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Corzine Blasts Bush’s ‘Misinformation’ On SCHIP
Last week, President Bush vetoed an expansion of SCHIP, denying coverage to 3.2 million children who are currently uninsured. To justify his veto, Bush held up states who want to cover children above 300 percent of the poverty level as examples of the program’s misdirection. Yesterday in his weekly radio address, Bush claimed that he [...]

State Dept. ignored diplomats’ concerns on Blackwater.
The State Department “overlooked repeated warnings from U.S. diplomats in the field that guards were endangering Iraqi civilians and undermining U.S. efforts to win support from the population.” Diplomats cautioned that the 2004 decision to grant contractors immunity from Iraqi courts was “a bomb that could go off at any time.” Earlier reports show that [...]

Fineman: Intel Community To Release ‘Three Iran Reports’ To ‘Slow Down’ Bush’s Warmongering
On the Chris Matthews Show today, NBC’s Howard Fineman revealed that the intelligence community will release “three different reports” in upcoming weeks to “slow down” the administration’s current drumbeat for war with Iran:The intelligence community over the next few months is going to come out with three different reports on Iran about the internal political [...]

Pelosi Says She Was Never Briefed ‘About The Secret Memos’ Authorizing CIA Torture
Earlier this week, after the New York Times revealed that the Bush administration gave the CIA secret approval in 2005 to use harsh interrogation techniques, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino asserted that members of Congress had been “fully briefed” on the secret opinions.On Fox News Sunday today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who as minority [...]