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    Obama's Senate service, Part 2
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    by masbury  9-1-2008    2
     Especially focused on foreign policy and veterans' affairs; becomes chair of Foreign Relations' Committee's subcommittee for European Affairs.
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    Biden brings long-time push for Iran talks
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    by masbury  8-27-2008   
     But McCain rejects even current Bush approach, favors returning to pre-conditions
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    Asia Times: Bush hid Musharraf's Al Qaeda links
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    by masbury  8-21-2008   
     al-Qaeda "was a creation of the jihadist culture of the Pakistani army; Bush whitewashed connections to nuclear technology sales.
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    Why McCain is more dangerous than Bush
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    by masbury  8-18-2008    2
     Caught up in his fear that a military failure would encourage America's enemies, McCain can see no alternative to military victory, no matter what the cost.
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    Foreign policy experts: Get US out of Iraq.
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    by masbury  8-18-2008    3
     Annual survey of experts from left and right.
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    16 things McCain supports and formerly opposed
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    by masbury  8-15-2008   
     Perhaps you can think of more.
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    Newsweek: "Forget Harvard" - try Iran's top Sharif University
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    by masbury  8-12-2008    1
     One of the best undergrad electrical engineering programs in the world
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    USAF study: Invading Iran "negative" for USA
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    by masbury  8-11-2008    14
     Urges patience, engagement, toning down policy statements
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    Hersh: Cheney meeting discusses ways to provoke Iran to war
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    by masbury  8-1-2008    5
     "why don’t we build—we, in our shipyard—build four or five boats that look like Iranian PT boats, put Navy Seals on them with a lot of arms, and, the next time one of our boats goes through the Straits of Hormuz, start a shoot-up" Who are the bad guys here?
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    Rep. Tammy Baldwin to House Judiciary re: Impeachment
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    by masbury  7-28-2008    2
     Americans "wonder whether this administration will forever change what it means to be an American."
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    Rep. Hank Johnson to House Judiciary re: Impeachment
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    by masbury  7-28-2008    2
     "if this administration ... decides to attack ... Iran, then Americans will look back and ... rethink whether or not it would have been worth pursuing impeachment at this time to deter any further misdoing by this administration"
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    Iran Literacy Quiz: A Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind
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    by masbury  7-13-2008    5
     See the answers to these and other questions, as well as supporting material at the link. Those without answers listed are true-false questions.
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    Jt Chiefs Chairman warns against striking Iran
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    by masbury  7-3-2008   
     Scholar adds that such a strike "could be a political bonanza for Iran" "Just as Hezbollah became so popular , Iran could gain credibility in the Arab street."
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    CIA accused of falsifying Iran nuclear intel
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    by masbury  7-1-2008    2
     Motion filed in fed court; claims agent ordered to falsify reports on Iran nuclear weapons development
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    Democrats agree to escalate covert ops in Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  6-30-2008    2
     I'll be returning to "Independent."
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    Iranian voices for peace
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    by masbury  6-18-2008    3
     "A public service announcement featuring fifty Iranian Americans: who we are, what we believe in and why we're for peace. If you know an American who has never met anyone of Iranian origin, please share this site."
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    Sen. Obama, please don't be McCain on Iran!
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    by masbury  6-17-2008    10
     Face the absence of evidence of nuclear weapons, and call out McCain on following the WMD-scare George Bush followed with Iraq.
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    Fox anchor: Iranian missile could hit US [not!]
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    by masbury  6-17-2008    3
     Alas, fair and balanced, Iran is 6,340 miles away, and the range of Iran's Shahab missile is 1200 miles. Nevermind. How will we be afraid enough if we're careful about the facts? How will we envision impending doom, or cheer for necessary war? I can "only hope the smoking gun is not a mushroom cloud."
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    US Govt to McCain: Campaign Mgr undermining national interests
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    by masbury  6-15-2008    1
     NY Times: McCain warned by National Security Council about campaign manager Rick Davis' lobbying firm undermining US policy in Ukraine
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    Iraq cost: Loss of power, prestige, influence
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    by masbury  6-11-2008    15
     Why Iraq policy has made America less powerful; major changes recommended by bi-partisan panels; greater emphasis on soft power and patience, less "hectoring"
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    Should US Presidents talk to enemies?
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    by masbury  6-8-2008    19
     McCain and Obama disagree; see last paragraph for a specific instance from history
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    Iran is no threat unless Bush makes it one
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    by masbury  6-6-2008    3
     Attack on Iran will quash democracy movement
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    Senate Report: Bush Knew Intel on Iraq was False
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    by masbury  6-5-2008    4
     Investigation finally yields the official report.
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    Germany's First Neo-Con Conference Pushes for War on Iran
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    by masbury  6-5-2008    3
     Likening Iran to Nazi Germany, they debate whether strikes on Iran should be nuclear or conventional
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    McCain Gaffe Alert: Katrina, Iran legislation
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    by masbury  6-4-2008   
     1. Pitches his support of Katrina investigations, when he twice voted against commission 2. Admits he's not aware of Obama's bill in the Senate, co-sponsored by Lieberman (who rips Obama for not having experience to deal with Iran), that calls for disinvestment in Iran.
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    Gen. McPeak drops hammer on McCain foreign policy
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    by masbury  6-2-2008    2
     Ön Iraq: "his idea that all we have to do is execute better and this will turn into a big victory for us is wrong"; on not talking to Cuba and Iran: "This whole idea that diplomacy is attending cocktail parties with your best friends, that's kind of dumb."
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    IAEA: US obstructing Iran probe
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    by masbury  6-2-2008   
     US provides documents to IAEA, but won't give permission for Iran to see them
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    Ahmadinejad's hold on power "slipping badly"
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    by masbury  6-1-2008    2
     More pragmatic speaker elected; likely to find agreement with the West
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    McCain Gaffe Alert: Iran again
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    by masbury  5-28-2008    2
     He invents 20 years of negotiations between the United States and Tehran.
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    Top 25 Censored stories of 2008
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    by masbury  5-28-2008    1
     "Project censored is one of the organizations that we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcast outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism." — Walter Cronkite last three: # # 23 Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq # # 24 Media Misquotes Threat From Iran’s President # # 25 Who Will Profit from Native Energy?
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    Cheney's Halliburton Stock Options Rise 3,000%
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    by masbury  5-28-2008    1
     Dick Cheney's fortune: your tax dollars at work. A perfect example of a very wealthy man who's found a way not to "make" money, but to forcibly redistribute wealth from poorer people to himself.
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    Cheney was source for Iran's nuclear capabilities
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    by masbury  5-28-2008    2
     Halliburton under Cheney, illegally sold nuclear equipment, while Cheney argued for eliminating sanctions that made the secret sale illegal.
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    Jimmy Carter: Make peace with Iran
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    by masbury  5-27-2008    4
     Bush has not seriously tried; his policy a "serious mistake and terrible departure" from the actions of previous US presidents (not to engage with countries with which they differed.) "The president of the administration in Washington is the first one to have ever done this"
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    Real McCain 2 video is #1 on YouTube, #2 on Digg
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    by masbury  5-23-2008    6
     More viewers than cable news shows. Will corporate media be shamed into returning to journalism?
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    Hagel suggests impeachment if Bush invades Iran
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    by masbury  5-21-2008   
     And encourages McCain to elevate the level of discourse in the campaign.
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    US 97th most peaceful nation
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    by masbury  5-20-2008    3
     The index looks at 24 indicators of external and internal measures of peace, including U.N. deployments overseas and levels of violent crime, respect for human rights, the number of soldiers killed overseas and arms sales.
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    McCain whiffs again on Iran
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    by masbury  5-20-2008    1
     Unbelievable. We would eat a blogger alive who was this ignorant.
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    DOD Sec. Gates, day before "appeasement": We need to talk to Iran
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    by masbury  5-20-2008   
     1 day before Bush's "appeasement" charge: "If there's going to be a discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion and be completely the demander with them not feeling that they need anything from us."
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    Lieberman defends Republican's Rev. Hagee
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    by masbury  5-16-2008    4
     Wow. Good writing, and excellent criticism.
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    Biden: Bush Knesset comment "bullsh*t"
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    by masbury  5-15-2008    2
     "He’s the guy who’s weakened us. He’s the guy that’s increased the number of terrorists in the world. " Gates and Rice call for dialog with Iran; Bush likens Dems to appeasers of the Nazis for advocating the same thing. It is bullsh*t.
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