Month: December 2006

(cross-posted at Daily Kos) In October of 2004, a couple weeks before the election, I had the privilege of attending a rally for the Democratic challenger to Senator Arlen Specter, Joe Hoeffel, at which Barack Obama was present....

. U.S. Security contractors free ex-minister jailed for corruption BAGHDAD (LA Times) Dec. 18, 2006 — A prominent Iraqi American, jailed on corruption charges several months ago, was sprung from a Green Zone prison this...

Robert Novak reports that the President thinks he needs to get to work on the Israel-Palestine peace process. Meeting privately with the Baker-Hamilton commission before its report on Iraq was released, President Bush did not...

Cross posted at the front pages of Pen and Sword, ePluribus and My Left Wing.  Also at Kos. During a farewell ceremony at the Pentagon last week, Dick Cheney called outgoing cabinet member Donald Rumsfeld the best Secretary...

Every day, this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war. We love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgment. We have no sympathy for...