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Yes!

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Yesterday, Rep. David Obey (D-WI), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, laid down a marker. At a news conference, he said the following:
“I would be more than willing to report out a supplemental meeting the President’s request if that request were made in support of a change in policy that would do three things.– “Establish […]

This isn’t Viet Nam.

Monday, October 1st, 2007

I’ve had the great good fortune to grow up and live through the last half of the 20th century and now part of the 21st.
That means that I’ve seen, and taken part in the discussion about, both Vietnam and present day Iraq. I participated in neither, in the sense of being part of the U.S. […]

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