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GUEST: Antonia Juhasz, visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.
President Bush is expected to announce an increase in troops in Iraq tomorrow evening. Meanwhile, a proposed hydrocarbon law is quietly being introduced by the Iraqi government that would radically …
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09
2007
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GUEST: Sarah Olson, independent journalist and radio producer
Last week’s pre-trial hearing for Army Lt. Ehren Watada is raising the crucial question of whether military officers have the right to publicly criticize their Commander-in-Chief and US foreign policy. More importantly, Watada’s impending court martial highlights growing dissent against the war from within the military. The …
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Jan
09
2007
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GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on Nancy Pelosi and the Antiwar Movement
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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GUEST: Anisha Desai, Program Director, United for a Fair Economy
Today, the Democratic Party-controlled Congress is set to kick off their “first one-hundred hours†agenda. Included in the party’s agenda are populist proposals aimed at increasing the minimum wage and reducing the interest rates on college student loans. As their first one-hundred legislative hours will …
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Jan
09
2007
… on the New York Bill to Outlaw Public Flirting
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. — Martin Luther King Jr. …