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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
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Ex-Countrywide Executive Testifies on Senators' Mortgages; U.S. Citizens Wrongly Detained, Deported by ICE; Sharp Rise in Violent Crimes Cited Among Returning Veterans in Colo. Unit
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Ex-Countrywide Executive Testifies on Senators' Mortgages Washington Post
The Senate ethics committee has interviewed a former Countrywide Financial executive who testified under oath that Sens. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) were aware that they were accessing a special program to give below-market-rate mortgages to the powerful and famous when he arranged their loans.
U.S. Citizens Wrongly Detained, Deported by ICE San Francisco Chronicle
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased its collaboration with state and local police and prisons under changes to immigration laws and policies in recent years, U.S. citizens have been wrongly detained and deported.
Sharp Rise in Violent Crimes Cited Among Returning Veterans in Colo. Unit Colorado Springs Gazette
Soldiers returning from Iraq after serving with a Fort Carson, Colo., combat brigade have exhibited an exceptionally high rate of criminal behavior in their home towns, carrying out a string of killings and other offenses that the ex-soldiers attribute to lax discipline and episodes of indiscriminate killing during their grueling deployment, according to a six-month investigation by the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Military Criticized in Report on Soldier Electrocuted in Iraq NYT
Blackwater Seeks Gag Order The Nation
Wronged Juveniles May Lose The Right to Sue NYT
Seven Face Terrorism Charges in N.C. WaPo
Va. Man's Sentence Increased to Life in Terror Plot WaPo
Panels Raise Concerns Over Pentagon's Strategic Communications WaPo
Under TARP, Banks Increase Lobbying Politico
Obama Refunds Campaign Donations Politico
Credit Card Firms Raise Fees Before Law Changes Boston Globe
Suspicious Letters Sent to N.J. Government Offices Fox
Program Aims to Curb Marine Suicides USAT
Dodd's Uneasy Dance With Drug Lobbyists NYT
Senator Urges Scrutiny of Ticketmaster Deal WaPo
SEC Moves to Limit Short Sales of Stocks WaPo
Foreclosures Are Often In Lenders' Best Interest WaPo
Study Finds Texting Lifts Crash Risk by Large Margin NYT
GAO: Weaknesses Threaten Electronic Records Archive Program Nextgov
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