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Policing Afghanistan: How Afghan Police Training Became a Train Wreck
The Pentagon faces a tough choice: Should it award a new contract to Xe (formerly Blackwater), a company made infamous when its employees killed 17 Iraqis in Baghdad in …

JSOC Interests Snag Plan to Free Afghan Detainees
Washington - An initiative to revise the procedures for reviewing the cases of detainees in order to free marginal insurgents and innocent Afghans has run afoul of the interests …

While Giving Obsessive Coverage to the Tea Parties, Media Ignored Larger Antiwar Rally
As congressional debate on health care reform comes to a close and the House of Representatives is nearing a vote on the Senate’s health care legislation, one group that …

Obama Will Sign Executive Order Ensuring Funds Won’t Be Used for Abortion to Secure Stupak’s Vote
Editor's note: The full text of President Obama's executive order, along with a statement from the White House Communications Office, is reprinted at the end of this report. The …

Health Care Reform Bill 101: Who Will Pay for Reform?
Washington - For the United States, health care reform would come with a hefty co-pay. As we’ve noted throughout this series on what’s in the health care bill, the …

The Imminent Passage of Health Care Reform
The passage of President Obama’s health care reform will make a difference in the live of tens of millions of people. The subsidies will make insurance affordable to millions …

Racism, Homophobia Dominates Tea Party Protest Over Health Care Bill
Demonstrators outside the U.S. Capitol, angry over the proposed health care bill, shouted “nigger” Saturday at U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia congressman and civil rights icon who was …

“Soul of a Citizen” Excerpt: Taking Money out of Politics: A Grassroots Effort for Clean Elections
Nothing makes us feel more powerless than the corruption of our democracy by money. It undermines progress on every issue we face. If America is ever to deal with …

Part I: Obama Continues Bush’s Iran Policy
Under President Obama, Iran continues to dominate the world agenda. Iran is being presented as a crucial problem that must be solved. The Iran Problem is one with several …

Two House Health Care Reform Votes: First Fixes, Then Senate Bill
Washington - On the eve of a historic healthcare reform vote, President Obama rallied House Democrats on Capitol Hill Saturday to pass "the most important piece of domestic legislation …