Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admits ‘We don’t have troopsaready to go’ to fight the war in Afghanistan.
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When George W. Bush first ran for the White House, political reporters assured us that he came across as a reasonable, moderate guy.
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When Gen. David Petraeus testifies to Congress in a few weeks, he is expected to tout recent “security gains” from the U.S. surge in Iraq as a reason to “pause” troop reductions.
Back in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s worst days when he was grappling with the Vietnam quagmire and raucous anti-war protests at home, he said that in the big decisions about war and peace, “The people should be in on the … Read more »
Some days, there’s just no forgetting that Dick Cheney is still the vice president of the United States. We’ve had a few of these recently, with Cheney traveling to Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East on what might be … Read more »
The surge in the price of energy couldn’t come at a worse time. The average price nationally of regular gasoline has shot up to a record $3.28 a gallon.
According to a recent economic outlook by the Center for American Progress (CAP), “[r]eal hourly and weekly wages in January 2008 were lower than at any point in the previous 15 months,”
In 2001, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) opposed the first round of President Bush’s tax cuts
Having passed the 4,000 Americans killed mark in Iraq, the media will once again focus on the war in Iraq, like days ago when we passed the five-year mark there. These kinds of milestones and the inevitable media infatuation with … Read more »
In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us — and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation.
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