings, Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he is bothered by Michael Mukasey's refusal to say whether waterboarding is torture b...

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White House: Mukasey Can Hedge On Torture Questions

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Attorney General Mukasey, Confirmation Hearings, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

The White House on Friday defended Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey's refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, say...

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Mukasey Takes The Stand

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gonzales Torture Memo, Confirmation Hearings, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey said Wednesday the president doesn't have the authority to use torture techniques against terrorism suspect...

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Top Judiciary Dem Leahy: Mukasey 'Headed For Swift Approval'

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mukasey, Judiciary Committee, Confirmation Hearings, Senator Patrick Leahy, Politics News

Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey is headed for swift approval with scant objections, the powerful Democrat who will chair his confirmation h...

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