Butterfly Rewards - earn free credits and redeem for good causes - learn more!
my care2
make a difference

causes & news

news network

socially conscious news and video shared and rated by the community

US Politics & Gov't News tagged with war

Take Action: Aid, Not Troops, in Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, war, terrorism, politics, military, obama, government, ethics, americans )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - go.sojo.net
The following letter is being issued by over a dozen Christian leaders to President Obama, as he considers a new strategy in Afghanistan. Please add your name to the letter, and we'll send a copy to the White House.
12 comments
Fact Check: Palin's Book Goes Rogue on Some Facts ..{Just a Darker Shade of Gray?}
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, candidates, corruption, cover-up, crime, dishonesty, elections, ethics, government, lies, mccain, media, news, politics, propaganda, republicans, terrorism, u.s., usa, war )

Wolfweeps
- 4 days ago - newsminer.com
EDITOR'S NOTE - An occasional look at assertions by government officials and others on how well they adhere to the facts. WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over
30 comments
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.
21 comments
U.S. Alleges Company Laundered Money for Iran
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, corruption, crime, dishonesty, economy, ethics, government, lies, news, terrorism, u.s., usa, war, iran )

PinkMindy
- 7 days ago - cnn.com
The Federal government said Thursday, it is seeking forfeiture of properties belonging to the Alavi Foundation and Assa Corp. accused of transferring money to a bank owned by the Iranian government including a Manhattan skyscaper and three mosques.
10 comments
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
21 comments
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
17 comments
Rethinking Afghanistan: Alternatives to the Death and Destruction That Is War
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: afghanistan. human beings in peril, war, murder, destruction, Govtfearmongering, crime, abuse, military, propaganda, politics, terrorism, ethics )

David
- 10 days ago - truthout.org
Dropping bombs and killing civilians angers whole populations and creates ill will to the perpetrators. Bombings to vanquish the al-Qaeda network is like hitting a mature dandelion with a golf club. It just ensures another generation of al-Qaeda. Rethink?
10 comments
Fort Hood Carnage Blamed On Homegrown Radical Islamic Extremism
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: radical-Islam, Islam, homegrown-terrorism, terrorism, u.s., UnitedStates, America, americans, news, war, conflict, ideology, national-security, murder, FortHood, death, violence, yemen, middle-east, FBI, USA, military, Army, intelligence )

SirRobert
- 10 days ago - nydailynews.com
U.S. intelligence authorities intercepted e-mails between Maj. Nidal Malik (Hasan) and a radical Islamic cleric based in Yemen, however the FBI and Army took no action. This is the latest in a series of dots 'not' being connected at U.S. peril.
37 comments
Where Will They Get The Troops? - Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, post traumatic stress disorder, shellshock, politics, crime, americans, abuse, military, ethics )

David
- 10 days ago - truthout.org
Afghanistan, service men and women are already facing repeated deployments, oftentimes while having already been diagnosed with medical and mental conditions that should render them unfit for deployment, even if they have been diagnosed with severe PTSD.
16 comments
The Evil American Empire - Republic of Fools?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, war, corruption, dishonesty, lies, propaganda, politics, crime, cover-up, abuse, americans, freedoms, republicans, democrats, terrorism, ethics )

David
- 10 days ago - globalresearch.ca
In place of health care for Americans, there will be more profits for private insurance companies. In place of peace there will be more war. Obama's credibility is shot. And so is Congress's, if it ever had any. The rest of the world doesn't count?
5 comments
America The Betrayed - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Walt Whitman: "Poet of the People"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: the fall of the american empire, corruption, crime, dishonesty, war, socialsecurity, military, media, lies, terrorism, healthcare, housing, freedoms, constitution, congress, americans, abuse, ethics )

David
- 12 days ago - globalpost.com
The Establishment: "They turned the economy over to thieves from Wall Street and created a military machine that turns youth into murderers and assassins whose job it is to conquer the world for the fat cats of global capital". The end of America?
18 comments
Fort Hood Shootings Suspect Alive; 12 Dead - The Man Who Knew Too Much? - Death Before Dishonoring Himself?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, terrorism, crime, abuse, americans, dishonesty, propaganda, lies, ethics )

David
- 13 days ago - cnn.com
A solider suspected of fatally shooting 12 and wounding 31 at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday is not dead as previously reported by the military. Hasan was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq "and appeared to be upset about that," Do you blame him for that?
70 comments
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.
1 comment
Condemn American Physicians Who Collaborated With the Bush Administration's Torture Policy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, war, politics, lies, government, ethics, dishonesty, corruption, bushadministration, americans, abuse )

Daphna
- 17 days ago - change.org
Please sign this petition and urge your elected officials to pressure the medical profession in the United States to take a serious stand against the use of torture. Some American physicians without ethics were guilty of collaboration with t
12 comments
Hillary Finally Doffs Her Burqa - Why We Like Seeing Our Strong Women Get Tough - a Woman of Intelligence, or Just Plain Silly?.
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Hillary, NOT the President, Clinton, usa, war, terrorism, female eunuch, power crazy woman, politics, abuse, crime, ethics )

David
- 18 days ago - thedailybeast.com
Hillarys sharp words on Thursday when she told a bunch of Pakistani journalists that she found it "hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they [al Qaeda] are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to". War no more?
25 comments
 
 Older >

Popular Tags for: US Politics & Gov't

abuse americans bush bushadministration cheney congress constitution corruption cover-up crime democrats dishonesty elections ethics freedoms government Govtfearmongering impeach iraq lies media military neocons politics propaganda republicans terrorism troops usa war

Most Active Stories Today in US Politics & Gov't tagged with war

Enemies Within: America Must Face Homegrown Terrorist Threats
36 comments  |  visit site
Tell Obama No Surge! Take Action!
21 comments  |  visit site
Fort Hood Carnage Blamed On Homegrown Radical Islamic Extremism
37 comments  |  visit site
Top White House Lawyer to Resign
21 comments  |  visit site
Fact Check: Palin's Book Goes Rogue on Some Facts ..{Just a Darker Shade of Gray?}
30 comments  |  visit site
U.S. Alleges Company Laundered Money for Iran
10 comments  |  visit site
Take Action: Aid, Not Troops, in Afghanistan
12 comments  |  visit site

top story finders in US Politics & Gov't

1. Laura H. 25 popular stories

2. Maria Oniga 24 popular stories

3. Ann C. 22 popular stories

4. Cher C. 20 popular stories

5. gail d. 19 popular stories

6. Tierney Grinavic 18 popular stories

7. Dalia H. 17 popular stories

8. Lone Wolf 17 popular stories

9. Dar D. 16 popular stories

10. Gorilly Girl 16 popular stories

more top news finders »

What makes a top story finder?
A top finder is someone who submits stories that become popular and are promoted to the front page.

wanted: news analysts

Get Active in the Care2 News Network!

Help ferret out the most noteworthy of the Newly Submitted stories and promote them to the Front Page.

care2 news network tools

News Network Bookmarklet

Submit stories from your browser toolbar with the easy to use Add to Care2 News! bookmarklet.

News Network Syndication

Get this page in RSS. Keep up to date with the Care2 News Network in your favorite RSS reader. Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and more!
Find out how to subscribe!

care2 newsletter spotlight

Join over 2 Million Care2 Subscribers! Sign up for our FREE Newsletters, Delivered to your Inbox!

care2 action alerts

From the Care2 Action Alert Center:





Copyright © 2009 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved