The Nation | posted March 22, 2007 (April 9, 2007 issue) How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits Joshua Kors A six-month investigation has uncovered multiple cases in which soldiers wounded in Iraq are suspiciously diagnosed as having a personality disorder, then prevented from collecting benefits. The conditions of their discharge have infuriated many in the…
thePolitico Battle Over U.S. Attorneys Has Roots in ’04 Election By: Jeanne Cummings, March 27, 2007 Some of the political fireworks between President Bush and Congress over fired U.S. attorneys could well be explained by looking back at when the saga began: the 2004 election. Back then, Democrats were trying to register enough new voters…
therawstory – Ron Brynaert Published: Monday March 26, 2007 Intense partisanship by the Bush Administration was invoked by two of the eight dismissed US Attorneys who were interviewed on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday. (John McKay said) “…we expected to be supported by people in Washington, D.C. when we make tough decisions like that, and…
By Susan Page, USA TODAY, March 26, 2007 WASHINGTON – Americans overwhelmingly support a congressional investigation into White House involvement in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, and they say President Bush and his aides should answer questions about it without invoking executive privilege. In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday-Sunday, respondents said by nearly…
