added 2007 Fri May 11 19:37:42 by populist
Lest anyone think that Congress is supposed to be the supreme lawmaking body of the central government of the United States, those days have long passed.
Lest anyone think that Congress is supposed to be the supreme lawmaking body of the central government of the United States, those days have long passed.
added 2007 Wed Mar 7 21:17:13 by STONERS
A new combat truck with a V-shaped bottom designed to withstand blasts from roadside bombs is performing with such success in Iraq that the U.S. military is pressing a Wisconsin company and others to churn out hundreds more in the coming months.
A new combat truck with a V-shaped bottom designed to withstand blasts from roadside bombs is performing with such success in Iraq that the U.S. military is pressing a Wisconsin company and others to churn out hundreds more in the coming months.
added 2007 Fri Mar 2 21:10:21 by moemebe
ZURICH, Switzerland - What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein. According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border...
ZURICH, Switzerland - What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein. According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border...
added 2007 Wed Feb 21 1:47:25 by STONERS
The Bush administration ordered a review on Tuesday of the care of wounded U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan after reports that many face neglect in the Army's medical system.
The Bush administration ordered a review on Tuesday of the care of wounded U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan after reports that many face neglect in the Army's medical system.
added 2007 Thu Feb 15 18:59:25 by STONERS
President George W. Bush said on Thursday 3,200 more U.S. troops being deployed to Afghanistan will help NATO forces launch a spring offensive against the Taliban.
President George W. Bush said on Thursday 3,200 more U.S. troops being deployed to Afghanistan will help NATO forces launch a spring offensive against the Taliban.
added 2007 Sat Feb 10 13:10:13 by siddhu1983
The government's chief scientist said yesterday that packaged turkey meat might have to be removed from supermarket shelves in a mass product recall, as the official inquiry into a bird flu outbreak at a Suffolk farm widened.
The government's chief scientist said yesterday that packaged turkey meat might have to be removed from supermarket shelves in a mass product recall, as the official inquiry into a bird flu outbreak at a Suffolk farm widened.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 11:59:02 by Spadecaller
Watada properly refused an illegal order. We are all moral beings, even in the military, and as such have a legal and moral obligation to refuse to participate in War Crimes. This is what the Nuremburg Conventions demand. Will the American people decide that the law and morality matter? Are we any better than those Germans who just followed orders?
Watada properly refused an illegal order. We are all moral beings, even in the military, and as such have a legal and moral obligation to refuse to participate in War Crimes. This is what the Nuremburg Conventions demand. Will the American people decide that the law and morality matter? Are we any better than those Germans who just followed orders?
added 2007 Mon Jan 15 4:42:21 by gatitabonitasen
ver the past three weeks, in two sets of raids and newly revealed orders issued by President George W. Bush, a third front has opened - against Iran.For now, administration officials say, that effort has a limited goal: preventing Iranians from aiding in attacks on American and Iraqi forces inside Iraq
ver the past three weeks, in two sets of raids and newly revealed orders issued by President George W. Bush, a third front has opened - against Iran.For now, administration officials say, that effort has a limited goal: preventing Iranians from aiding in attacks on American and Iraqi forces inside Iraq
