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GQ Slams Rumsfeld for Relying Upon Scripture

May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Published under the GQ headline, “AND HE WILL BE JUDGED,” Robert Draper’s lengthy feature article about Donald Rumsfeld is chock full of criticism about the former secretary of defense and his boss in the Oval Office.  What I found more worthwhile about the article, however, were details about Scripture verses that began appearing on Pentagon [...]

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If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be An Issue (Updated)

May 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Bob McCarty
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The question of whether members of the U.S. military and intelligence communities should be allowed to use waterboarding and other forms of torture during interrogations might be largely irrelevant today [...]

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Poll: People Dislike Bush, Not His Policies

September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Results of a new Sacred Heart University poll released today show that, while President George W. Bush has the lowest positive job approval rating recorded, most of his policies and initiatives, over the years, were viewed favorably by moderate to strong majorities of those surveyed.
The FHU poll found the president’s job approval rating declined over [...]

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Fast-Food Giant Helps Recruit Future Spies

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Spies, spooks and others involved in the gathering and collection of intelligence data are in high demand these days as employees of a nation engaged in a difficult and dangerous Global War on Terror. Thanks to a soon-to-be-launched promotion by McDonald’s, efforts to recruit new civilian and military intelligence agency employees might get a [...]

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Iran Is, Was and Will Be Dangerous If…

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

“Iran was dangerous. Iran is dangerous. Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon.” — President George W. Bush

President George W. Bush made the above comment in response to a question about our dealings with Iran from NBC reporter David Gregory during a White House news conference [...]

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