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Last updated on Sun, 14 Oct 2007
| Ex-Commander Says Iraq Effort Is ‘a Nightmare’ |
| Progressive News CommonDreams.org, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| WASHINGTON - In a sweeping indictment of the four-year effort in Iraq, the former top commander of American forces there called the Bush administration’s handling of the war “incompetent” and said the result was “a nightmare with no end in sight.” Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, who retired in 2006 after being replaced in Iraq after [...] |
| Al Gore Looks Ahead From Nobel Heights: Statesmanship or Politics? |
| Progressive News CommonDreams.org, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Reveling in world acclamation and a shared Nobel Peace Prize for global warming activism, former Vice President Al Gore stands at a crossroads: continue at the top of his game as a preeminent statesman on an environmental crisis or return to a territory rife with pain and potential as a Democratic presidential candidate. Gore, speaking to [...] |
| US Covering Up Iraqi Corruption: Lawmakers |
| Progressive News CommonDreams.org, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Washington - Four powerful Democratic lawmakers on Friday warned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that “endemic corruption” in Iraq was fueling the insurgency, and accused her department of covering it up. The House of Representatives committee chairmen also accused US officials of refusing to answer questions on corruption in Iraq, and complained the department had [...] |
| Gay Rights Champ Rep. Barney Frank Lashes Out At Critics |
| Progressive News CommonDreams.org, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| The leading champion of gay rights in Congress ripped into what he called self-defeating ideological purists on the left who are unhappy with the Democrat-led Congress over issues such as the Iraq war and dropping transgender people from a job discrimination bill. Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat who is gay, is under ferocious attack from [...] |
| US Income Gap Widens, Richest Share Hits Record |
| Progressive News CommonDreams.org, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Washington - The gap between America’s richest and poorest is at its widest in at least 25 years, with the wealthiest taking home a record share of the nation’s income that exceeds even the previous high in 2000. According to recent data from the Internal Revenue Service, the richest 1 percent of Americans earned 21.2 percent [...] |
| Miami OK’s Payout to FTAA Protesters |
| Progressive News CommonDreams.org, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| With little discussion and no formal admission of wrongdoing, Miami city commissioners on Thursday approved City Hall’s share of the largest legal settlement to date stemming from police conduct during 2003’s Free Trade Area of the Americas summit. The half-million-plus payout, to be funded by Miami, Miami-Dade County, Hialeah and the Broward Sheriff’s Office, will be [...] |
| Rumsfeld Debate Heats Up At Stanford |
| Progressive News CommonDreams.org, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Disgruntled Stanford faculty will meet with Hoover Institution Director John Raisian to question the criteria used in the controversial appointment of Donald Rumsfeld as a “distinguished visiting fellow” - a title they say gives undeserved eminence to the former defense secretary. After a heated meeting Thursday, the university’s academic senate - a select group of faculty [...] |