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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with troops

Gates Bars Torture Photos' Release
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: cover-up, obama, politics, government, usa, troops, military, news )

Cal
- 5 days ago - motherjones.com
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has used powers granted to him by a controversial new law to block the court-ordered release of numerous photos of detainee abuse, government lawyers revealed in a court filing [PDF]
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Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to Take the Next Step Toward Justice. -Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, troops, obama, military, government, ethics, americans )

Daphna
- 6 days ago - secure.aclu.org
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that a group of Guantnamo detainees, including defendants charged with participating in the 9/11 attacks, will be prosecuted in federal court rather than in the Guantnamo military commissions. This i
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Top White House Lawyer to Resign
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: PresidentBarackObama, obama, WhiteHouse, UnitedStates, u.s., America, americans, news, world, asia, tokyo, politics, government, democrats, republicans, bush, law, GregCraig, guantanamo, resign, war, CBS, media, military, troops )

SirRobert
- 7 days ago - cbsnews.com
Top White House lawyer Greg Craig's resignation went public, just as President Barack Obama landed in Tokyo for a weeklong east Asia tour. Craig has been haunted by Guantanamo failure.
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Tell Obama No Surge! Take Action!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, troops, war, Afghanistan, action, military )

Kelli
- 7 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
President Obama is currently poised to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan and the Pentagon is gearing up to ask for another $50 billion in funding for the wars (on top of the $130 billion they have already received.) We can't afford to let this happen
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Study: Over 2,200 US Veterans Died in 2008 Due to Lack of Health Insurance
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ethics, healthcare, healthcare, war, veterans, iraq, afganistan, single payer, single payer healthcare, HR 676, troops )

Jill
- 8 days ago - democracynow.org
On Veterans Day, a new study estimates four times as many US Army veterans died last year because they lacked health insurance than the total number of US soldiers who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in the same period. A research team at Harvard Medi
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Opium, Rape and the American Way - News You Won't Find on CNN or Fox News
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, usa, terrorism, abuse, troops, crime, cover-up, military, human rights, civil liberties, ethics )

David
- 15 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
War turns the moral order upside down and abolishes all discussions of human rights. War banishes the just and the decent to the margins of society. And the weapons of war do not separate the innocent and the damned.
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RETHINK AFGHANISTAN
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, troops, war, charts, Afghanistan war )

Dandelion
- 27 days ago - nationalpriorities.org
This has quick facts about the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan to date. Hope they are useful to you to you as you follow this issue. Be an informed citizen.
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Take Action- Tell the White House: No More Troops to Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petiton, afghanistan, troops, usa, politics, obama, government )

Daphna
- 30 days ago - support.afsc.org
President Obama will soon decide whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. It's time he said no -- no more troops to Afghanistan. It's time he said yes to more civilian-led development there. <br /> I'm asking you to e-mail the presi
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Are We the Martians of the Twenty First Century, and Is the War in Afghanistan Fun?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, iran, north korea, crime, abuse, lies, money, money money, greed, military, death, media, dishonesty, flying saucers, pigs will fly, propaganda, politics, troops, ethics )

David
- 35 days ago - motherjones.com
After almost eight years of war, only now does the danger that we might "look increasingly like occupiers" rise to the surface. Since "occupier" is a role Americans just can't compehend. Let's agree that we are aliens, intent on destroying the planet?
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Afghanistan - A War of Absurdity
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: afghanistan, troops, war, murder, civilians, destruction, crime, abuse, terrorism, ethics )

David
- 43 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
"The al-Qaida presence is very diminished. The maximum estimate is less than 100 operating in the country, no bases, no ability to launch attacks on either us or our allies."...So WHY are we there at all?...BRING THE TROOPS HOME...NOW!
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America's Children in Afghanistan Need Basic Supplies
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, world, middle-east, terrorism, violence, politics, conflict, troops, usa )

Faith
- 43 days ago - oathkeepers.org
No matter how you feel about the war and the morons who sent them there..they are our children who need basic supplies now- please help them.56 of our solders lost everything.
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Take Action: Exit Strategy for Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, petition, war, troops, obama, government, congress, military )

Daphna
- 46 days ago - pol.moveon.org
This is a critical moment in the debate over what to do about Afghanistan. The President is poised to make a decision in the next few weeks. Pro-war advocates are pushing for a much larger military footprint, without a clear exit strategy. But some power
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Afghans Want Peace Not More War - "Most Afghans Don't Want a Surge, They Want a Negotiated Peace".
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: warmongering, murder, military, unwanted american troops, unwanted occupation, unwanted murder, crime, terrorism, usa, troops, Govtfearmongering, ethics )

David
- 47 days ago - rabble.ca
"They haven't come here for Afghans or to take their hand and give them peace," Amirollah, 45, said of the Americans...Yet, despite Afghan wishes, the surge is on, as 4,000 US Marines have demonstrated with Operation Khanjar. Eternal war is OK with you?
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Veterans' Promised Tuition Checks AWOL
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, USA, troops, military, Iraq, Afghanistan, veterans, tuition checks )

Dee
- 55 days ago - washingtontimes.com
The U.S. government failed to send promised college tuition checks to tens of thousands of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars before they returned to school this fall,
3 comments
Poisoned Patriots? Stricken Marines Seek Help With Illnesses
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, troops, military, toxic chemicals, illness, disease, cancer, VA, Marine Corps, dishonesty )

Dee
- 55 days ago - cnn.com
TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- For Rick Kelly, the first sign of cancer was a feeling of discomfort in his chest. "My wife would hug me, and it became almost unbearable," he said.
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