Pass JUSTICE Act: Reform Patriot Act, Repeal Telecomm Immunity
Pass Justice Act: Reform Patriot Act, Repeal Telecomm Immunity |
| By: Neil Tuesday September 29, 2009 11:27 am |
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Senator Feingold Wants a Withdrawal Timetable for Afghanistan |
| By: Derrick Crowe Tuesday August 25, 2009 9:00 am |
In an editorial board meeting with the Appleton Post-Crescent, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) said it’s time for a withdrawal timetable for our forces in Afghanistan. Feingold was the first U.S. Senator to publicly state the need for a withdrawal date from Iraq. Today he became the first senator to say the same about our war in Afghanistan.
“After eight years, I am not convinced that simply pouring more and more troops into Afghanistan is a well thought out strategy. And I have raised this issue with the President, with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mullen, Mr. Holbrooke, the special representative to the area, and everybody else I can and have never been convinced that they have a good answer to the concern that I have, and that other people have.
Just Walk On By? |
| By: Prairie Sunshine Tuesday April 21, 2009 9:59 am |
Feingold rightly blasts the so-far weaselly attitude about investigating how BushCo became torturers in our name…
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