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Topic: National Defense Authorization Act

US Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, and US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

20 House Dems vote no on military budget

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Representative Ilhan Omar (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Dems and GOP vote down Omar amendment

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel. File)

The U.S. gift to Ukraine and Israel

Max Blumenthal - Alternet
(AP//Jacquelyn Martin)

Nico Lang
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John Brennan, Donald Trump (Reuters/Yuri Gripas/Carlo Allegri/Photo montage by Salon)

The absurd torture debate

Simon Maloy
(Reuters/Jim Young/Yuri Gripas/AP/Charles Dharapak/photo montage by Salon)

Guantanamo's horrifying irony

Simon Maloy
(Reuters/Shane T. McCoy)

Obama to close Gitmo?

Luke Brinker
Rand Paul (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Rand's CPAC triumph

Elias Isquith
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Rep. Chris Gibson (AP/Hans Pennink)

John Knefel
A guard looks out from a tower in front of the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (Associated Press)

Andrea Prasow
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