The Inspector General Act of 1978 states Inspectors General (IG) are appointed within the federal government to “conduct, supervise, and coordinate audit and investigations” for “the purpose of preventing and detecting fraud and abuse.”
While policymakers in Washington wrangle over how much progress we’ve made in Iraq, one thing is clear: The war on terror is making some people rich.
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One of the persistent problems of industrial agriculture is the inappropriate use of antibiotics. It’s one thing to give antibiotics to individual animals, case by case, the way we treat humans.
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Please, please, I tell myself, leave Orwell out of it. Find some other, fresher way to explain why “Operation Iraqi Freedom” is dependent upon killer mercenaries.
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Following the dastardly attacks of 9/11, it was evident that the nation had to do some careful thinking about the proper balance between national security and civil liberties.
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We’ve heard from General Petraeus, from Ambassador Crocker, and on Thursday night from President Bush. What we haven’t heard this week is anything about the tragic reality on the ground for the ordinary citizens of Iraq, which is in the … Read more »
President Bush’s actions have been what you’d expect from a man whose plan is to keep up appearances for the next 16 months.
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If the job market weakens further, more Americans may soon need to turn to unemployment compensation. And many of them will be shocked at the system’s painful inadequacies.
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This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq. What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds … Read more »
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement tonight on President Bush’s speech on the war in Iraq:
“Tonight, President Bush outlined a status quo strategy that leaves at least 130,000 American soldiers in harm’s way as part of a 10-year … Read more »
