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War on terror bill $15B a month
Walter Pincus, Washington Post The latest estimate of the growing costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the worldwide battle against terrorism — nearly $15 billion a month — came last week from one of the Senate’s leading proponents of a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq. “This cost of this war is…
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Bush associates still consolidating their hold on US media
Diane Sweet, Raw Story Longtime associates of President George W. Bush are consolidating their hold on American media with a string of recent acquisitions. Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. earlier this month announced the sale of 8 of its US television stations to a private equity firm — Oak Hill Partners — for…
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Over Half of Military Families Disapprove of Bush
By Gregg Zoroya, USAÂ TODAYÂ Close family members of U.S. troops are split on whether the Iraq invasion was a mistake, and 55% disapprove of President Bush’s job performance, according to USA TODAY/Gallup Polls focusing on immediate relatives of servicemembers. “They’ve maxed out on the troops. You’ve got guys who are over there on their fourth…
