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Jeremiah Wright’s Daughter Charged With Fraud

April 11, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO, April 10 (Reuters) – The daughter of President Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, a U.S. Justice Department spokeswoman said.
Jeri L. Wright, 47, the daughter of Jeremiah Wright, was accused of participating in a fraud scheme led by a former suburban police chief and the chief’s husband that involved a $1.25 million state grant, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield.
Wright, of the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was charged with two counts of money laundering, two counts of making false statements to federal officers, and seven counts of giving false testimony to a grand jury.
The state grant was for a not-for-profit work and education program called We Are Our Brother’s Keeper, owned by Regina Evans, former police chief of Country Club Hills, and her husband, Ronald W. Evans, Jr.
According to the indictment, Wright, a close friend of the couple, received three checks in 2009 worth about $28,000 that were supposed to be for work related to the grant. About $20,000 of that was allegedly deposited back into accounts controlled by the Evanses.
Jeremiah Wright was the Chicago pastor whose inflammatory church sermons, which often condemned U.S. attitudes on race, poverty, the Iraq War and other issues, became a focus during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Obama quieted the controversy with a speech putting the quotes in the context of race relations.
The money laundering count Jeri Wright faces carries a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison, while the other charges carry penalties of up to five years in prison.
Jeri Wright could not be reached for comment. Prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Sharon Paul did not know if she had yet retained a lawyer. (Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Bill Trott)

Incentivizing Employers to Hire Veterans through Permanent Tax Credits

April 5, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Denis McDonough and Gene Sperling

With the Iraq War over and the war in Afghanistan drawing to a close, the Administration has undertaken an unprecedented effort to help our veterans and military spouses find employment and build their careers. Today, the overall unemployment rate for veterans remains below the national rate at 7.1 percent. But for veterans of the post-9/11 generation, many returning to the civilian workforce at a time when our economy, while making progress, is still healing from the Great Recession, too many American heroes are struggling to find work. This is a critical economic challenge that requires our long-term focus, especially as in the coming years over one million service members will be hanging up their uniforms and transitioning back to civilian life. In August 2011, President Obama visited the Washington Navy Yard to outline his comprehensive plan to ensure that all of America’s veterans have the support they need and deserve when they leave the military, look for a job, and enter the civilian workforce. This plan included a total redesign of the military’s transition program to ensure every service member is “career-ready”; a challenge to the private sector to hire and train veterans; increased access for veterans to intensive reemployment services; and new online tools to boost veteran employment.

A signature component of his plan was a series of significant, new tax credits aimed at getting veterans back to work. In the American Jobs Act the President proposed three new veterans hiring tax credits that greatly expanded the number of veterans eligible to be hired with tax credits. Recognizing the specific imperative of helping veterans dealing with long-term employment, the President proposed in the American Jobs Act tax credits that for the first time offered tax relief at least two times larger than current veterans tax relief for those veterans that have been pounding the streets for over six months looking for work. This includes the Returning Heroes Tax Credit, which provides an incentive of up to $5,600 for firms to hire long-term unemployed veterans, and the Wounded Warrior Tax Credit, which provides firms with up to $9,600 for hiring long-term unemployed veterans with service-connected disabilities.

The President’s tax credits were passed with full bi-partisan support by Congress and signed into law by the President in November 2011 as part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, and were extended through the end of 2013 by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

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Harry Reid Is Done For

April 3, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Floyd Brown

Republicans are excited about the prospect of controlling the Senate majority after the 2014 elections. In order to seize control, Republicans need to pick up six seats. This would have a huge impact on Obama’s ability to set the agenda and influence your life.

Democrats have the edge, but they must defend 20 seats, including seven seats in states that President Obama lost in 2012. Already, five Democratic incumbents have thrown in the towel, announcing plans to retire.

History is with the Republicans. During midterm elections, a president’s party often loses Senate seats. Here is a state-by-state roundup of Senate seats in play. We will update these races periodically.

Alaska

Democrats control this seat with freshman Senator Mark Begich, even though Obama lost Alaska in both 2008 and 2012. Begich only won this race by 1% of the vote because longtime Senator Ted Stevens was under the cloud of a Justice Department investigation.

Begich has worked hard, but anti-Obama sentiment is likely to be his undoing. Several strong candidates, including 2008 GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller, are considering the race.

Early prognosis: The Republicans pick up a seat (+1)

Arkansas

Barack Obama only received 36.88% of the vote in Arkansas in 2012. The President is very unpopular there, and he could bring down Democratic Senator Mark Pryor. Obamacare is also unpopular in Arkansas, and it will be used against Pryor (who voted for it.)

Republicans need to find a strong candidate to challenge Pryor. Last time Pryor ran, Republicans failed to field a candidate against him.

Rep. Tom Cotton, a rising conservative star, would be a formidable challenger to Pryor. Cotton is an Iraq War veteran and a favorite of Club for Growth and other conservative groups.

A poll released in mid-March showed Cotton leading Pryor, 43 percent to 35 percent. Cotton hasn’t decided what to do, but Republicans would be smart to urge him to run.

Early prognosis: Democrats hold Arkansas unless the GOP can produce a strong challenger (+0)

Iowa

Senator Tom Harkin, a fixture in Iowa politics for decades, is finally retiring. This gives Republicans a shot to win.

Even though Obama carried the state in 2012, Iowa remains very competitive for Republicans. Rep. Steve King has already thrown his hat in the ring, and he would be a strong contender. But don’t count on Republicans to pull together. King is one of the candidates D.C. GOP operative Karl Rove has targeted. Rove may spend big money against King, damaging his chances in the fall.

Early prognosis: Republican infighting keeps this seat Democrat (+0)

Louisiana

The Pelican State has been trending Republican, but Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu was re-elected with 52% of the vote in 2008. And as a long-term officeholder, she has to be considered the likely winner.

All of the Republican Party Congressmen from Louisiana will be competing for the GOP nomination to challenge Landrieu. Unfortunately for the Republicans, all of the challengers trail her in fundraising.

It will not be easy getting the better of Landrieu, but it is not impossible either. Unfortunately, the popular GOP Governor Bobby Jindal took a pass on this race.

Early prognosis: The Democrats will hold …read more
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North Carolina veteran's lawsuit against county sheriff settled for $96G

March 26, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Forsyth County commissioners on Monday unanimously approved paying a former sheriff’s deputy and Iraq War veteran $96,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that Sheriff Bill Schatzman broke federal law by firing him less than a year after he returned from serving in Iraq, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

The Journal reports Schatzman and county officials will not admit any wrongdoing in the firing of former Sgt. Michael T. Russell as part of the settlement.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed the lawsuit June 7 in U.S. District Court on behalf of Russell. It alleged Schatzman fired Russell in November 2010 after Russell bought $100 in tickets for a motorcycle raffle organized by Dave Griffith, who was running against Schatzman for sheriff, the paper reports.

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Veterans Call For Universal Background Checks In New Ad

March 26, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

WASHINGTON — A veterans group has a new ad making the case for universal background checks, arguing it doesn’t make sense that members of the armed forces have to pass background checks to carry guns that civilians are allowed to purchase with no questions asked.

The ad by VoteVets.org, which is currently running on social media, calls on Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to support universal background checks for gun sales. The spot features Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient Glenn Kunkel firing an AR-15 at a mannequin.

“I had to pass a background check to join the Marine Corps, before I could carry a weapon similar to this one in Iraq. Here at home, anyone can purchase this weapon, no questions asked,” says Kunkel in the ad.

Visas slow for Iraqis who helped US war efforts

March 24, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

The federal government has issued less than a quarter of 25,000 visas created for Iraqis who helped American efforts during the Iraq War and the program is set to end this year.

As the nation marks the 10th anniversary of the war, advocates and a group of Republican and Democratic congress members are urging the Obama Administration to extend and reform the visa program.

The State Department reports that it has issued 5,500 of the 25,000 available visas.

The department says there haven’t been as many applicants as there are visas. They say Iraqis can also come to the U.S. through the refugee program, which has resettled more than 80,000.

Advocates say the requirements to apply for the visas can be unnecessarily onerous, with extensive paperwork, timelines and agencies involved.

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Fox News Covers Iraq War Anniversary Least On Cable News

March 21, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

Fox News covered the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War the least out of the three major cable news networks, according to a new study by Media Matters.

Tuesday was the tenth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of the Iraq War. Fox News devoted one hour and twenty-minutes to the war. MSNBC, in contrast, provided more coverage than Fox News and CNN combined, airing four hours and thirty-five minutes about the war.

Media Matters said that the study only measured the volume of coverage, not content. The organization added that the networks diverged in their content, with one Fox News host saying that the war was George Bush‘s “smartest” decision, while “much of MSNBC‘s coverage was focused on the heavy toll of the war.”

GOP Lawmakers Who Voted Against Iraq War Stand Their Ground 10 Years Later

March 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

WASHINGTON — When Congress voted to authorize the Iraq War in October 2002, only seven Republicans voted against it — and they took heat for bucking their party. Looking back now, on the 10-year anniversary of the invasion, many of those Republicans maintained they were right all along and believe the war wasn’t worth the costs, both financially and in human lives.

In interviews with The Huffington Post, five of those seven Republicans explained why they broke ranks and opposed the war resolution, which authorized President George W. Bush to “use any means necessary” against Iraq. Two of those Republicans — Rep. John Duncan (Tenn.) and former Rep. John Hostettler (Ind.) — did not respond to interview requests.

“To me, it was about growing up in the Vietnam era and not wanting to go through that again,” said Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, who, in 2002, was the only GOP senator to vote against invading Iraq. “I remember the difficulty the soldiers had coming back here after Vietnam. They had the same issues: PTSD, re-immersion, alcoholism. You have to be prepared to take all that on.”

Iraq War Contractors Fight On Against Lawsuits, Investigations, Fines

March 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

WASHINGTON — Donald Rumsfeld declared war on the Pentagon bureaucracy on a quiet, sunny Monday seven months into his tenure as secretary of defense. Never known for his tact, Rumsfeld delivered his battle cry to a room full of Pentagon bureaucrats, who stared back at him in stunned silence. Few in the media took note of the speech, delivered on Sept. 10, 2001.

Over the next 24 months, Rumsfeld waged his war on bureaucracy by outsourcing thousands of functions performed by the Defense Department to private contractors — and nowhere more so than in Iraq. From its earliest planning stages in 2002 to its sputtering conclusion a decade later, the Iraq War was a public-private partnership.

The U.S. government supplied troops and assembled an international “coalition of the willing.” The private sector provided a shadow army of hundreds of thousands of contractors, who supplied Americans on the front lines with everything from meals, laundry and housing, to drivers, translators, bodyguards and garbage collectors.

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Nada Bakos, Ex-CIA Analyst: Dick Cheney’s Involvement In Pre-Iraq War Intelligence Was Unprecedented (VIDEO)

March 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

Nada Bakos played a key role on the CIA‘s intelligence team prior to the start of the Iraq War. Now, the former counterterrorism analyst has come out and acknowledged that she was pressured to find a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda that didn’t exist.

Bakos recently wrote a piece for Wired Magazine about her efforts to make Iraq intelligence seem “less bogus”. On HuffPost Live Tuesday, she talked further about the pressures she faced and how she felt the government needed a more valid reason for going to war.

Ten Years After Iraq Invasion, War Does Not Look Like A Noble Endeavor

March 19, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Maura Pennington, Contributor When the Iraq War started, I was a junior in high school in Washington, D.C. and though many in the town were cheerleading the effort, there was a general feeling of dread among my classmates and teachers. I was about to leave on a spring break service trip and there was a sense of foreboding in the group. No one was happy to hear what was happening because no one quite understood what it meant. …read more
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Statement by the President on the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War

March 19, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The White House

As we mark the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, Michelle and I join our fellow Americans in paying tribute to all who served and sacrificed in one of our nation’s longest wars. We salute the courage and resolve of more than 1.5 million service members and civilians who during multiple tours wrote one of the most extraordinary chapters in military service. We honor the memory of the nearly 4,500 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice to give the Iraqi people an opportunity to forge their own future after many years of hardship. And we express our gratitude to our extraordinary military families who sacrificed on the home front, especially our Gold Star families who remain in our prayers.

The last of our troops left Iraq with their heads held high in 2011, and the United States continues to work with our Iraqi partners to advance our shared interest in security and peace. Here at home, our obligations to those who served endure. We must ensure that the more than 30,000 Americans wounded in Iraq receive the care and benefits they deserve and that we continue to improve treatment for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. With a strong Post 9/11 GI Bill, we must help our newest veterans pursue their education and find jobs worthy of their incredible talents. And all Americans can continue to support and honor our military families who are pillars of so many of our communities. On this solemn anniversary, we draw strength and inspiration from these American patriots who exemplify the values of courage, selflessness and teamwork that define our Armed Forces and keep our nation great.

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Promises Kept: Ending the Iraq War and Supporting Our Service Members, Military Families and Veterans

March 19, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Jonathan Powers

Ed. note: Click here to see the timeline of President Obama's promise to end the war in Iraq and support service members as they return home.

Ten years ago my US Army unit was returning from our final training exercise in preparation for deploying in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. We listened intensely as President Bush announced the start of the war 10 years ago today, and my platoon prepared to deploy as part of the 1st Armored Division into the breach of battle. Within a few short weeks, my soldiers and I were rolling across the Kuwaiti border on our way to Baghdad to relieve the 3rd Infantry Division.

My soldiers and I spent most of the next 15 months based out of a Forward Operating Base on the banks of the Tigris River trying to bring stability to a chaotic and complex situation. We had a front row seat as the Iraqi’s celebrated the capture of Saddam Hussein, but also felt the war turn as we went from eating dinners in the homes of everyday Iraqi’s to fighting insurgents on the streets in places like Najaf.

Although there is still much to learn about this war, one thing is certain; President Obama’s commitment and focus on taking care of our service members brought this war to an end. He held to his promise and ensured that by December of 2011, “the last American soldiers will cross the border out of Iraq—with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the American people stand united in our support for our troops.”

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Raed Jarrar, Iraqi-American: America’s War Created Sectarian Divide In Iraq (VIDEO)

March 18, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Communications Director Raed Jarrar joins Ahmed Shihab-Eldin to talk about America creating a sectarian divide between during the Iraq War.

“These issues were not a part of the daily life,” Jarrar said. “We didn’t talk about who’s a Sunni and who’s a Shiite…until 2003. There is a very clear line in Iraq‘s consciousness when these issues were introduced.”

Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Veteran And Congresswoman, Reflects On 10th Anniversary Of Conflict

March 18, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

When images of joyous Iraqi voters with purple thumbs were broadcast around the world in January 2005, Tammy Duckworth watched with heartfelt tears from her hospital bed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Just months earlier, the Army captain had been shot down over Iraq while flying a Black Hawk helicopter. Nearly a decade later, now-Rep. Duckworth (D-Ill.) walks the halls of Congress on Army-camo-and-American-flag prostheses.

Duckworth, the first female double amputee in the Iraq War, very nearly gave her life in a war she didn’t believe the U.S. should be fighting, but she says she is proud to have helped clear the way for Iraq’s first democratic election in more than half a century. The Iraq War also set her on a path to become an assistant secretary of veterans affairs under President Barack Obama, a powerful speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and now a vocal Capitol Hill force on foreign policy, national defense and veterans’ issues.

Almost 10 years to the day Operation Iraqi Freedom began, the congresswoman, Illinois National Guard lieutenant colonel and Purple Heart recipient spoke with The Huffington Post to reflect on the lessons of the Iraq War, taught at such grave cost.

Iraq War Reflections Revisit Runup To Invasion 10 Years Ago

March 18, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

Ten years after the United States invaded Iraq, The Huffington Post launched a series looking back at the war. David Wood reported on the human costs of the war, while Joshua Hersh and Chris Spurlock examined its dollar costs. Howard Fineman admitted he did not not ask tough questions of the administration in the runup.

We’re far from alone in highlighting this milestone, and using it as a moment to reflect on the tragic misadventure. Here are some of the best articles from around the web:

“What it was like to oppose the Iraq War in 2003″ by John Judis, The New Republic.

Poll: Iraq War not worth it

March 17, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By hnn

Ten years after the start of the Iraq war, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds nearly six in 10 Americans say the war was not worth fighting.

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Born in war and poverty, youth don't abandon Iraq

March 16, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

The 21-year-old college student in Baghdad lost her father during the Iraq War to gunmen from a rival Muslim sect. Now she dreams of an Iraq where all people can “enjoy stable life and security.”

The young bus driver from a former al-Qaida stronghold had to drop out of school to help support his family. He struggles to make ends meet but longs to resume his education.

The teenager from the northern Kurdish region works in his father’s barber shop when he’s not in class. He looks forward to making a lot of money in Iraq — but only if the government can capitalize on its oil trade and foreign investments.

As part of Iraq‘s growing youth population — which accounts for about 60 percent of the nation’s people — all three say they are impatient at best about where their country is headed. The U.S.-led invasion of March 20, 2003, promised better lives for Iraqis after three decades of war, dictatorship and sanctions. Ten years later, the county is mired in widespread instability and political corruption.

Nevertheless, interviews and discussions across the country with more than a dozen Iraqi teenagers and young adults reveal a resiliency and refusal to abandon hope. Deadly violence is common, jobs are scarce and education is a luxury, but they say they are unwilling to give up on Iraq. Moreover, a government survey shows that 80 percent of young Iraqis don’t want to move to another country.

“I want my country to be better, and I want my people to enjoy stable life and security, and for Iraq to be like a Western country,” said Shahad Abdul-Amir Abbas, whose father was killed in 2005 in the widespread sectarian fighting that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war.

Abbas, a Shiite who attends college in Baghdad, wants to find a good-paying job and to marry, but thinks “my personal ambitions will not come true unless my country gets rid of all the security, political and economic problems.”

An estimated 18 million people of Iraq‘s population of 30 million are younger than 25, according to data provided by the CIA and the United Nations. By comparison, Americans of that same age group make up about one-third of the U.S. population. Contraceptives are limited in Iraq, and an estimated 20 percent of girls ages 15 to 19 are married, according to the U.N.

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Remarks by the First Lady at Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting

March 13, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The White House

Business Roundtable Conference Center
Washington D.C.

11:43 A.M. EDT

MRS. OBAMA: Good morning. (Applause.) Thank you so much.

I want to start by thanking Mike for that very kind introduction and for everything that he and Walmart are doing to support our troops, our veterans and the health of our families. I also want to thank Jim McNerney as well as Governor John Engler for their extraordinary leadership of the Business Roundtable and for inviting me here this morning to be with all of you.

I’d also like to thank the military leaders who are here with us — Lieutenant General Bill Troy from the Army, and Vice Admiral Bill French from the Navy. I’d like to recognize the representatives from the administration who have joined us — you guys wave if you're here — Fred Vollrath and Frank DiGiovanni from the Department of Defense; John Gingrich from the Department of Veterans Affairs; Keith Kelly from the Department of Labor; and Matthew McGuire from the Department of Commerce.

And finally, I want to thank all of you, the leaders of our nation’s businesses; leaders who care deeply about the future of your businesses and about the future of our country and those who serve it.

As you know, over the past couple of years, Jill Biden and I have been working to support our nation’s veterans and military families through Joining Forces. And now that the Iraq War is over and the war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close, we are focused like never before on helping our veterans and military spouses find employment and build their careers.

Right now, there are hundreds of thousands of veterans and military spouses looking for work. And in the coming years, we know that over one million more will be hanging up their uniforms and transitioning back to civilian life. These men and women will be returning to their families, rejoining their communities, and figuring out what’s next in their lives. And as they do all of that, the one thing that they're going to be thinking about is a job.

They will be trying to figure out how to achieve that sense of financial security and stability for their family, how to find that next mission to accomplish. And that’s where all of you come in.

So today, I want to spend a little time just talking to you about who these veterans and military spouses are, what they can do for your businesses, and how they can keep on serving this country in the years ahead. So let’s start with who they are.

This current group of veterans –- the 9/11 Generation, as my husband has called them –- holds a special place in our history. These are the Americans who stepped up and volunteered to serve during wartime knowing full well they would be sent into harm’s way. They are young — the majority are between 18 and 34 years old …read more
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1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo For Homeland Security? It's Time For A National Conversation

March 12, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Ralph Benko, Contributor

The Denver Post, on February 15th, ran an Associated Press article entitled Homeland Security aims to buy 1.6b rounds of ammo, so far to little notice. It confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security has issued an open purchase order for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. As reported elsewhere, some of this purchase order is for hollow-point rounds, forbidden by international law for use in war, along with a frightening amount specialized for snipers. Also reported elsewhere, at the height of the Iraq War the Army was expending less than 6 million rounds a month. Therefore 1.6 billion rounds would be enough to sustain a hot war for 20+ years. In America. …read more
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Jeremiah Wright’s Daughter Charged With Fraud

Incentivizing Employers to Hire Veterans through Permanent Tax Credits

Harry Reid Is Done For

North Carolina veteran's lawsuit against county sheriff settled for $96G

Veterans Call For Universal Background Checks In New Ad

Visas slow for Iraqis who helped US war efforts

Fox News Covers Iraq War Anniversary Least On Cable News

GOP Lawmakers Who Voted Against Iraq War Stand Their Ground 10 Years Later

Iraq War Contractors Fight On Against Lawsuits, Investigations, Fines

Nada Bakos, Ex-CIA Analyst: Dick Cheney’s Involvement In Pre-Iraq War Intelligence Was Unprecedented (VIDEO)

Ten Years After Iraq Invasion, War Does Not Look Like A Noble Endeavor

Statement by the President on the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War

Promises Kept: Ending the Iraq War and Supporting Our Service Members, Military Families and Veterans

Raed Jarrar, Iraqi-American: America’s War Created Sectarian Divide In Iraq (VIDEO)

Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Veteran And Congresswoman, Reflects On 10th Anniversary Of Conflict

Iraq War Reflections Revisit Runup To Invasion 10 Years Ago

Poll: Iraq War not worth it

Born in war and poverty, youth don't abandon Iraq

Remarks by the First Lady at Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting

1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo For Homeland Security? It's Time For A National Conversation

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