via Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right. 01/08/09 posted in The Nation by Katrina Vanden Hueval, Nation Editor President-elect Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to oppose the war in Iraq, he argued for the need “to end the mindset that took us into” that war. So it’s troubling that he ramped up his [...]
Posts on ‘January 8th, 2009’
A Second Look at “Leahy: Holder Will Be Confirmed, With GOP Support”
via Leahy: Holder Will Be Confirmed, With GOP Support. by Sam Stein stein@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting From DC Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy etched a prediction in stone on Thursday when he declared that Attorney General nominee Eric Holder would not just be confirmed for the post, but would pass with wide Republican support. “The [...]
A Second Look at Conyers Seeks Probe of Bush Crimes – Consortiumnews.com
via Consortiumnews.com. In one of the first acts of the 111th Congress, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers proposed legislation to create a blue-ribbon panel of outside experts to probe the “broad range” of policies pursued by the Bush administration “under claims of unreviewable war powers,” including torture of detainees and warrantless wiretaps. Conyers’s proposal [...]
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