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How 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand From Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho - >800 'Environmental Disaster' Bases Round Globe
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Pentagon, radioactive, sand, US military, depleted uranium, munitions, Kuwait, First Gulf War, health, safety, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Depart of Health, Donald Rumsfeld, hazardous materials, storage, waste disposal sites, American Ecology )

LucyKalei
- 1699 days ago - alternet.org
Sand contaminated with depleted uranium when US military vehicles/munitions caught fire at base during 1st Gulf War was being repatriated. Hazardous materials storage lucrative growing business, esp since Rumsfeld's "frontier stockades" or "lily pads"...
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Could It Be...Halliburton?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: military contracts, military contractors, corruption, US military, Pentagon, audits, intimidation )

RC
- 1759 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Who knows? There's so much sweetheart dealing, kickbacking & other corruption in these military (and other government) contracts. All I know is I am boiling mad over these auditors being for telling the truth. RIPPED OFF AGAIN by our friends in DC.
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Congressional Hearing to Examine 'Bush Imperial Presidency'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: George W. Bush. Republicans, Neocons, Cheney, Rice, wolfowitz, PNAC, Feith, Powell, coverup, media, Pentagon, Rumsfeld, McCain, campaign 2008 )

Blue
- 1763 days ago - rawstory.com
Conyers (D-MI) announced he will hold a hearing July 25 examining "the imperial presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses."
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The Pentagon, The CIA, And Secret Iran Meetings
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Federal Agency CIA, IRAN NO NUKES, Iran, Iran War, Pentagon )

Barry
- 1833 days ago - opednews.com
Why was Langley cut out of clandestine meetings with Iranian informants?
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Army Doubled Felony Waivers for Recruits in Year of Iraq Surge
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Iraq, Pentagon, military, war, convicts, ex-cons )

Elisa
- 1852 days ago - rawstory.com
The Army doubled the number of waivers it issued to allow convicted felons to enlist between 2006 and 2007, while felony waivers issued to Marine recruits increased by nearly 70 percent, according to newly
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Pentagon Propaganda Over Torture and Iraq Revealed
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: propaganda, lies, pentagon, bush )

Eleanor
- 1852 days ago - independent.co.uk
The Pentagon and the US media have been exposed for using pre-programmed "military analysts" to win hearts and minds of Americans over the war in Iraq, torture and detentions in Guantanamo Bay.
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YouTube - 9-11 Boeing Hijackers Fly on the Pentagon Lawn!   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: 9/11, pentagon, lies, cover-up, terrorism, iraq, usa )

Alf
- 1905 days ago - youtube.com
Now what is presented here in its short form has got to be more than satisfactory to any reasonably clear headed thinker to deduce on their own that in fact there was "no Boeing 757, 767, 737, 707 or 747 near, on or about the general premises of the Penta
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Secret Pentagon Report Sees Eco Disaster Coming
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: climate change, Pentagon, secret report )

Crystal
- 1906 days ago - standeyo.com
A secret report, suppressed by US defense chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and...
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Tell Congress: George Bush Is Not King
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, candidates, cheney, cia, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, democrats, dishonesty, economy, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, iraq, lies, media, military, neocons, pentagon, poli )

Michael
- 1936 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
He is NOT A KING!! As much as he would like to believe otherwise, President Bush does not have the power to make the laws of this nation. That power, according to the Constitution of the United States, rests with Congress, not the president.
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War, the Costs in Soldiers, Civilians Killed, Wounded, Petition to Bring Them Home   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, candidates, cheney, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, democrats, dishonesty, elections, ethics, freedoms, Govtfearmongering, iraq, lies, media, military, neocons, pentagon, politics, propagand )

Michael
- 1937 days ago - youtube.com
The American public wants the United States out of Iraq, but Bush refuses to listen. And he is not the only one. Where Bush talks about a 10 year occupation, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain talks about another 100 years. Petition below
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March on the RNC: Stop the War on Iraq! End Plan Colombia!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, cheney, cia, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government, lies, iraq, media, military, neocons, pentagon, politics, republicans, terrorism, torture, troops, u.s., usa, war, propaganda )

Pete
- 1940 days ago - colombiasolidarity.org
Since 2000, the U.S. has spent almost 5 billion dollars funding a right wing government that uses our dollars to kill trade unionists, human rights workers, and campesinos (peasants). The paramilitaries are armed, trained, and directed by the Colombian mi
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KUCINICH to Introduce IMPEACHMENT for BUSH   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: impeach, impeachment, kucinich, bush, bushadministration, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, lies, iraq, military, neocons, pentagon, terrorism, troops, torture, usa, war, Govtfearmongering, ethics, freedoms )

Ratty
- 1940 days ago - video.google.com
On the day of the State of the Union (a mess is the state of the union) Kucinich is introducing a bill to impeach Bush. Let's get this to happen people, it's our only chance as the next pres. could be even worse. Look below for links.
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Job Data Passes Threshold Where Recessions Dwell
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, cheney, congress, constitution, corruption, crime, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government, healthcare, housing, iran, iraq, lies, media, military, neocons, pentagon, politics, propaganda, republicans, socialse )

Kathleen
- 1942 days ago - nytimes.com
NEVER FORGET: UNemployment numbers ONLY include folks who DO get checks.... And, basically the rest (of us - millions?!?) DO NOT MATTER in this!!! So please - DO NOT BE FOOLED by numbers~~~
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New Generation of Homeless Vets Emerges
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, cheney, cia, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, housing, iraq, lies, media, military, neocons, pentagon, politics, propa )

Kathleen
- 1943 days ago - truthout.org
"Peter Mohan traces the path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless conference room, where he sits in a kilt and a Camp Kill Yourself T-shirt and calmly describes how he became a sad cliche: a homeless veteran."
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Indigenous Alliance Supports Lipan Apache Native Americans at Texas Border
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, candidates, cheney, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, democrats, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, housing, lies, media, neocons, pentagon, politics, propaganda, rep )

Michael
- 1944 days ago - bsnorrell.blogspot.com
the Indigenous Alliance without Borders sent a proclamation of support to Apaches on the Texas border. Jose Matus, Yaqui and director of Alianza, released a statement of support and called on other Indigenous groups and Nations to do the same.
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