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Democrats win Senate vote on Iraq withdrawal date
By Klaus Marre Tuesday March 27, 2007 Senate Democrats Tuesday afternoon won a key vote that clears the way for setting a date by which most U.S. troops would be required to leave Iraq. Democrats defeated by a vote of 50-48 the Republican effort to strip language from the $122 billion-dollar Iraq supplemental spending bill…
Pentagon Official Is Under Investigation
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times A Bush political appointee and former Silicon Valley executive who has faced opposition in his bid to bail out Iraq’s struggling factories is under investigation by the Defense Department on mismanagement allegations. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul A. Brinkley, who heads an economic task force in Baghdad, is accused…
House judiciary panel subpoenas Gonzales
“We have been patient in allowing the department to work through its concerns regarding the sensitive nature of some of these materials,” Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., wrote Gonzales in a letter accompanying the subpoena. “Unfortunately, the department has not indicated any meaningful willingness to find a way to meet our legitimate needs.” “At this point…
Bush Era | Related Oped | UtahUtah Letter to Editor calls for Impeachment of Bush
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Pentagon Lied about Saddam/AlQaeda link, Cheney Still Lying
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