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E.J. Dionne Jr. | State of the Union Math Test
Washington - There was an unexpected poignancy to the moment Wednesday evening. Barack Obama, who once strode across the political landscape as a master of the persuasive arts, found …
Honduran Coup d’Etat a “Win” for the US?
Today, Pepe Lobo will be inaugurated as the new president of Honduras in what many consider to be an institutionalization of the coup d'état, which took place seven months …
Weak State Department Oversight Resulted in Mismanagement of Iraq Security Contract Fund
Due to mismanagement, the State Department has left more than $2.5 billion vulnerable to waste and fraud and is unsure of where $1 billion of that has gone, according …
Obama’s Secret Prisons: Night Raids, Hidden Detention Centers, the “Black Jail” and the Dogs of War in Afghanistan
One quiet, wintry night last year in the eastern Afghan town of Khost, a young government employee named Ismatullah simply vanished. He had last been seen in the town's …
83 Percent Approval for State of the Union Proposals
An online CBS News Poll has found that an overwhelming majority of the 522 Americans surveyed approved of the proposals laid out by President Obama in his first State …
President Put Politics First on Afghanistan
Nothing highlights President Obama’s abject surrender to Gen. David Petraeus on the “way forward” in Afghanistan than two cables U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry sent to Washington on Nov. 6 …
Obama Shifts Priorities to Job Growth, While Calling for an End to Partisan Warfare
President Barack Obama resuscitated a theme that swept him into office a year ago - Hope and Change - in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night, …
GRITtv: Senator Sanders on Firing Fed Chairman Bernanke, Economy Fixes (Video)
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has been an outspoken leader in the Senate on everything from the fight for single-payer health care reform to blocking Fed Chair Ben Bernanke’s reappointment. …
Excerpts From President Obama’s State of the Union Address
The White House just sent to reporters a preview of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Two-thirds of Obama's speech, according to news reports, will focus exclusively …
Howard Zinn, Historian Who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, …