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Defense Budget passes Senate

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Today, on the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, the Senate passed the 2010 Defense Budget with 93 yays to 7  nays.  The bill allocates $128 billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  This does not include any amounts allocated by additional war supplemental bills. To date, we have already spent over a [...]

As Afghans hold election, U.S. support for war plunges

Friday, August 21, 2009

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In a lead-up to his excellent initial analysis of the Afghan election on his blog today, president of the Global Americana Institute Juan Cole posted this tidbit:

CODEPINK vs. health care protesters

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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I just penned a piece in response to the brouhaha around the health care protesters, more specifically, the comparisons to CODEPINK (everywhere from Fox News to The Colbert Report to NPR).

OFFICIAL RELEASE: CODEPINK calls for true, complete end to six years of brutal war in Iraq

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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NEW YORK — While many worldwide are lauding an “end” to the Iraq War today, as US troops may have largely moved out of most Iraqi cities, CODEPINK Women for Peace calls for a true, complete end to six years of devastating occupation with a speedy withdrawal of all troops, ending the use of military [...]

To Vicenza, with love

Monday, June 22, 2009

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Vicenza, four hours north of Rome between Venice and Milan, is a classically Italian city with two important footnotes.

See Jane Kick Some Ass

Friday, June 12, 2009

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Jane Hamsher Wants YOU (to call Congress and tell \'em to stop funding war!)

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