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- Democrats plan bill to limit U.S. mission
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  The decision to try to limit the military mission marks the next move in what Reid and other Senate war critics have said will be a multistep effort to force a change in Bush's strategy and eventually force an end to U.S. participation in the nearly 4-year-old war.
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- Senate gridlocks on Iraq war resolution
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  GOP wants to fight on in Iraq - let's tie the war to their ankle: In the Senate, Reid has told lawmakers he will turn anti-terrorism legislation into a forum for debate over the war. He has met privately in recent days with fellow Democrats as the leadership plans its next move.
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- War debate goes to heart of Bush's power
  Posted by Damianmann from MSNBC
  The Senate moved on Monday towards a historic debate on resolutions opposing President George W. Bush's troop "surge" in Iraq, the most significant sign of Congress reasserting itself against a powerful executive since the start of the war.
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- The War Within John McCain
  Posted by chuckt from Washington Post
  He thinks the way the White House has handled Iraq "'will go down as one of the worst' mistakes in the history of the American military," writes the Washington Post. "'One of the most frustrating things that's ever happened in my political life is watching this train wreck.'"
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- For Now, an Unofficial Rivalry
  Posted by chuckt from Washington Post
  The possible Clinton-Obama presidential clash has the Senate abuzz.
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- The Investigators: Leahy, Levin
  Posted by chuckt from Tpmmuckraker
  As we wait for the Democratic players to take the field of the 110th Congress, we're going to take a closer look at the senior lawmakers whose positions put them at the forefront of investigations into the Bush administration. They're...
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- Enter, Pariah: Now It’s Hugs for Lieberman
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  I predicted this before the election. Connecticut voters will come to regret their selection of Lierberman over Lamont.
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brendajo313 comments on:
Democrats May Kick Out Joe Lieberman If He Addresses The Republican National Convention

Addressing the Republican convention would be in the true spirit of "reaching across the aisle"... republicans have been doing it for years and it would be a welcome change.

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5:57 am 7/14/08
Jon comments on:
Democrats May Kick Out Joe Lieberman If He Addresses The Republican National Convention

About time. After the ‘08 elections, we won’t need Joe anymore. If the Republicans can stand him, they can have him.

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11:49 pm 7/13/08
Jeff comments on:
Democrats' "censure" plan--another cynical diversion of fight against war and reaction

I agree . I think censure will just take away the impeachment option in the mind of the public. Lame Feingold.

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10:15 am 7/24/07
Jeff comments on:
Senate to Investigate Walter Reed Scandal

From everything I’ve read the past few years, the problem isn’t just Walter Reed…the entire VA system is underfunded.

When gates says he wants to get to the bottom of this, he must be joking. The problem is the overextension of the U.S. military and the underfunding of veterans affairs by Congress.

It would help if Bush would put forward an honest budget with true accounting for the costs of the Iraq war.

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11:54 am 2/27/07
Kathy comments on:
Senate to Investigate Walter Reed Scandal

TPMmuckraker has the details on the investigation and a summary of Pentagon response (divided) to the story.

If you missed it – ya need to read it. Very sad. Thousands of soliders waiting for disability rulings. One story is especially painful—how our gov’t went out of its way to say IT wasn’t responsible for the soldier’s disability. Too bad he couldn’t have that decision made by a jury of his peers.

I read another report that says the wounded-killed ratio in this war is the highest ever—10-to-1. Vietnam, reportedly 3-to-1. That means a lot of folks are gonna have lifelong care—and our system isn’t set up to handle it. :-/

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1:34 am 2/27/07
Jon comments on:
Senate gridlocks on Iraq war resolution

Really sad to see that the “world’s greatest deliberative body” can’t manage to deliberate the world’s most important issue.

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1:50 pm 2/17/07