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Luis Posada Carriles is acquitted in Texas In order to do him justice for the crimes he committed he must be extradited, affirms attorney José Pertierra By David Brooks…
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By Tim Padgett From the Global Spin blog Now that an El Paso, Texas, jury has acquitted Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles of perjury, the buzz back in Miami is that at least he got the…
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By Will Weissert From the Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury has found an elderly ex-CIA agent from Cuba not guilty of all 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog I was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department's 15,600 employees to…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Many commentators swooned earlier this week after House Republicans, led by the Budget Committee chairman, Paul Ryan, unveiled their budget…
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By COHA Research Associate Zoë Amerigian From Council on Hemispheric Affairs website • Not much bang for the buck • Should the White House be in the propaganda business? • Use diplomacy…
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By Bill Press "How can the left call for the ouster of Muammar Gadhafi for the sin of killing hundreds of Libyans when it opposed the war waged against Saddam Hussein?" With that…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes “The United States …should not try or be widely perceived as trying to manipulate religion in pursuit of narrowly drawn interests.” The Chicago…
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By former U.S. President Jimmy Carter At the invitation of President Raul Castro, Rosalynn and I visited Havana on behalf of The Carter Center, accompanied by John Hardman, Jennifer…
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By Robert Reich From RobertReich.org It’s tax time. It’s also a time when right-wing Republicans are setting the agenda for massive spending cuts that will hurt most Americans. Here’s…
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