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U.S. Fears $53 Billion Spent On Reconstruction In Iraq Will Go To Waste

nytimes.com | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart W. Bowen Jr., Marshall Plan, Iraq War, Gao, Iraq, Reconstruction, Nouri Al Maliki, Government Accountability Office, Politics News

In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq...

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Obama 2012

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home

Read More: 14th Amendment, Spike Lee, Bryant Park, Mark Penn, 2012 Election, Terrence Yang, Racism, B.E.T., Barack Hussein Obama, Zero Mostel, Tavis Smiley, 13th Amendment, Colin Powell, Do the Right Thing, Reconstruction, Heidi Klum, Melting Pot, Cipriani's, Robert Johnson, Hip-Hop, Seal, Deb Slott, W.E.B. Dubois, Segregation, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Criminal Industrial Complex, Sonia Sotomayor, Sidney Poiter, Virginia Davies, Shelby Steele, The Dance Flick, Pink Elephant, Booker T. Washington, Home News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

I went to New York to meet Obama the candidate, and in a Soho apartment he told a small group of us that his middle name was Hussein. I thought he was telling a joke.

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The Failures of Long Distance Social Engineering

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Reconstruction, Afghanistan War, World News
Amitai Etzioni

More than half of World Bank investment recipients from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s had the same or worsening rates of per capita income as before they received aid.

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Clinton to Pledge More Money for the PA and the West Bank in the Gaza Reconstruction Conference

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.01.2009 | World

Read More: Us-Secretary-of-State, Gaza, Clinton, Reconstruction, Palestinian Authority, Wood, Hillary Clinton, Hamas, Israel, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Politically, the new US administration appears to be still stuck in the policies of the Bush administration when it comes to a possible Palestinian unity government.

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Neo-Confederacy Erupts with Governors' Rejection of Stimulus Money

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Southern Republicans, Mark Sanford, George W. Bush, Confederate Flag, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Reconstruction, Attorney General Eric Holder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Representative James Clyburn, Sarah Palin, Budget Deal, Governors Reject Stimulus Aid, Rick Perry, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee, John McCain, State Budget Cuts, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, President Andrew Johnson, Gary Coleman, Opposition to Stimulus Bill, Southern Governors Reject Stimulus Money, Recall Election, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Susan Collins, Opposition to Receiving Stimulus Money, Olympia Snow, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Tom Delay, Council of Conservative Citizens, Barry Goldwater, Stimulus Bill, Southernizing the Republican Party, Neo-Confederacy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Today, the Neo-Confederacy obstructs the federal government's attempt to alleviate some of the suffering of the descendants of those slaves even while the nation endures its worst economic disaster in 70 years.

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Waste, Fraud In Iraq Being Repeated In Afghanistan

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Stuart Bowen, Special Report, Ginger Cruz, Reconstruction, Rebuilding, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hard Lessons, Investigation, World News

WASHINGTON — Waste and corruption that marred Iraq's reconstruction will be repeated in Afghanistan unless the U.S. transforms the unwieldy bure...

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How Not To Respond To -- or Recover From -- A Major Disaster: An Indelible Legacy of Presidential Incompetence

Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Air Force One, Gulf Coast, Reconstruction, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, September 2005, Bush Legacy, Bush Mistakes, National Guard, Politics News
Irwin Redlener, M.D.

The fact is that the recovery from Katrina has been painfully slow. At least 25% of people who lived in New Orleans prior to Katrina have not returned, many now permanently relocated.

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Burris, Race, Religion, And The Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mormon, Burris, Impeachment, Blaggy, Representative Rush, Lord Has Ordained, Obama, Reconstruction, Race, Republican, Blagojevich, Politics, Revels, Bobby Rush, Senate Seat, Wallace, Reed Smoot, Religious Bigotry, Rush, Racism, Qualifications, Black, Faubus, Mississippi, Plantation, Reid, Illinois, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Appointment, Smoot, Garrett Davis, Roland Burris, Kentucky, Democrat, Appointee, Senate Appointment, Barack Obama, Yellow Dog, The Lord, Racial Politics, Hiram Revels, Religion, Chris Weigant, African American, Appointer, Harry Reid, Plantation Politics, Utah, Obama Senate Seat, Senate, Bull Connor, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Ted Stevens, Jesse Jackson Jr, Ron Paul, Guantanamo, Al Franken, Best Government Dollar Spent, 50 State Strategy, Mccain, Primary Schedule, Awards, China, Worst Political Theater, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Most Overreported Story, Andrew Cuomo, First Cat, Howard Dean, Socks the Cat, 2008, Bailout, Sofa, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Status of Forces, Sorry to See You Go, Health Care, Aids, Global Warming, Gravel, Election 2008 Coverage, Alaska, Bobby Jindal, Thomas Tamm, Reconstruction, Joe the Plumber, Tony Snow, Bernanke, Democrat, Letterman, Socks Clinton, Most Underrated, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, George Carlin, 15 Minutes of Fame, Honorable Mention, Michigan, Hybrid, Wiretapping, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Executive Experience, Maliki, Caribou Barbie, Best Spin, Stuart Bowen, Destined for Political Oblivion, Kucinich, Jesse Helms, Private Jet, Beijing, Truth Commission, Going Green, Iraq, Most Overrated, Isaac Hayes, Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Bush, Wright, Blagojevich, Paulson, Bo Diddley, Mclaughlin, Unemployment, Inauguration, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Snl, Florida, Socks, Primary, Africa, Whistleblower, Best Political Theater, Most Underreported Story, Boldest Political Tactic, Castro, David Plouffe, Jeremiah Wright, Olympics, Harvey Korman, Beau Biden, Bernie Mac, Free Speech Zone, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Oil, Most Honest Person, Socialism, Michael Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Worst Idea, David Letterman, Tamm, Wurzelbacher, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

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War Crimes and Incompetence -- the Real Shoes Thrown at Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sere, Stuart Bowen, Inspector General, Abuse, Kucinich, Geneva Convention, Reconstruction, Guantanamo, Armed Services Committee, Bush, Detainee, Prisoner, Chris Weigant, Few Bad Apples, Abu Graib, Waterboard, Waterboarding, Iraq, Carl Levin, Shoes, Shoe, National Security Council, Senate, Torture, War Wire, Bowen, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.

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Obama and the Constitution: Our Nation's Unfinished Business

Doug Kendall | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 14th Amendment, Second Founding, New Birth of Freedom, Judges, Reconstruction, Obama Inauguration, Federalist Society, Constitution, Barack Obama, Politics News
Doug Kendall

Obama must secure "a new birth of freedom" for the 21st century, push the Supreme Court to enforce the text and history of the Reconstruction Amendments, and nominate Justices who will do the same.

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A Great Text for Reformers

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Reconstruction, Democracy Mideast, Democracy Promotion, Democracy Building, Reconstruction, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Anyone who believes that the United States can march into a country, topple its regime, and build a prosperous democracy, ought to read, study and read again Imperial Life in the Emerald City.

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Christina Applegate's Breasts: Hopefully, in Good Hands

Lauren Cahn | Posted 09.21.2008 | Style

Read More: Implants, Breast Cancer, Reconstruction, Saline Implants, Christina Applegate, Breasts, Silicone Implants, Double Mastectomy, Style News
Lauren Cahn

I had both of my breasts removed at age 36, following a diagnosis of breast cancer and in the six years that have followed, I have never ever, not for one nanosecond, looked back with even a modicum of regret.

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Ninety-nine and a Half Won't Do

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama African American Voters, African-American History, Civil Rights, Reconstruction, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lapham's Quarterly

Obama's nomination is perhaps most starkly contrasted with the unbridled hatred encountered by African American politicians during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period between 1865 and 1877.

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