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Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Representatives Jim McGovern
(D-MA) and Walter Jones (R-NC) have introduced legislation
rejecting an open-ended military commitment in Afghanistan by
requiring a timet
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This week the Senate is expected to vote on another billion to
fund the war in Afghanistan and the latest surge of troops already
underway. With no end for the war in sight and mounting evidence t
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How can Congress possibly appropriate an additional billion for
McChrystal’s failed strategy in Afghanistan? In the coming
days, the House is expected to vote on the funding for McChrystal's
fa
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How can Congress possibly pay for an additional billion for our
failed strategy in Afghanistan? Republican Minority Leader John
Boehner (R-OH) thinks they should do so by cutting your Social
Secur
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What's more important: the security of America's seniors or the
security of the second most corrupt government on earth? The House
of Representatives recently passed another billion to fund th
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In the wake of WikiLeaks' release of nearly 92,000 classified
documents painting a bleak picture of the war in Afghanistan,
Congress is poised to provide the Pentagon with another billion
for war.
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The War in Afghanistan has gone on for too long and has cost too
many lives -- both Afghan and American -- for little gain. We have
no strategic interest in Afghanistan, the Taliban is only fighting
u
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A year has passed since Attorney General Eric Holder vowed that the
U.S. Justice Department would try the plotters of 9/11 in a federal
court. We applauded his apparent commitment to the rule of law a
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Nearly 800 detainees have been held in Guantánamo, the vast majority without charge or trial
Only 3 detainees at Guantanamo have been convicted of any crime through the military commissions system
The Federal court system has convicted 195 terrorists since 2001.
Estimated annual cost of operating Guantánamo: $90 million to $118 million
Thirty-two times since 2001 and four times this year alone, senior al Qaeda leadership has used the prison at Guantanamo Bay in videos, encouraging others to join effort.