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Time to impeach Bush & Cheney?
Washington Post, McGovern writes that although the chances of impeachment are unlikely, the facts most definitely point in that direction: “Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses. They have repeatedly violated the Constitution. They have transgressed national and international law. They have lied to the American people time after time. Their conduct…
US Troops Speak Out On Exhaustion: “It’s Like [We’re] No More Than Numbers Now”
Peter Beaumont in Baghdad, The UK Observer …The anecdotal evidence on the ground confirms what others – prominent among them General Colin Powell, the former US Secretary of State – have been insisting for months now: that the US army is ‘about broken’. Only a third of the regular army’s brigades now qualify as combat-ready….
Was potential Bush aide given ‘heads up’ on investigation?
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie, who is reportedly being considered as a replacement for White House aide Dan Bartlett, may have had early knowledge of a criminal probe into a potential state Senate candidate in Virginia, where Gillespie is now head of the Republican Party, according to a Virginia…
Libby jury asks for clarification of charge
ByMikaelBy Richard B. Schmitt, L.A. Times Staff Writer – February 28, 2007 Signaling some progress in reaching a verdict, the jury deliberating the perjury case against I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby asked for clarification about the third of five counts against the former vice presidential aide. The count alleges that Libby lied to the FBI about…
Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Reject Occupation
By Raed Jarrar and Joshua Holland, AlterNet. More than half of the members of Iraq’s parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media ignored the story. On Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media, more than half of the members of Iraq’s parliament rejected the continuing…
Fmr. Surgeon Gen. Says Pres. Bush Ignores Non-Agenda Issues
By Will Dunham, Reuters The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research. “Anything that doesn’t fit into the political appointees’ ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried,” Dr. Richard…
