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More Lost by the Second in Afghanistan
(Photo: The U.S. Army / Flickr) It’s a bit odd to me that with my sense of geographical direction I’m ever regarded as a leader to guide …
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CIA Is Disputed on Civilian Toll in Drone Strikes
On May 6, a Central Intelligence Agency drone fired a volley of missiles at a pickup truck carrying nine militants and bomb materials through a desolate stretch of Pakistan …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Postal Service Planning to Break Union Contracts, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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GOP Contenders Engage in Feisty Debate, Blasting Each Other, Obama
Ames, Iowa - For months, Republicans vying for their party's presidential nomination focused their criticisms on the record of Democratic President Barack Obama. On Thursday, they fought to defend …
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Politicians and Protesters Assail British Police
London - Britain’s latest convulsion of rioting and looting began with a protest against the police handling of a killing in north London, but it soon turned into something …
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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. …