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The GOP on the verge of imploding
Sidney Blumenthal
A look at how radicalism has forced the Republican Party to retreat.
Bush rewards Petraeus with Central Command
Steve Benen
President replaces Adm. William Fallon with Gen. David Petraeus, who's more likely to stick to the Bush script.
The epic battle for Pennsylvania
Mike Madden
It seemed endless. It got nasty. (Babies were invoked, but so was bin Laden.) What will Tuesday's vote finally bring for the Democratic race?
Charlie Wilson’s unfinished war
Andrew O'Hehir
The legendary Texas congressman talks about his secret 1980s Afghan war (and its blowback), the Obama campaign and being better-looking than Tom Hanks.
Major revelation: U.S. media deceitfully disseminates government propaganda
Glenn Greenwald
The New York Times in 2003 raised questions about the objectivity of retired generals. That didn't stop anyone -- including the Times -- from relying on them for "objective" commentary on the war.
Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock’s ‘stache?
Andrew O'Hehir
Likable "Super Size Me" director searches for video-game villain (and '80s rapper) Osama bin Laden, yuks it up with Arab citizenry.
Mukasey dishonesty update
Glenn Greenwald
The fallout from the attorney general's false statements about 9/11 continues.
What will they really do about Iraq?
Mark Benjamin
McCain, Clinton and Obama have all made broad pronouncements about how they'd handle the war as president. But how do their plans hold up under scrutiny?
McCain gets donuts; Obama gets likened to a terrorist
Steve Benen
Last month, McCain gave reporters BBQ; this month, editors give McCain free doughnuts (with sprinkles!) and coffee.
Bush administration backs down on fraud and abuse
Steve Benen
Unable to defend pro-fraud contracting provision, the administration gives in.
McCain sides with Bush, opposes new GI Bill
Steve Benen
Despite calls from veterans' groups, McCain sides with White House against bipartisan education bill for the troops.
McCain confused about Petraeus’ job, chain of command
Steve Benen
In the latest in a series of gaffes, McCain flubs question on Petraeus and Afghanistan.
Iraq: The ten commandments
Gary Kamiya
In honor of Charlton Heston, here are 10 lessons we should engrave on our foreign policy tablets as we prepare to leave Iraq.
More on Michael Mukasey’s false 9/11 and FISA claims
Glenn Greenwald
The Attorney General, under questioning yesterday, now admits that he erred in what he described. But that doesn't mitigate the core deceit
Once upon a time, Dad went to war
Alison Buckholtz
Books had always helped me in a crisis. But could I find one that explained to my kids why their father was in Iraq?
McCain’s bizarre reluctance on the new GI Bill
Steve Benen
Why McCain won't support a bipartisan bill on education benefits for veterans.
The financial costs of war
Steve Benen
Bush's bogus arguments about defense spending fall apart under scrutiny.
“We’ll make you see death”
Joanne Mariner
A harrowing account from a man the CIA handed over to Jordan -- smuggled from prison on tiny paper -- exposes U.S. complicity in torture.
The central front in the “war on terror”?
Steve Benen
Biden gets Crocker to acknowledge that al-Qaida is a greater threat along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border than it is in Iraq.
Does NATO want out of Afghanistan?
Matthias Gebauer
Behind closed doors a paper has been circulated that may provide the beginnings of an exit strategy.
The DOJ comments on the Mukasey controversy
Glenn Greenwald
Even Mukasey's own defense illustrates that the dishonest exploitation of 9/11 for ever-expanding unchecked government power continues to this day.
Why doesn’t the 9/11 Commission know about Mukasey’s 9/11 story?
Glenn Greenwald
Did the attorney general just reveal a critical, previously unknown fact about the 9/11 attack, or did he lie about it to demand new spying powers?
Terror and loathing
Laura Miller
Martin Amis may not know much about Islam and 9/11, but he knows what he hates.
Michael Mukasey’s tearful lies
Glenn Greenwald
Bush's new attorney general follows in Alberto Gonzales' footsteps perfectly with slavish, fact-free devotion to the president's whims.
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