Tag: cheney
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what is aipac?
from google video/wikipedia: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a special interest group that lobbies the United States Government in favor of maintaining a close US-Israel relationship. Describing itself as “America’s Pro-Israel Lobby,” it is a mass-membership organization including both Jews and non-Jews. AIPAC was formed during the Eisenhower administration, and since then…
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halliburton’s suspicious dubai move
from abc news: Halliburton Co., currently the largest military contractor in Iraq with billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts, announced Sunday that it was planning to move its CEO and corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The move could eventually save the firm a fortune in U.S. taxes, but it is…
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cheney arrival is met with protests
from the west australian: US Vice-President Dick Cheney’s arrival in Sydney last night was met with a city in lockdown and a taste of protests to come. Mr Cheney stepped off Airforce 2 to be greeted by Defence Minister Brendan Nelson, NSW Deputy Premier John Watkins and US Ambassador to Australia Robert McCallum. He chatted…
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aei: the root of bush’s right-wing ideology
from think progress: Today, President Bush delivered a speech on Afghanistan at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. AEI and the Bush administration are deeply entwined, something Bush admitted during his speech. “I admire AEI a lot,” Bush said. “After all, I have been consistently borrowing some of your…
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cheney on stand may be ‘great theater’
from new york times: This week, as Libby’s defense attorneys try to show that he did not intentionally lie about his role in leaking the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, Cheney is expected to make a historic appearance on the witness stand. It is an act of loyalty that carries considerable risk for Cheney……
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pentagon & cia involved in domestic spying
from wired: Just a day before the nation celebrated the life of the once-federally-spied-upon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the New York Times reported that both the Pentagon and the CIA have been issuing subpoenas to domestic financial institutions to investigate possible terrorism. Although the military and the CIA are largely barred from spying on…
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before we go eulogizing gerald ford. . .
from wayne madsen: As the nation eulogizes President Gerald R. Ford, who died last night in California, no one should lose sight of the fact that it was Ford who helped launch the careers of the two ugliest faces in the George W. Bush administration: Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. Cheney and Rumsfeld were deep-selected…
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cheney to take the stand in plamegate case
from raw story: A segment on this morning’s CNN broadcast discussed Vice President Dick Cheney’s planned testimony as a defense witness in the Justice Department’s perjury case against former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby. CNN broadcaster Soledad O’Brien remarked that “it can be kind of confusing” but that “the big take away from this…
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texas bill would give blind right to hunt
from times online: The blind will be able to go hunting if a Texas Bill becomes law. They would have to be accompanied by a sighted hunter, who would help to guide their shots, and carry proof that they were legally blind. The law will also allow them to use a laser sight — a…
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cheney, rockefeller & the cfr
from you tube: Dick Cheney is a traitor, an evil and wicked man, yet the foolish and damned “conservatives” are seduced to believe him to be a God fearing Christian, when he is anything but. Here, we see him admit to his dishonesty. What a shame unto the foolish of the Republic who constantly refuse…