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Chemical Warfare: Agent Orange
(Image: LP / Truthout; Adapted: Daniel Fogg, Christopher Najewicz, Martin Wippel) As long as Agent Orange is not addressed, along with the reparations that the US agreed …
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Pelosi Picks Members for “Super Committee“
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic minority leader, named the three final appointees Thursday to the super committee on deficit reduction, adding diversity along with budget expertise to a panel …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Jan Schakowsky Introduces Plan to Create 2.2 Million Jobs, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this.
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The GOP’s Not-So-Super Committee
John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today their picks for the fiscal super committee created by the debt ceiling deal, naming Sens. Jon Kyl …
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US Relies on Contractors in Somalia Conflict
Mogadishu, Somalia - Richard Rouget, a gun for hire over two decades of bloody African conflict, is the unlikely face of the American campaign against militants in Somalia. …
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Former Counterterrorism Czar Accuses Tenet, Other CIA Officials of Cover-Up
Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism czar, speaks to filmmakers John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski about crucial intelligence involving two 9/11 hijackers he believes ex-CIA Director George Tenet and others …
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Reid Names Senators to “Super Committee“
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the first three appointees to a congressional super-committee charged with tackling the federal deficit, but the Democratic choices offer few signs that the …
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US Says Strike Killed Taliban Who Downed Copter
The commander, Gen. John R. Allen of the Marines, said the military in Afghanistan had tracked the insurgents after they shot down the helicopter on Saturday, most likely with …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Record Number of Students Descend Into College Loan Debt, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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S&P Director: GOP’s Balanced Budget Amendment Would Hurt America’s Creditworthiness
After the first round of the contentious debt limit fight, congressional Republicans are redoubling their efforts to push through a so-called Balanced Budget Amendment as a solution to the …