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Bachmann again argues U.S. should have stayed out of Libya

By | 10.31.11 | 9:17 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Michele Bachmann said again that the United States shouldn’t have participated in the overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

“My position is that the United States should not have gone into Libya because again the last chapter isn’t written. This is a snapshot in time,” Bachmann told Christiane Amanpour of More…

Occupy D.C. offers many grievances, still in search of unified theme

By | 10.06.11 | 6:00 pm

Image by Matt MahurinA potpourri of libertarians, anti-war protests, opponents of the Federal Reserve, combat veterans and labor groups descended onto Freedom Square today in the nation’s capital as part of the ongoing public demonstration occurring in the wake of the three-week long Occupy Wall Street event in New York City.

Franken introduces Pay for War Resolution

By | 04.07.11 | 11:25 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Sen. Al Franken introduced legislation on Wednesday that would require Congress to pay for future wars and ensure that they do not add to the federal budget deficit. The Pay for War Resolution gives Congress the option to finance war through budget cuts, creating new revenue or a combination of More…

Defense Dept. answers ACLU, says it doesn’t track civilians killed in drone strikes

By | 03.24.11 | 3:10 pm

This week, the American Civil Liberties Union released a letter it received from the Department of Defense confirming that it does not compile statistics on the total number of civilians that have been killed by U.S. unmanned drone aircrafts since September 2001.

Responding to the ACLU’s Freedom of Information More…

Minnesotans in Congress weigh in on Libya

By | 03.23.11 | 10:47 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Rep. Betty McCollum and Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar have given measured support for the United States’ military operations in Libya as a part of an international coalition of force in the region. McCollum wants congressional oversight before more operations commence while Franken is concerned about the costs. The More…

AP: Obama Rejects All Afghanistan War Options

By | 11.11.09 | 9:22 pm

Breaking from The Associated Press:

President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration

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House Resolution to Condemn U.N. Investigator’s Israeli/Hamas War Crimes Report

By | 10.29.09 | 8:49 pm

TWI has acquired the text of a congressional resolution that may be introduced in the next few days condemning the findings of U.N. investigator Richard Goldstone’s report into war crimes during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza this past winter.

The resolution — drafted by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Dan More…

HOLDER HEARING: Holder: ‘We Were at War Before Sept. 11′

By | 01.15.09 | 2:47 pm

Eric Holder might have surprised a few people with this answer to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) question of whether the nation is at war:

I don’t think there’s any question that we are at war, and I think, to be honest, I think our nation didn’t realize that we were

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Israeli Air Strikes Continue in Gaza

By | 01.01.09 | 12:25 pm

The Israeli air attacks on targets in Gaza are continuing for a sixth day after the Israeli government rejected a proposed ceasefire Wednesday, but pledged to expedite humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

From The Washington Post:

A top Hamas leader was killed Thursday

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Big Day in Iraq

By | 01.01.09 | 11:05 am

The United States has officially handed over control of the “Green Zone” back to the Iraqis. From The Washington Post:

When the clock struck midnight on Wednesday, the U.S. returned the palace to the Iraqi government and relinquished formal control over the Green Zone, a heavily fortified

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