President Obama acknowledges No Gitmo Closure by January

Despite good intentions and a majority Democratic Congress, President Obama has now confirmed that the January deadly for Guantanamo closure will not be met.  President Obama signed an executive order during...

CAP issues five-step plan for repealing DADT

The Centre for American Progress (CAP) has issued a five-step plan for repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT), the common term for the policy about homosexuality in the U.S. armed forces mandated by federal law...

Middle Class Task Force to Reconnect Workers With Government

Vice-President Joe Biden will head a Middle Class Task Force with the goal of connecting workers to government during this time of economic crisis and mass job losses.  The task force was re-introduced today...

PLEA TO OBAMA: Ban the EXTRAJUDICIAL POLICIES Behind the Torture

• Extrajudicial targeting and punishment allows a calculated bypass of the judicial system -- paving the way for myriad abuses.GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON(NOTE:  This commentary was written for posting to The Washington Post political blog, "The Fix."  The...

Expansion of National Guard on Mexican Border

Arizona already has about 170 National Guard troops at the border helping federal and state officers.

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