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Obama: Still Weeks to Go Before Decision on Afghanistan
Seoul - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he's still weeks away from deciding how many more U.S. troops to send to Afghanistan and that he'd like to fire officials …
Afghan Lessons From the Iraq War
You don’t have to go back 40 years to the Vietnam War to feel the sting of déjà vu. Returning to the Iraq War just three years ago will …
In a Chilly London November, War and Remembrance
In Great Britain, Remembrance Sunday falls on the second Sunday of November, the one closest to November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War in …
Can New AFL-CIO Plan Save Two Million Jobs – and the Dems in 2010?
Democratic leaders yesterday sent their strongest signals yet that they were eager to pass a jobs-creation and benefits-extension package to help stop the economic and political bleeding caused by …
Unsettling Revelations Regarding US Lease of Colombian Military Bases
US Air Force reveals another possible explanation behind bilateral defense cooperation agreement.
Our Corrupt Occupation of Afghanistan
Is it just me, or is the pontification of Western leaders about corruption in Afghanistan growing rather tiresome? There is something very Captain Renault about it. We're shocked, shocked …
Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon’s Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine Program
About 25,000 children in on-base Air Force daycare centers will be forced to receive the H1N1 vaccine or face being barred from school, Truthout has learned following reports from …
Why Won’t Obama Give You a Job?
Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans? Working Americans continue to suffer …
California’s Medical Marijuana Law – Just a Smokescreen?
The medical marijuana debate is gathering steam in California, as two disparate engines are catapulting headlong down parallel paths that appear destined to collide in the distance. The impending …
Will Climate Protection Legislation Protect Workers Too?
One great fear is blocking public support for climate protection: The fear that protecting the planet will destroy millions of jobs. Without a bold program to protect workers …