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At U.S. military hospitals, 'everybody is overworked'
Seeded on Tue Jun 5, 2007 2:24 PM EDT (USA Today)
The Army's acting surgeon general says the situation here illustrates the challenge the service faces nationwide in keeping health care promises that were made to soldiers when they enlisted.
Inspectors Find Rebuilt Projects Crumbling in Iraq
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:44 PM EDT (The New York Times)
In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing and el …
Bush: Troop Extension "Unacceptable" Tuesday, Policy the Next
Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:49 PM EDT
April 10, 2007: Making Troops wait longer to Return is Unacceptable
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Bush Blames Results of His Failures on a New Congress
Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2007 3:32 PM EDT (Slate)
George W. Bush faces a real predicament over the congressional challenges to the war in Iraq, and it is one entirely of his own making.
Consequences of Administration's Mistakes Fall on Others
Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:11 AM EDT
Several reports by independent watchdogs and even private comments by high level officials have painted a searing picture of serious mistakes and the consequences felt by others.
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Inspector General Details Failures of Iraq Reconstruction
Seeded on Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:24 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
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GOP: We can't win a debate about the surge on the merits so lets obfuscate!
Seeded on Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:48 AM EST (TPMCafe)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's office has obtained a letter that GOP Reps. John Shadegg and Peter Hoekstra sent out to House GOP colleagues about escalation. The letter gives GOP members pointers on how they should approach the battle over it on the House floor this week.
Apocalypse Not?
Seeded on Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:36 AM EST (Washington Monthly.com)
The Bush administration famously based its argument for invading Iraq on best-case assumptions: that we would be greeted as liberators; that a capable democratic government would quickly emerge; that our military presence would be modest and temporary; and that Iraqi oil revenues …
U.S. Literally Shipped Hundreds of Tons of Cash to Iraq!?
Seeded on Wed Feb 7, 2007 9:02 AM EST (Reuters)
The Federal Reserve sent record payouts of more than $4 billion in cash to Baghdad on giant pallets aboard military planes shortly before the United States gave control back to Iraqis, lawmakers said Tuesday.
Military Equipment: Missing in Action
Seeded on Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:19 AM EST (Business Week)
A new Defense audit says the Pentagon has failed to properly equip soldiers in Iraq—just as the President struggles to find support for a troop increase.... The Inspector General found that the Pentagon hasn't been able to properly equip the soldiers it already has.
Is the National Guard Properly Equipped to Protect the Nation if a National Emergency Struck? Nobody knows.
Seeded on Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:05 PM EST (GovernmentExecutive)
Congressional investigators have found that the Defense Department does not adequately track National Guard equipment needs for domestic missions, raising questions about whether the state-run units have adequate supplies to respond to disasters and emergencies on U.S. soil.
Bush: It isnt just soldiers who sacrifice for the war, everyone does when they watch images on TV
Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:03 AM EST (Think Progress)
Last night on the PBS Newshour, Jim Lehrer asked President Bush why he hasn't called on Americans — besides those serving in the volunteer military — to sacrifice something to help our country in this time of struggle.
Pentagon abandons active-duty time limit
Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:41 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
The Pentagon has abandoned its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty, officials said Thursday, a major change that reflects an Army stretched thin by longer-than-expected combat in Iraq.
Pentagon Still Hiding Iraq Attack Data
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:16 PM EST (TPMuckraker)
Nearly a month ago, we reported that the Defense Department was refusing a routine request from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to declassify statistics on enemy attacks in Iraq.
Max Boot: The media aren't the enemy in Iraq; Blaming the press for the problems in Iraq deflects the blame from where it belongs.
Seeded on Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:27 PM EST (The L.A. Times)
If you wanted to figure out what was happening over the last four years, you would have been infinitely better off paying attention to their writing than to what the president or his top generals were saying.
The "credibility" of the right-wing blogosphere
Seeded on Fri Jan 5, 2007 10:10 AM EST (Unclaimed Territory.com)
Packs of right-wing bloggers spent the last several weeks trying to destroy the credibility of Associated Press's war reporting by claiming that one of its sources, an Iraqi policeman named Jamil Hussein, does not exist, that AP simply invented him.
Military Deaths in Iraq Exceed 9 / 11 Toll
Seeded on Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:48 AM EST (The New York Times)
In a span of a few hours, 2,973 people were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In a span of 45 months, the number of American troops killed in Iraq exceeded that grim toll as the war continues.
Saudis Summon Cheney and Warn US to Stay the Course in Iraq or else...
Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:00 PM EST (The New York Times)
Saudi Arabia has told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in any war against Iraq's Shiites if the United States pulls its troops out of Iraq, according to American and Arab diplomats.... Until now Saudi officials have promised their …
USA Today: Iraq War "Botched" from the Start or Just the Occupation?
Seeded on Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:13 PM EST (USA Today)
Our view on lessons of history: 'Neocons' abandon Iraq war at White House front door Yes, the occupation was bungled — but so was decision to invade. President John F.
Olbermann Schools Bush on Vietnam
Seeded on Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:32 AM EST ()
It is a shame — and it is embarrassing to us all — when President Bush travels 8,000 miles, only to wind up avoiding reality, again.
General McCaffrey (RET): Iraq is "going to break the U.S. Army"
Seeded on Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:14 PM EST (The Army Times)
The U.S. would have to slash combat forces in Iraq to 10 brigades by Christmas to keep the Army from breaking, said retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey.
US Military Abandons Soldier to Militia?
Seeded on Wed Nov 1, 2006 10:04 AM EST (The Daily Dish)
While the media is obsessed parsing the ad libs of someone on no ballot this fall, something truly ominous has just happened in Iraq. The commander-in-chief has abandoned an American soldier to the tender mercies of a Shiite militia.
White House "Cuts and Runs "on "Stay the Course": Are semantic games helping?
Seeded on Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:07 PM EDT ()
Isn't it lovely when reality and the Onion melt into one? All pretense of seriousness is dropped and the true absurdity behind some of what is billed as 'news' lurches into the light.
Bipartisan Iraq Commission: Victory NOT in sight, Staying the Course Will Not Work?
Seeded on Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:16 PM EDT (The New York Sun)
A commission formed to assess the Iraq war and recommend a new course has ruled out the prospect of victory for America, according to draft policy options shared with The New York Sun by commission officials.
State of Denial
Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:48 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The White House ignored an urgent warning in September 2003 from a top Iraq adviser who said that thousands of additional American troops were desperately needed to quell the insurgency there, according to a new book by Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporter and author.
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