Though much attention has been paid to yesterday’s national oil spill commission meeting in Washington (I wrote about it here), there’s another oil spill meeting taking place in Houston, Tx., that is just as important.
The Interior Department and the Coast Guard are holding hearings this week on the More…
The commission Defense Secretary Robert Gates appointed to investigate how the Army failed to notice the radicalization of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged gunman at Fort Hood, has apparently taken a very structural examination of the failure. Look at this portion of its assessment:
As Hasan’s training progressed,
When Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) yesterday proposed to an audience at Georgetown University the creation of a “truth and reconciliation commission” to investigate Bush administration lawbreaking, he specifically did not call for an investigation that could lead to prosecutions, which is the normal response when individuals are suspected of More…
During President Obama’s first prime time press conference tonight, he was asked his opinion of Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) proposal to start a comprehensive “truth and reconciliation commission” to investigate the conduct of the Bush administration over the last eight years. Obama skillfully waffled on his answer:
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