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Iraq War Funding

Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze For Rockets

ProPublica | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

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"We're spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars -- where do you think that money is going to?" [1] Ronald Boline, a former Triple ...

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Senior Army Commander Warns Against Forgetting Iraq

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.15.2009 | World

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The senior American commander in Iraq has told the BBC that he is concerned that the country will be forgotten, amid the current focus on Afghanistan....

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E-Democracy Also Threatens Conservative Rule in Washington D.C.

Bob Fertik | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Netroots, Iraq War Funding, Iran Election, Internet Policy, Participatory Democracy, Iran Riot, Obama Internet, Iran, Single Payer Healthcare, World News
Bob Fertik

The Iranian rebellion is visible to the world through digital photos and videos uploaded and forwarded through Facebook, Twitter, and other global networks.

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Why Science Deserves Its Stimulus Money

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: National Science Foundation, Science, National Public Radio, Economic Stimulus Package, Iraq War Funding, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Google, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

In the car the other day, we caught a bit of Marketplace on NPR. We like Marketplace -- it puts economic news in social and political context, making ...

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New Report Reveals Why We'll Be Paying for the Iraq Occupation for Years to Come, Withdrawal or Not

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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Jeremy Scahill

With last week's announced escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Obama blew the lid off of any lingering perceptions that he represents a significant change in how the U.S. conducts its foreign policy.

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I Don't Care About AIG's Bonuses

Brad Friedman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Diebold, Bailout, Hava, Economy, AIG Bailout, Media Criticism, Aig, Media, Anthrax, Iraq, Iraq War Funding, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Where is all the furor over the $12 billion sent over to Iraq as pallets of cash, which then simply disappeared into that trillion dollar rat hole without accounting or explanation?

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2009: Another Year of Living Dangerously

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, George Bush, Financial Crisis China, Darfur Genocide, Israel Lobby, Japan Stabbings, Obama, Iran, Mumbia Shooting, Tokyo Stabbing Spree, Japan New Ambassador, Cheney Iran, Israel Gaza, Gaza Strip, India Attacks, Nato, Uncle Sam, Financial Crisis, Dick Cheney Iraq, Iran Nuclear Program, Darfur Sudan, India Pakistan Relations, Somalia Pirates, Israel and Palestine Talks, Tokyo Stabbings, Financial Crisis Obama Mccain, FInancial Crisis White House, Gaza Airstrikes, Nuclear Power, Egypt Israel Gaza, Iraq War Funding, Egypt Emergency Laws, Russia Georgia War, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Pakistan Crisis, Iraq War, India Terrorism, Bush 2009 Budget, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Opposition, Somalia Government, Japan, Iraq, Israel Airstrikes, Obama Administration, Us Foreign Relations, Kim Jong Il, Bush Administration, New Year's Commentary, Ukraine, World News
Eric Margolis

The proud towers of Wall Street have fallen, disgorging packs of thieves and fraudsters. The mighty US suddenly exposed as the proverbial king without clothes. Uncle Sam is bankrupt.

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Another Disappointment in Iraq

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Christopher Brauchli

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. -John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Und...

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The Subpriming of Iraq

Michael McConnell | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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Michael McConnell

This is a credit card war. With Congress passing emergency supplemental budgets that are not covered by tax revenues, we have yet to pay a penny out of our own pockets for the war.

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What We Could Have Spent The Iraq War Funding On

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When the Sunday morning political pundits began talking last year about the tab for the war in Iraq hitting $1 trillion, Rob ...

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The Sick Man of the North Atlantic

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

Money, observed the witty British thinker Malcolm Muggeridge, is the homogenized form of power. No more money, no more power. The great imperialist ...

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

Read More: USS George Washington, Halloween, John McCain, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Troops, Cindy McCain, Joe Biden, Diane Tucker, Iraq War Funding, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, US Air Force, Iraq War, Disabled American Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, US Marines, 2008 Presidential Race, Brandon Friedman, US Army, USS Comstock, Blue Star Families for Obama, US Marines Afghanistan, Offthebus, US Navy, Cindy Mccain Attack on Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses, Cindy Mccain War Wives, Diane Tucker Cindy Mccain, Cindy McCain Obama, Obama, Mccain Military Vote, Home News
Diane Tucker

"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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Obama's Edge Over McCain on Iraq

John Bruhns | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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John Bruhns

Senator Obama's plan to leave troop elements behind would have conditions: the Iraqis would have to politically reconcile and end sectarianism. McCain's is to continue on the current path.

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Bin Laden Used a Similar Strategy to Decimate American Capitalism as Reagan Used to Hasten End of Soviet Communism

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Both men used the same strategy: scare them into an arms race which they couldn't afford and which would undermine the very fabric of their economic, social and political system.

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The Failed Bailout: A Drop in the Bucket and Abusive to Renters

Shahid Buttar | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Bush Administration, Congress, Depression, Wall Street Bailout, Predatory Lending, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Paul Krugman, Conservatism, Iraq War Funding, Recession, Debt, Unemployment, Healthcare, hud.gov, Business News
Shahid Buttar

Beyond its uncertainty, the Administration also appears as disingenuous as it did on Iraq. Five years ago, officials cried wolf about weapons of mass destruction that were never found.

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The Bailout and the War

Daniel Radosh | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Daniel Radosh

The Iraq war has already cost taxpayers about $700 billion. If we hadn't gone to war, we could have gotten the bailout free and had some left over for a party.

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Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."

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Civil War in the Anti-War Movement

John Bruhns | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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John Bruhns

It has been impossible to organize legitimate protests against the Iraq war without commingling other agendas.

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Sen. Jack Reed: No "Blank Check" For War In Iraq

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Jack Reed says America can't afford the Republican strategy of continuing to write blank checks for the Iraq war. "At a time ...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Tar Sands, 2000 Election, Solar Moratorium, Kbr, Bush White House, Antonin Scalia, North Pole, UN Probe Civilian Deaths, Al Gore, Iraqi Oil Ministry, Iraq War Funding, War on Science, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Global Warming, Exxon Valdez, Oregon, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

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Iraq Is The Economy, Stupid

Alan Fein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Economy, Iraq War, U.S. Economy, Iraq Surge, Iraq Spending, Iraq War Funding, Politics News
Alan Fein

Every day, pollsters ask voters to rank issues, separating "the Iraq war" from "the economy," as if they have nothing to do with each other. In fact, they have everything to do with each other.

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Command Responsibility

Ray Kimball | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Officers, Iraq Contractors, War Contractors, Iraq War Funding, Military Spending, Private Contractors, Defense Contractors, Politics News
Ray Kimball

The current explosion of contract spending in Iraq -- hundreds of billions of dollars, with tens of billions wasted -- has made it clear that this course of action is no longer sustainable.

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Oh, I Get It, Democrats Are The B-Team

Suzanne O'Keeffe | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Telecoms Immunity, Star Wars, U.S. Economy, War Supplemental Bill, Iraq War, Democratic Leadership, Iraq Contractors, Obama, Iraq War Funding, War Profiteers, Home News
Suzanne O'Keeffe

The Democratic leadership's latest move giving Bush & Co. billions more dollars for the fraud-based war and occupation of Iraq is Shakespearean: The good guys, turns out, are working with the bad guys!

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House Leaders Reach Iraq War Funding Deal Without Deadline For Withdrawal

New York Times | Carl Hulse | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

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House leaders struck a bipartisan deal on Wednesday night on a major spending measure that would provide money for the war in Iraq through the end of ...

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Pentagon To Shift Budget To Pay For Iraq War

Reuters | Kristin Roberts | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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The Pentagon plans to shift $9.7 billion of its overall budget to pay for war operations but warned on Wednesday it will run out of money if the U.S. ...

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