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Former Senior Interrogator in Iraq Dissects Cheney's Lies and Distortions

Matthew Alexander | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Interrogations, Abuse, Vice President Cheney, Torture, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, National Security, Abu Zubaydah, Cheney Speech, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Enhanced Interrogations, Waterboarding, Ksm, Dick Cheney Speech, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Our greatest success in this conflict was achieved without torture or abuse. My interrogation team found Abu Musab Al Zarqawi using relationship-building approaches and non-coercive law enforcement techniques.

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Transferring Some Guantanamo Detainees to the U.S. Will Actually Make America Safer

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Closing Guantanamo, National Security, Breaking News, Guantanamo, American Values, Obama, Due Process, Unitary Executive, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Why take the "chance" by bringing additional Guantanamo detainees to our shores? Because it is essential to our national security that we close it down -- and this step is necessary to make that happen.

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A Dangerous Day for War On Terror

Julie Menin | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, War on Terror, Cheney, National Security, September 11th, Politics News

Today was not a great day for the war on terror. Hearing these two dueling speeches by the President and former Vice President did not advance our g...

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Obama Vs. Cheney: How The Pundits Called The Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Cheney, National Security, Media Criticism, Obama National Security, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Media News

Well, we hope everyone enjoyed today's foreign policy showdown! Because that's what it was, apparently! At least that's what the media's been saying...

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Obama and Cheney Don't Play Safe in Battle Over Security...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Phil Bronstein, National Security, Politics, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News

The Obama-Cheney faceoff was gladiator vs. gladiator, a war of its own for the soul of national security policy and the judgment of history.

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Learn How to Beat Dick Cheney!

Jonathan Powers | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Security, Barack Obama, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

While we might have put the Republicans on the ropes, they are preparing to swing back. That is why Cheney is attempting to go back on the offensive by giving his speech today.

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Obama Huddles With Human Rights Groups Before Security Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elisa Massimino, Obama Human Rights, Obama Detainees, Obama National Security, Barack Obama, Human Rights First, National Security, Obama Guantanamo, Obama White House, Obama Human Rights Groups, Obama Thursday Speech, Obama Gitmo, Elisa Massimino Obama, Obama Photos Detainees, Politics News

Under heavy criticism for a series of decisions on national security that resembled, for some, those of the Bush years, President Barack Obama hosted ...

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Obama, Cheney To Give Dueling Speeches

Politico | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Terrorism, Barack Obama, National Security, Vice President Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney, President Obama, Obama-Cheney-Speeches, Politics News

President Barack Obama will attempt to regain control of a boiling debate over anti-terrorism policy with a major speech on Thursday -- an address tha...

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What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harman, Jingoism, Abuse, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Leon Panetta, Truth Commission, Jane Harman, Cheney, Democratic, Majority, Media, Policy, Bush Policy, Cindy Sheehan, Republican, Bush, Pelosi, National Security, Nancy Pelosi, Waterboard, Speaker, Briefed, House, Panetta, Interrogation, Amnesty, Democrat, Treason, Speaker of the House, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Congress, Press, Democrats, Detainee, Briefing, Classified, Prisoner, Secret, Chris Weigant, Traitor, Leak, Waterboarding, Minority, Senate, Classified Information, Torture, Politics News

Pelosi can be defended for being in an impossible situation at the time. Even if she disagreed with the policy, there simply wasn't much for her to do about it.

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Obama Really Had No Choice on Torture Pictures

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Army, Torture Photos, Cia, Bush, National Security, Iraqi Prisoners, Terrorism, Interrogation, President Obama, Gop, Military Preparedness, John McCain, Politics News

Obama's decision was based on a recognition that he's a young, untested, and perceived liberal Democrat, and therefore widely suspected as weak on national security and military toughness.

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Torture Commission: A Gift to the Republican Right?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John McCain, Cia, Terrorism, President Obama, Truth Commission, 9/11, Iraq, Congress, Detainees, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Education, Human Rights, National Security, Nancy Pelosi, Waterboarding, Neo-Conservatives, Health Care, Republicans, Torture, Gop, Politics News

It is a bitter pill to swallow that those most responsible for the terrible abuses of the past decade are those who are most likely to benefit from an investigation into the truth.

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A Progressive Case for the Supplemental

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Strategy, Military, National Security, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Progressives, Obama Administration, Counterinsurgency, Politics News

This is an excruciating vote for many on the Left who want to support their new president, but decry the fact that less than 10% of the funds will go to non-military items. What to do?

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Who Do You Despise More, Dick or Liz?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meghan McCain, Conservatives, Liz Cheney, National Security, David Brooks, David Frum, CIA Torture, Neoconservatives, Cheney Torture, Liz Cheney Dick Cheney, Obama National Security, Obama Torture, Republican Party, Torture, Republicans, Dick Cheney, Politics News

The Cheneys are seeking to lay the groundwork for a "Who Lost America?" debate should there be another terrorist attack during the Obama presidency.

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Obama Caving on Gays in the Military

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

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In Washington, we know about commissions and study groups and promise-them-anything when you're trolling for votes. But after the election... well, memories fade.

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Obama Needs to End Silence on Biggest Civil Rights Move of Our Time

Steve Clemons | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in Military, Aaron Belkin, Gay Rights, Colin Powell, National Security, Rick Warren, Sam Nunn, Jake Tapper, John Aravosis, Robert Gibbs, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Evangelicals, Politics News

There is no excuse at all -- none -- for the White House to allow the bigotry and harassment of gays and lesbians in the armed forces to stand. Gays populate the armed services now.

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GOP Pollster: Our National Security Attacks On Obama Make Us Look "Irrelevant"

The Plum Line | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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A high-profile and well-respected GOP pollster is strongly criticizing the new effort by the GOP Congressional leadership to revive the party's nation...

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Why Vets Are Backing Clean Energy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, American-Clean-Energy-and-Security-Act-of-2009, Edward Markey, Alternative Energy, National Security, Terrorism, votevets.org, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Votevets, Veterans, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Why would veterans get involved in a fight over renewable energy and efficiency? Well, for those of us who served, fighting terrorists and insurgents, this support is a no-brainer.

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100 Days and Obama's Achilles Heel

Taylor Marsh | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, National Security, Barack Obama, 100 Days, Politics News

We all know he can bring people together, but can he confront on issues and push forward implementing what's needed?

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National Security: Is Obama Making Progress?

Gordon Adams | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, Budgets, Defense Spending, National Security, State Department, Foreign Policy, World News

The first 100 days of the Obama administration have been promising, but to paraphrase Death of a Salesman, 'Attention must [continue to] be paid.'"

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One Hundred Days

Madeleine Albright | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: First 100 Days, National Security, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Madeleine Albright Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Madeleine Albright, Politics News

The first one hundred days in a presidency are roughly comparable to the first one hundred yards in a mile race. Our president may not have won anything yet, but he is off to a reassuring start.

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Getting our Game Back: The First Hundred Days

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Army, National Security, First Hundred Days, Pakistan, President Obama, Iran, Defense Spending, Legitimacy, Israel, Afghanistan War, Politics News

If we kill people, we lose the war. The most significant achievement of the Obama Administration thus far is a consistent and systematic understanding that security as we know it has fundamentally changed.

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Transparency in the First 100 Days: Grading the Obama Administration

Elizabeth Goitein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, National Security, Barack Obama, Torture Memos, 100 Days, Truth Commission, State Secrets, Politics News

In cases where people seek accountability for government misconduct the administration's commitment to transparency falls by the wayside in every instance.

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100 Days, 100 Foreign Policy Achievements

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Aid, Latin America, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Guantanamo, Mexico, Iran, Iraq, State Department, Barack Obama, National Security, Human Rights, Nuclear Weapons, Financial Crisis, Pirates, Defense Spending, Europe, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Cuba, Torture, World News

In 100 days, the Obama administration has taken more than 100 actions that are reshaping American foreign policy, reversing the failures of the Bush administration, and renewing America's standing in the world.

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The Tortured Past

The Progress Report | Posted 05.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Iraq-Al Qaeda Link, National Security, Barack Obama, Torture, Iraq, Home News

by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, Ryan Powers, and Pat Garofalo To receive The Progress Repo...

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The Gates Revolution

Adam Elkus | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Obama Defense Budget, Robert Gates, National Security, US Military, Department of Defense, Military, Army, Politics News

Gates is doing something far more radical than just canceling big-ticket weapons programs: he's finally fusing theory and policy.

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