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Washington - The presidency is not a play in two acts. The disaster in the Gulf is not six characters in search of a leader. So why the coverage …

Former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday said it was imperative that the Obama administration supported Ireland's call on the Israeli authorities to ensure safe passage for the Irish-flagged …

Over Memorial Day weekend, tens of thousands of people marched in Phoenix, AZ to protest SB1070, a law that immigrants to carry papers at all times and makes it …

On Sunday May 18, Truthout's Leslie Thatcher interviewed veteran reporter, master raconteur and founder of the “This Can't Be Happening” web site, Dave Lindorff. Dave's remarkable background - and …

Last Thursday, May 27, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern sent this memo to Rep. David Obey, expressing disappointment over the congressman's continued support for funding the war in Afghanistan. …

Foes of abortion have been advancing their cause at the state level, reported The New York Times, with at least 11 states passing legislation this year regulating or restricting …

As Congress moves toward rubber-stamping yet another “emergency” supplemental bill that includes more than $33 billion for military operations, mainly to fund the latest surge in Afghanistan, maybe we …

Keeping focused on long-term US interests while managing the current crisis.

There is an old story about Abraham Lincoln spending vast amounts of time in the telegraph room of the War Department waiting for dispatches from his commanders in the …

Washington — Some CIA officers involved in the agency's drone strikes programme in Pakistan and elsewhere are privately expressing their opposition to the programme within the agency, because it …