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The federal government will buy the nearly empty Thomson Correctional Center, where it hopes to put up to 100 detainees. President Obama has directed the federal government to buy a nearly empty state prison in rural Illinois to house up to 100 detainees held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said late Monday.
There's no excuse for serious climatologists not adhering to the highest scientific standards at all times, writes columnist Thomas L. Friedman. That said, the evidence that our planet has been on a broad warming trend outside the normal variation patterns has been documented by a variety of independent research centers.
I enjoyed reading your “D-Day hero” (Dec. 9) story about John Tobin, who served with the Army Rangers 5 th Division in Germany during World War II and will be awarded a medal from France. Your headline was right. There’s a hero for us all to look up to. The likes of Tiger Woods? Please.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney Continues to Blast President Obama's War Strategy and Anti-Terrorism Strategy
One of the great challenges of our nation has been and will be to reconcile the racial tension of our past. The historical ramifications of...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) in New York City will make him "as important or more important than Osama bin Laden."
by Daniel Tencer For Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Afghan President Hamid Karzai's announcement Tuesday that his country would need the US's military support for another 10 or 15 years seems to have been the last straw. The outspoken House representative says it was Karzai's statement that prompted him to draft a resolution calling for a House vote on the withdrawal of US troops from ...
What's Your Reaction? On MSNBC's "Hardball" Wednesday night, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) had a succinct response to Dick Cheney for the former vice president's recent comments on President Obama: STFU.
Forget Sarah Palin, whose fine Alaskan whine has replanted her firmly in the middle of the 2008 race that the failed vice presidential nominee’s book should have put behind her.
There’s a common perception that Vice President Joe Biden lostthe administration’s debate over Afghanistan policy becausePresident Barack Obama did not adopt the course Biden favored.Nothing could be further from the truth.
THERE'LL BE as many as 5,000 anti-war protesters chanting outside a hotel window in Oslo, with peace activists at home printing an open letter denouncing our Afghanistan policies, while a poll found that just 26 percent of Americans think that this whole thing is a good idea.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday continued to press against President Obama's plans to fight terrorism both domestically and abroad. Appearing on Fox News, Cheney said the administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other men allegedly behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a civilian federal court was a "huge mistake." The former vice president also repeated ...
Compiled by Lauren Allen and Chelsea Warren Editor’s note: This is part four of a four-part series. Over the past decade, the world has changed dramatically as the economy took a roller-coaster ride, technology developed exponentially and nations went to war. While these events affected our daily lives, certain stories closer to home had a more direct impact on the BYU scene. So, as the last ...
President Obama would be wise to note that bad advice often precedes momentous wartime decisions.
For all the ambiguity of his new policy, he is admitting that U.S. power has limits and priorities
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TruthOut - By Jason Leopold - Dec. 12 (News Report) - Officials ...
San Francisco Chronicle - By Bob Egelko - Dec. 08 (News Report) ...
TruthOut - By Alex Abdo - Dec. 01 (News) - The new records obtained ...
TruthOut - By Yana Kunichoff - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Suicides ...
