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These are Obama’s wars now
CounterPunch by Joshua Frank 06/18/09 It’s time to toss those Obama t-shirts in the trash. On Monday the Democrat controlled House voted 226-202 to approve a rushed $106 billion dollar war spending bill,... ...
Major problems found in war spending
In its first report to Congress, the Wartime Contracting Commission presents a bleak assessment of how tens of billions of dollars have been spent since 2001. The 111-page report, obtained by The Associated... ...
Senate O.K.'s $91 Billion in War Funds
Maya Schenwar, Truthout: "The Senate approved $91 billion in funding for the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan yesterday, with all senators but three voting for the bill. This, along with a House... ...
Why Obama Refuses To Release Torture Pictures
By Yvonne Ridley While some Republican red necks would probably just scoff at pictures of olive skinned men being brutalised, I'm not so sure they would shrug off so easily pictures of women and young... ...
Breathing Easier After Bank Stress Tests? You Shouldn't
Kevin G. Hall and Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers: "Largely unnoticed in last week's government report on the condition of the nation's biggest banks was the disclosure that five of them, topped by Bank... ...
Analyzing Obama's War Budget Numbers
Jeff Leys, Truthout: "President Obama is seeking an additional $75.8 billion in war funds for this fiscal year.... At first glance, it is easy to conclude that the proposed 22 percent reduction in war... ...
Bank bailouts: Necessary? Effective?
Fox News 04/14/09 Call it bailout remorse. With economic signs beginning to point upward and banks returning federal rescue funds, analysts are now debating whether the government’s $700 billion bailout... ...
Obama's Military Budget
http://www.commondreams.or g/video/2009/04/09-0 How Many Democrats Will Stand Up to Obama's Bloated Military Budget and $75 Billion More in War Spending? http://www.comm ondreams.org/view/2009/04/ 09-5 Revive... ...
Pentagon war spending hits $685.7 billion: GAO
The spending total equals about 85 percent of the $808 billion that Congress has appropriated for military operations in the global war on terrorism since the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington,... ...
Stimulating ourselves to death
Crisis coddling Fairfield County Weekly by Phil Maymin Despite rising unemployment, massive layoffs and a stock market that has lost half of its value from its peak, we are not in a crisis. There is... ...