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Obama Reopens Massacre Investigation Obstructed By Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | September 24, 2009

Read More: Dasht-e-Leili, Obama Dascht e Leili Massacre, Physicians For Humans Rights

For eight years, the Bush administration obstructed investigations into a massacre carried out in the name of Americans in Dasht-e-Leili, Afghanistan. Earlier this month, a...

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Obama's Science Adviser Targeted By Defamation Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | September 21, 2009

Read More: John Holdren, Michelle Malkin, Presidential Science Advisor, White House

Conservative media outlets are waging an online defamation campaign against Presidential Science Advisor Jon Holdren, using out-of-context quotes and misinformation to portray him as hell-bent...

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Rosa Parks Poster Torn Up At McCaskill Town Hall (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | September 12, 2009

Read More: Mccaskill Town Hall, Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks Poster, Rosa Parks Poster Torn Up, Rosa Parks Sign

Among the many eyebrow-raising clips aired on major news networks yesterday from Senator Claire McCaskill's health care town hall was one of a woman being...

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GI Bill Favors Some States Over Others

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | September 10, 2009

Read More: GI Bill, Gi Bill By State, Gi Bill Jim Webb, Gi Bill Tuition, Jim Webb, Webb GI Bill

Sen. Jim Webb's Post-9/11 GI Bill, which went into effect August 1, calls for the federal government to subsidize a veteran's tuition up to the...

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Independent Pharmacists Battle Big Pharma On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | September 5, 2009

Read More: Health Care Lobbying @Huffpost, Pharmaceutical Industry @Huffpost, Pharmacists @Huffpost

The prospect of a wholesale overhaul of the health care system is bringing a new face to the Capitol Hill lobbying scrum. The National Community...

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Reid Blames Press For August Deadline, Baucus Hedges

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | August 30, 2009

Read More: Baucus Health Care, Baucus Health Care Bill, Harry Reid, Health Care Bill, Health Care Deadline, Max Baucus, Reid Health Care, Reid Health Care Bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday he is "cautiously optimistic" that a health care bill will make it out of the Senate Finance Committee...

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Women's Groups Split By Afghanistan Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | August 30, 2009

Read More: Afghan Women, Afghan Women's Mission, Feminist Majority, Feminists Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan, Rawa, Taliban

The Feminist Majority Foundation and the Afghan Women's Mission are locked in a bitter controversy over what's best for the women of Afghanistan. The two...

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Strip Searches Pervasive Despite Huge Settlements

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | August 21, 2009

Read More: Class Action Lawsuits, Fourth Amendment, New York City, Strip-Searches, Supreme Court

One sunny fall afternoon, a mother of seven answered a knock at her door to find a cluster of policemen waiting on the step. She...

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Battle For The Honduran Presidency Plays Out In Washington D.C.

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | August 20, 2009

Read More: Honduras, Honduras Ambassador, Honduras Election, Honduras Manuel, Manuel Zelaya, Zelaya

A proxy-struggle for the Honduran presidency continues to play out in Washington D.C. The most recent battle is over the ambassadorship. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's...

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TARP Recipients Fighting To Keep Charging Exorbitant Credit Card Fees

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | August 9, 2009

Read More: Credit Card Fees, Credit Card Swipe Fees, Lawmakers, Lawmakers Credit Card Fees

This story has been edited slightly since publication for clarification. Undeterred by their sullied reputation, big banks and credit card companies are making a major...

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Bush CIA Honcho: Military Option Should Be Off The Table With Iran

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | July 19, 2009

Read More: Bush Cia, Bush Iran, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Heritage Foundation, John McLaughlin, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Iran

As the fifth consecutive day of protests in Iran drew to a close, one of the chief members of President Bush's intelligence apparatus warned that...

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Progressives Launch Effort To Force Obama's Hand On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | July 4, 2009

Read More: Health Care Debates, Obama, Obama Health Care, Obama Howard Dean, Obama Public Plan

As a deadline for introducing a health care reform bill approaches the progressive community, which has been biting its tongue for weeks if not months,...

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A Break For Obama: Social Conservatives Hang Back On Sotomayor

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | June 27, 2009

Read More: Obama, Obama Religious Groups, Obama Social Conservatives, Obama Sotomayor, Obama Supreme Court, Sotomayor, Sotomayor Religious Conservatives

No one expected President Barack Obama to win over religious or cultural conservatives with his choice for the Supreme Court. But in the hours that...