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McCain More Hawkish on Foreign Policy Than Bush

Hans Nichols Wed March 12, 12:01 AM ET

March 12 (Bloomberg) — John McCain is at least as determined as George W. Bush to stay the course in Iraq and more confrontational than the president on foreign policy issues ranging from Russia and China to North [...]

Mr. Bush’s War and the Refugee Crisis in Iraq

Mr. Bush’s War and the Refugee Crisis in Iraq

Iraq refugee crisis ‘deepening,’ US experts say

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Squalid and dangerous conditions, lack of shelter and scarcity of food are threatening to worsen the living situation for those displaced by the war in Iraq, refugee experts said Tuesday.

Five years after the [...]

Congress unwilling to overturn Bush’s torture doctrine

Congress unwilling to overturn Bush’s torture doctrine The 225-188 roll call Tuesday by which the House failed to override President Bush’s veto of a bill that would have prohibited the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques on terrorist suspects.

The roll call was 51 votes short of the two-thirds majority required [...]