Dick Cheney has apparently been on a magical mystery media tour.
He has sought out and been interviewed by more TV journalists and talk show hosts during the past month than during the eight years he was vice president.
The topic is always the same. Torture was done during the Bush-Cheney Administration, and it was effective. Persons [...]
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Breaking News… NBC News reports that a U.S. soldier at Camp Liberty in Iraq “opened fire on fellow members of the military, killing four and wounding several others” before taking his own life.
The attacker was described as a “stressed out” U.S. soldier.
The military said in a statement that the shooting occurred about 2 p.m. at [...]
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Filed under: Breaking News, Bush Admin, Democrats, George W. Bush, In The News, Iraq, Military, Pamela Leavey, President Barack Obama, Republicans, War
President Barack Obama will take to the podium in a little over an hour to deliver his first State of the Union Address. The big pre-SOTU story tonight is this one from AP News:
“Officials: Most troops out of Iraq in 18 months“:
AP reports that the Obama administrations’s withdrawal plan, which should be released early this week, ”calls [...]
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For those long term DemDaily readers they know that we don’t generally cover any foreign news other than Iraq. The reason I’ve run three stories in a row on foreign issues is simple.
Barack Obama faces, perhaps, the worst foreign policy set of issues since LBJ. He’s in a nearly no win position. We need to [...]
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Israel’s position on the Palestinian issue is well known. Each side had agreed to a six month cease fire. Both sides accused the other of violations. 3 days after the end of the six month cease fire Israel attacked what they say were Hamas headquarters. I can only trust that they know what the hell [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, In The News, Iran, Israel, Stuart O'Neill
While all of us, or perhaps almost all of us, are grateful for the service of our soldiers, Marines, sailors, Air Force and Coast Guard we tend to forget that unlike other wars, women are on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan. No one will officially admit this reality. Yet it exists.
They come home [...]
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International Medical Corps won $100,00, with our help, that will assist them in continuing child hunger relief projects around the world. Over 14,000 individual American Express cardholders voted for IMC. Thousands of emails were sent to create a viral impact and 200 blogs, including The Democratic Daily’s article, pitched in to help spread the message. [...]
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Filed under: Activism, In The News, International, Stuart O'Neill, YouTube
VoteVets is perhaps the most effective organization that speaks directly for the Veteran of Iraq/Afghanistan.
It was Vote Vet that made the definitve commercial about the 2nd rate body armor our troops were wearing even last year in Iraq. The US Army still refuses to use the more effective supplier. Today VoteVets has a new commercial [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Election '08, In The News, John McCain '08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill, Veterans Issues
A quick thought on John McCain’s bad weekend… Let’s hope it’s a trend for McCain. Because John McCain doesn’t really know what Iraqi’s or American’s want. Barack Obama knows American’s want out of Iraq and he’s in Iraq scoping out the facts on the ground.
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, Foreign Policy, In The News, Iraq, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, War
Reuters reported today that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told German magazine, Der Spiegel, in an interview released today that “Maliki said he wanted U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible.”
“U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush Admin, CNN, Democrats, Election '08, George W. Bush, In The News, Iraq, John Kerry, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, War
From MSNBC:
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting with U.S. forces in Kuwait and then Afghanistan — the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and more troops[...] “I’m more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking, and I think it’s very [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Election '08, Foreign Policy, General Election, International, Iraq, MSNBC, Military, Political News, Presidential Election, Senate, Stuart O'Neill
Everyday is Memorial Day.
Tags: Afghanistan, Bush, Election 2008, George Bush, Iraq, Killed, Marine Corps, Military Coffins, Us Army, War, Wounded
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Bush Admin, Election '08, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, In The News, Iraq, Military, National Security, Stuart O'Neill
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