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Vetting Obama's Judges: The Case for Chris Schroeder

Victor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Victor Williams

Obama needs to keep the Senate queue full of judicial nominations and use the bully pulpit to demand timely confirmation. Judge confirmations and GOP obstruction should be a mid-term campaign issue.

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Leahy Lays Out Case For Truth Commission In Time

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 30 years ago, a special Senate investigation peered into abuses that included spying on the American people by their own government. The fi...

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What We Still Don't Know About Torture

David Danzig | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Danzig

A truth commission on torture could definitively prove that the use of waterboarding and other forms of torture by US forces has made us less safe.

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Sam Stein

Exclusive: Leahy Talks To White House About Investigating Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and White House Chief Counsel Greg Craig discussed on Tuesday the Senator's proposal to set up a truth and rec...

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Why Clinton Must Stay In The Race

John K. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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John K. Wilson

The worst thing for Obama right now would be to win by default. A win by forfeit only weakens the winner in the realm of politics. By contrast, Obama's victory over Clinton would establish momentum showing his ability to defeat a powerful political machine.

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Senator Leahy To Clinton: Drop Out

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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** NEW UPDATES BELOW ** Obama-backing Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) has become among the most senior Democrats to explicitly call for Sen. Hillary Clinton to...

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