A computerized medical system the streamlines veteran medical records, which will aid vets in getting treated more quickly and efficiently. That’s just the beginning, though it will take great effort to manifest. President Obama announced it yesterday. It’s long overdue. [...] The announcements are part of a larger effort to improve services for veterans. Mr. [...]
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Obama Like Bush on Warrantless Wiretaps
Like this wasn’t predictable? I could say “I told you so,” but that wouldn’t be classy. After all, it’s not like Mr. Obama didn’t warn you. I say “you,” because I expected this, so I’m not as outraged as everyone else. Glenn Greenwald last summer: The vote in favor of the new FISA bill was [...]
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Clinton’s Candor Continues
If anything reveals Secretary Clinton’s confidence, it’s her comfort in being candid on her trips abroad. This current journey is as important as it is serious for President Obama’s foreign policy, due to the recent deep commitment he’s made towards the Af-Pak region. But also because it’s not going to be easy to get others [...]
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There Once Was A Girl Named Karma
Well, I guess if the Congress of the United States doesn’t have the sense of purpose to honor the rule of law, we can always depend on… Spain? Via Scott Horton: Spain’s national newspapers, El País and Público reported that the Spanish national security court has opened a criminal probe focusing on Bush Administration lawyers [...]
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GWOT is O.U.T.
It’s official, well, sort of. We’ve talked about this one a lot.
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Forget Vietnam, Think Katrina?
I’ve taken to task everyone from Juan Cole to Newsweek for talking about Obama’s Afghanistan strategy as being his potential Vietnam (it’s not). But with Obama administration’s PR crisis on economics, there are new talking points springing forth, and, no, I’m not talking about the one that says Tim Geithner should go. Though having the [...]
Gibbs: ‘I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy…’
It’s the quote of the day, because it gives you an idea of just how unwound the wingnuts are today, as seen through their spokesmen. Gibbs continues: “…so they trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal.” Whatever Mr. Cheney thought he’d accomplish in the John King interview backfired in a big [...]
Dick Cheney Ignores that 9/11 Happened on Their Watch
Mr. Cheney’s “stuff happens” economic glibness is getting a lot of attention today, but it’s not what caught my ear. The man who brought us Ahmed Chalabi and Paul Wolfowitz, as well as “Curveball,” with Judy Miller’s greatest hits on WMD pushing the way at the NY Times, thinks Scooter Libby was left “hanging in [...]
President Obama’s Epiphany: ‘New Tone’ Airbrushes Bush Legacy Away
No connection all morning long… but at last, I’ve got connection. So, without further ado, what’s happening in your world this fine Saturday? Reader and most astute contrarian, secularh, asks: Why is it that so many of the repug spokspeople are pudgy to fat, white, male etc…. Dave Letterman’s top 10 has an answer through [...]
Can the Pentagon be Fixed?
I’ll be working this afternoon outside my office, including attending a defense policy forum at the CATO Institute. The forum, “Can the Pentagon be fixed?”, begins at noon and will be streamed live. The speakers are Winslow T. Wheeler, Director, Straus Military Reform Project at CDI; Col. Douglas Macgregor, U.S. Army (ret.); Advisor, Straus Military [...]
Closing Gitmo, New Envoy Appointed
Obama has a Gitmo envoy. A former Bush 43 diplomat, Daniel Fried has a thankless job with overarching challenges. Milt Bearden was on C-SPAN this morning and was asked a question about Gitmo and released prisoners, the latest detainee making news this week for his new roll in raising hell in southern Afghanistan Abdullah Ghulam [...]
Science is Back
–updated– President Obama will announce it today. After Mr. Bush, it actually does have to be announced. When President Obama lifts restrictions on funding for human embryonic stem cell research today, he will also issue a presidential memorandum aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence, officials said yesterday. … Although [...]
Can Fox’s Chris Wallace Survive Without ‘War on Terror’ Talking Point?
He couldn’t get a grip. Over and over in the interview between Chris Wallace and Adm. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf, he just couldn’t let go. Where was that old standby “war on terror” talking point? President Obama isn’t using it. His aides aren’t using it. Wallace could deduce only one thing: [...]
Secretary Clinton Arrives in Egypt …and other Security Matters
– updated – Clinton will also meet with Netanyahu. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the Middle East on Sunday, delving into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking for the first time at an international donors conference for Gaza. … Expect every pause, breath and nuance to be over analyzed this week. [...]
Common Ground and ‘Conscience’ Rule
Hello, and welcome to the 21st century where most of us live. “Most” being the operative word here. A time where in the age of Obama much is being made out of “bipartisanship” and common ground. But if the stimulus vote, and CPAC are any indication, with 95% of the attendees disapproving of Obama’s job [...]
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