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Source: US Envoy Offered Combat Troops for Iraq After Deadline
Washington - A special envoy from President Barack Obama raised the possibility in a secret meeting with senior Iraqi military and civilian officials in Baghdad Sep. 23 that his …
Air Force Academy Excludes Group That Exposed Proselytizing of Military Personnel From “Religious Respect” Conference
Update at the end of this report. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a watchdog group that aims to ensure that members of the US Armed Forces receive their …
Charles Rangel: What Did He Gain by Walking Out of His Ethics Trial?
Charles Rangel walked out of his congressional ethics trial in protest on Monday. Why did he refuse to defend himself? After all, if the House eventually condemns him (or …
At the Federal Reserve, It’s Lonely at the Top
While people like me see the Federal Reserve’s recent actions as far too timid, there’s a substantial faction out there that thinks they will very soon bring about the …
It’s About Jobs, Not Deficits
What is the matter with people in Washington and New York? There is obviously a jobs emergency and they're talking about deficits — and in the middle of a …
Land of Plenty? US Hunger Rate Remains Stubbornly High
Washington - U.S. agriculture officials said Monday that the nation's 15 federal nutrition programs helped keep hunger in check in 2009 even as the number of unemployed Americans soared. …
Food Pyramid Scheme
Award-winning, Berkeley-based, editorial cartoonist Khalil Bendib’s cartoons are regularly featured in dozens of small and mid-size newspapers across the country, and they can be viewed at www.bendib.com. They have …
Froma Harrop | Liberals Have Much to Like in Deficit Plan
Many liberals went bananas over the new plan to reduce deficits. The ideas put forth by the chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission ignore their priorities, they lament.
Eugene Robinson | Defense Trims: Why Not?
Washington - I come not to bury the manifesto issued last week by President Obama's debt-reduction commission, but to praise the most welcome of its ideas: Slash defense spending …
Spotlight G-20: A Post Mortem
Another in the Triple Crisis Blog’s series, Spotlight G-20, which has featured posts by a wide range of analysts, including Gerald Epstein, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Martin Khor,