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Bush Oil Buddies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil, Now Joined By "Liberal Scion" Peter Galbraith

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Age of Turbulence, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Kurdistan, Exxon-Mobil, Iraq, Joe Biden, Osama Bin Laden, Ray Hunt, Hunt Oil, Kuwait, John Kerry, Kurds, Desert Storm, Oil, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraqi Oil, Alan Greenspan, Peter Galbraith, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Peter Galbraith, son of the famed economist, is in line to reap $100 million dollars -- maybe more -- from contracts between a Norwegian oil company and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.

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A Lump of Coal for Our Nation's Veterans From GE's John Krenicki

James Boyce | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Day, Swiftboating, Votevets, Jon Soltz, John Kerry, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News
James Boyce

For reasons I don't understand, time and time again, we see Americans who believe not in honoring the service of those that wear the uniform but who use it to take advantage of it.

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Tamminen: Why Does Oklahoma Want To Drown New York? (Commentary)

cnbc.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Barbara Boxer, Green Jobs, James Inhofe, Carbon Regulation, John Kerry, Climate Change, Lamar Alexander, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Clean Energy Economy, Clean Energy, Global Warming, Green News

Democrats Barbara Boxer (CA) and John Kerry (MA) moved away from discussing the environmental impacts of climate change -- and the reason, therefore, ...

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Chamber Me This

James Boyce | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Chamber of Commerce, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, American Trucking Associations, Tom Donahue, Green News
James Boyce

The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce's recent actions are a complete riddle to not only me, but to many of the chamber's own members and former supporters.

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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Doyle, Gop, Social Justice, Communion, Catholic Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Lobbyists, Obama, American Catholics, Bishops, John Kerry, White House, Universal Health Care, Vatican, Health Care, Abortion, Church, Poverty, Public Option, Lobbying, Catholic, Democrats, House, Catholics, Religion, Senate, Catholic Church, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Health Bill, Anti-Choice, Republicans, Politics News

Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...

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Climate Change Threatens Our National Security

Ginna Kelly | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer Bill, Kerry-Boxer-Legislation, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate, John Kerry, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News
Ginna Kelly

Climate change threatens our national security in two ways. First, U.S. dependence on oil entangles America with hostile regimes. Second, climate change creates chaos, tension, and human insecurity.

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A New Green Youth Movement

John Kerry | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Kerry-Boxer-Climate-Bill, John Kerry, Cejapa, Green News
John Kerry

Now is the time for young people who learned to flex their political muscle last November to shift into high-gear and get Washington to take on our historic legislation to combat global climate change.

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Stop U.S. Meddling; Support Afghan Women at the Table

Jodie Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Codepink, Democracy, Afghanistan, Peace, Jodie Evans, US Afghanistan, Malalai Joya, Hamid Karzai, Women's Rights, Afghanistan-Parliament, John Kerry, Politics News
Jodie Evans

Women's rights (which are, in fact, human rights) will never rise from a corrupt, fundamentalist government. We need to be supporting the voices of women to nurture change in Afghanistan.

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A War Tax: A Strategic, Fiscal and Political Imperative

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vietnam, National Debt, John Kerry, Pakistan, Sovereignty, Iraq War, Afghanistan, General Shinseki, War Tax, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Without a draft, and without a war tax, 99.9% of Americans do not have to sacrifice at all to continue the war. It is too easy for war to become, for 99.9% of us, more like a video game played out on television.

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Sustainable Agriculture: The Unrecognized Key to Reversing Climate Change

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, John Kerry, World Bank, United Nations, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Agribusiness, Climate Change, Gmo, Industrial Agriculture, Global Warming, Green News
Andrew Kimbrell

Even though research concludes that industrial agriculture is one of the major contributors to global warming, neither international nor U.S. domestic policies are adequately addressing this sector.

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Global Warming Debate Gets Strange

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Glaciers, Chewang Norphel, Nepal, Africa, John Kerry, U.S. Chamber of Congress, Maldives, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Policy, Global Warming, Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill, Legislation, Green News
Bill Chameides

Someone tell me ... which is the real environmental news and which is fake?

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly: A Look Back at the Drama Over the EPW Bill

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Clean Energy, Lindsey Graham, Frank Lautenberg, Coal, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Dirty Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Senate, Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Big Oil, Bob Menendez, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, 1sky, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

In the past week, a drama unfolded around the Senate EPW Committee hearings for the new Senate bill on climate and clean energy jobs. Declarations! Boycott threats! Power plays!

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Why Your Representatives Should Make You Mad as Hell

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress Perks, Congress, 2009 Elections, Congress Work Week, Network, Congress Approval Ratings, Ward 72, John Kerry, Pork Barrel Spending, Herb Kohl, Water Reed, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Congress should be America's representative body, yet too many of its members bear little resemblance to those they have been elected to represent.

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Jeff Muskus

GOP Boycotts Senate Climate Change Hearing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Boxer, James Inhofe, Senate Climate Change, John Kerry, Climate Change, Kerry-Boxer Bill, George Voinovich, Lindsey Graham, Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

Barbara Boxer is out in front on climate change in the Senate. As a result, she spent much of Tuesday sitting by herself. From the beginning, it was ...

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Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega's Tactics 'Reek Of Authoritarianism', Says John Kerry

miamiherald.com | By TIM ROGERS | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: John Kerry, Ortega, Nicaragua Tensions, Daniel Ortega, Latin America, Nicaragua, John Kerry Nicaragua, World News

Pro-government demonstrators rocked the U.S. Embassy as opposition leaders complained the president is undermining Nicaragua's democracy in his effort...

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Health Care Provision Would Cover Christian Science Prayer Treatments

The Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orrin Hatch Health Care, John Kerry, Orrin Hatch Christian Science Prayer Treatments, Orrin Hatch Health Care Provision, Orrin Hatch, John Kerry Health Care, Health Care Reform, Senate Health Bill, Health Care Legislation, Christian Science Prayer Treatments, Senate Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Health Care Overhaul, Politics News

Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill woul...

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Too Big to Fail?: Why All the President's Afghan Options Are Bad Ones

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Gen. Stanley McCrystal, Hank Paulson, John Kerry, Richard Holbrooke, Vietnam War, Afghanistan, General Petraeus, War in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, World News
Tom Engelhardt

Our leaders evidently never saw a war to which the word "more" didn't apply. Hence the Afghan War, where impending disaster is just an invitation to fuel the flames of an already roaring fire.

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On Don't Ask Don't Tell, Army's Ready, So What's the Hold-up?

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, John Mchugh, votevets.org, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Victor Fehrenbach, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Military, Barbara Boxer, Army, Steven Green, John Kerry, US Army, Votevets, Tim Walz, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Murphy, Joe Sestak, Dadt, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Here's an idea: Let's just keep our best troops, no matter what their background or orientation. Momentum is picking up in Congress behind that notion, but we still need the President to make his move.

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The Race Is On for Clean Energy

Gene Karpinski | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, John Kerry, Steven Chu, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, US Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Green News
Gene Karpinski

As President Obama has said many times: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

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Nation's Leading Universities Draw Bottom Line on Clean Energy R&D Funding in Senate Climate Bill

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Breakthrough Institute, Barbara Boxer, Research, John Kerry, Green Technology, Green News, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Innovation, Technology, Green Energy, Universities, Aplu, Aau, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

Reid and the Senate now have the responsibility to ensure that long-term clean energy R&D efforts are given the funding they desperately need to secure America's leadership in clean energy innovation.

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Senator Kerry Finds A War With Which He Can Flirt

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Ann Jones, Coin, Mcchrystal, John Kerry, Paul Pillar, Matthew Hoh, Afghanistan, Andrew Wilder, Karzai, Counterinsurgency, Abdullah, World News
Derrick Crowe

If you're looking for the man who once asked, "how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" you better keep looking. The senator seems to have left him behind.

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New Bill's Clean Energy Investments Only a Fraction of Expert Recommendations

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Breakthrough Institute, Barbara Boxer, Research, Green Technology, John Kerry, Innovation, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, Technology, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

While the bill is a (very) small step in the right direction, the clean energy R&D investments in Kerry-Boxer still fall far short of filling our energy innovation gap.

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Jeff Muskus

Senate Dems Divided On Climate-Change Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Climate Change, Boxer-Kerry, Max Baucus, Senate Climate-Change, Politics News

If Tuesday was any indication, the Senate's climate-change bill has a ways to go before it gets weak enough to garner the 60 votes it needs for passag...

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Genesio Oliveira, Gay Brazilian Married To Massachusetts Man, Is Denied Asylum

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asylum Seekers, Tim Coco, John Kerry, Attorney General, Obama Administration, Doma, Asylum, Justice Department, Defense of Marriage Act, Genesio Oliveira, Eric Holder, Politics News

BOSTON — A gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won't be reunited with his Massachusetts husband in the U.S....

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Kerry Rebuts Cheney: No Grounds To Criticize On Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, Kerry, Dick Cheney, John Kerry Dick Cheney, Cheney Kerry, Cheney Kerry Afghanistan, Cheney Afghanistan, Kerry on Cheney, Afghanistan, Politics News

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is the latest Democrat to push back against an attack from former Vice President Dick Cheney on the White House's Afghanista...

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