Bush Era

The Torture Tape Cover-up: How High Does It Go?

By Marjorie Cohn, Afterdowningstreet.org When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the spring of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush administration. The White House had […]

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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 […]

Bush Era

Over Half of Military Families Disapprove of Bush

By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY  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 […]

Bush Era

Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007

Juan Cole, JuanCole.com 10. Myth: The US public no longer sees Iraq as a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. —In a recent ABC News/ Washington Post poll, Iraq and the economy were virtually […]