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Senate Committee Advances Dawn Johnsen to Head Powerful DOJ Office
Following a month of delays, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to send Dawn Johnsen, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's powerful Office of Legal Counsel …

Waterboarding Too Dangerous, Internal DoD Memo Reveals
In recent weeks, former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen has been on a public relations campaign defending the efficacy of waterboarding, going so far as to say that the torture …

How John Yoo and His Young Apprentice Tortured Health Care
Last Sunday, Nancy Pelosi vowed to wrangle up the votes needed to pass a health care bill even if it meant some Democratic lawmakers would be voted out of …

Rangel Steps Down From Ways and Means Amid Ethics Scandal
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-New York) relinquished the chairmanship to the powerful House Ways and Means Committee after the House Ethics Committee admonished him for taking corporate-funded trips. In a …

Baghdad Bombings Shatter Festive Pre-Vote Atmosphere
Baghdad - Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi security forces voted in early elections Thursday throughout the country, as bomb attacks near polling stations killed at least 12 people and …

A Military Coup in Iraq?
Twenty million eligible voters are invited to participate in this weekend's parliamentary election in Iraq. The election, scheduled for Sunday March 7, will take place amid an wave of …

E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Big Lie About “Reconciliation“
Washington - For those who feared that Barack Obama did not have any Lyndon Johnson in him, the president's determination to press ahead and get health care reform done …

Banks’ Record Profits Are a Political Matter
So BNP Paribas, the largest French and European bank, has just announced 8 billion euros of profit for 2009, tying its 2007 record. Some are already crowing: after all, …

Jim Hightower | Goldman Sachs Authors a Greek Tragedy
Another Greek-based cargo ship and its crew was recently hijacked by Somalian pirates, costing the Greek owners an undisclosed amount in ransom. Such ongoing acts of brazen piracy off …

Pacific Pushback: Has the US Empire of Bases Reached Its High-Water Mark?
For a country with a pacifist constitution, Japan is bristling with weaponry. Indeed, that Asian land has long functioned as a huge aircraft carrier and naval base for U.S. …