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US Congress Approves $636 Billion Military Budget Bill

15 hours ago ago from Connecting the Dots in the New World Order

The US Congress has sent President Barack Obama a massive annual military spending bill, part of which is to be used to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a rare weekend vote on Saturday, the Senate approved the $636.3 billion package, which cleared the House of Representatives 395-34 on Wednesday, by an 88-10 margin. In addition, Obama is expected to send Congress an emergency spending measure of at least $30 billion early next ...

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This should raise some eye browls?

12 hours ago ago from Find Answers to Your Questions on Guess Watches | GuessWatches.net

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENT, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH? My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of the Iraq regime has been completed. Since congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our mission in Iraq is complete. This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of all American forces from Iraq. This action will be complete within 30 ...

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Kline Line: ‘Twas The Week Before Christmas…

22 hours ago ago from Farmington 411 Information ResourceFarmington 411

Twas the Week Before Christmas and all through the land, Congress again seized your pocketbook, with its deep reaching hands Dear Friends, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making her list and checking it twice, but the debt she has decided to give Americans this Christmas is far worse than any lump of coal in the bottom of a stocking. Instead of reining in runaway government spending, Congress passed a bill this week that raises the debt ...

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New President Causes Shift In War Politics

17 hours ago ago from Military Might Matters

By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON Posted 12/18/2009 06:29 PM ET View Enlarged Image We don't hear all that much about Iraq these days, do we? The war at one point almost tore apart this country. Public anger sent George W. Bush's approval ratings plummeting. And the outrage over our losses helped elect vocal anti-Iraq War candidate Barack Obama. But Iraq is hardly in the news anymore. That seems odd, given that 120,000 ...

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Signs of a Never Ending War.

2 hours ago ago from Norcaltruth

by Brian,  source: Nor Cal Truth Many recent announcements have been made signaling a long and drawn out occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as escalating conflicts and wars in Pakistan, Palestine, and soon enough Iran. Obama has announced an escalation of 30,000  more troops into Afghanistan, bringing the number to 100,000 US children fighting in Afghanistan [...]

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Martin Nolan: The last refuge of a scoundrel: polls

23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

The U.S. Senate clock neared 1 a. m. when the roll call ended on December 18. The vote was 63-33 to end debate on a large military appropriations bill. The vote was historic, if little noted, a triumph of common sense and a rebuke to Republican solidarity. Three Republicans voted for cloture: Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, both moderates, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, who's running for governor of Texas. Many Texans consider supporting ...

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