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- The economic recession will get significantly worse before it starts to improve, President-elect Barack Obama said, seeking in an interview broadcast Sunday to tamp down expectations as he prepares to assume the presidency in 44 days.
A Paris prosecutor has thrown out a complaint against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture in Iraq and at the U.S. military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, a lawyer for one of the four groups that filed the case said Friday.
The White House on Thursday sympathized with Arab-Americans who took offense to a memo that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wrote saying that "oil wealth has made Muslims averse to physical labor."
American and European rights groups filed a legal complaint in France accusing former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for torture in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay.
Thousands of Stanford University students, faculty and alumni are protesting the conservative Hoover Institution's decision to appoint former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a visiting fellow.
In an interview billed as his first since leaving the top Pentagon post, Donald Rumsfeld calls Afghanistan "a big success," but says U.S. efforts in Iraq are hampered by the failure of Iraq's government to establish a foundation for democracy.
The word "Iraq" doesn't appear in former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation letter. Neither does the word "war." In fact, the deadly and much-criticized conflict that eventually drummed him out of office, comes up only in vague references, such as "a critical time in our history" and "challenging time for our country," in the four-paragraph, 148-word letter he wrote to President Bush a day before the Nov. 7, 2006 election.
Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture in overseas military prisons, a federal judge said Tuesday in a case he described as "lamentable."
After heading the Pentagon for less than three months, Robert Gates is showing an instinct for decisiveness without the reflex for defensiveness that was a hallmark of his sometimes prickly predecessor, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the public face of an unpopular war, bid farewell to the Pentagon on Friday in a splashy sendoff featuring lavish praise from President Bush. Rumsfeld defended to the end the mission that led to his ouster.
History seems to be in a hurry to judge Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned to Washington Sunday after his surprise trip to Iraq.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to Iraq on Sunday and said U.S. forces should not quit the war until the enemy is defeated.
The White House is trying to soothe Republicans who say the party might have fared better on Election Day if President Bush had not waited until after the vote to oust Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
The winds of change swept from the ballot box into the Pentagon on Wednesday and Americans greeted the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with delight, sadness — and a sense it was long overdue.
After years of defending his secretary of defense, President Bush on Wednesday announced Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation within hours of the Democrats' triumph in congressional elections. Bush reached back to his father's administration to tap a former CIA director to run the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped down as defense secretary on Wednesday, one day after midterm elections in which opposition to the war in Iraq contributed to heavy Republican losses.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that anyone demanding deadlines for progress in Iraq should "just back off," because it is too difficult to predict when Iraqis will resume control of their country.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said that despite Afghanistan's rising opium production and violence in the south, "the trajectory is a hopeful and promising one" five years after the Taliban's fall.
Rep. Chris Shays, who is facing a tough challenge from an anti-war Democrat, on Wednesday called for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign — a rare demand from a longtime Republican.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld passed on an offer of Venezuelan tobacco, but tried to smoke out the government of President Hugo Chavez on the country's recent military buildup.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, facing renewed criticism about his handling of the Iraq war, has a simple yet emphatic answer for his critics: "No, no, no."
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld steered clear of any judgment on a classified document that concludes the terrorist threat to the U.S. has increased, saying efforts to judge whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have fueled terrorism would be futile.
Democrat after Democrat took to the Senate floor on Wednesday calling for President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, but Republicans gave a spirited defense and headed off a no-confidence vote.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday the world faces "a new type of fascism" and likened critics of the Bush administration's war strategy to those who tried to appease the Nazis in the 1930s.
Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tacticsSpeaking publicly for the first time, senior U.S. law enforcement investigators say they waged a long but futile battle inside the Pentagon to stop coercive and degrading treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. MSNBC.com's Bill Dedman reports.
Why the Ft. Hood Massacre Is George Bush's FaultIf Al Gore (or even Ralph Nader) had been President in 2001, the Ft. Hood massacre almost certainly wouldn't have happened. Because George W. Bush was president, it did.
Marine officer who set up Guantanamo prison dismayed by what it has becomeIn late 2001, when the Pentagon decided to put detainees at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the task of setting up a camp and establishing its rules went to Marine Brig. Gen. Michael Lehnert.
Bush, Arnie top English gobbledegook pollFormer US president George W. Bush topped a poll of the worst examples of mangled English released Wednesday, followed closely by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Donald Rumsfeld.
Ridge: Rumsfeld and Ashcroft wanted to raise terror threat level because it helped Bush's approval rating. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette pours through Tom Ridge's new book and offers the relevant passages where the former Homeland Security chief discusses the Bush administration's desire to increase the terror threat level for political reasons.
EXCLUSIVE: John Walker Lindh's Parents Discuss Their Son's Story, from Joining the US-Backed Taliban Army to Surviving a Northern Alliance Massacre, to His Abuse at the Hands of US ForcesEXCLUSIVE: John Walker Lindh's Parents Discuss Their Son's Story, from Joining the US-Backed Taliban Army to Surviving a Northern Alliance Massacre, to His Abuse at the Hands of US Forces
t r u t h o u t | Dick Cheney, Patron Saint of Torture-FreeSteve Weissman is summing up in a most clear-cut way what the real base of the war crimes consisted in. If your eyes were not open already, this piece by Weissman will do the job for you.
Democratic Rep. Peterson in hot water over 9/11 crackOops. U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson scrambled Monday to defuse a comment that, on its face, insulted a quarter of his constituents in the Seventh Congressional District.
Major General Albert "Bert" N. Stubblebine III, head of all intelligence says:911 was a fraud!Pentagon NOT hit by a plane WTC 7 brought down by explosives Media in America is controlled A terrible pilot hits pentagon accounting office holding records of missing 3 trillion in oil for money scheme & missing 2.3 trillion in DOD expenses
Viner "DoYouHaveAFlag?" challenged me to come up with some "humorous" images. Well, let's see if I can meet her standards. May I continue Ms. Flag? A. Mac
Book: Rumsfeld Didn't Cut Weapons Programs Because Of 'His Own Financial Situation' | TPMMuckrakerSeveral Rumsfeld associates say the defense secretary didn't order any cuts of major weapons programs early in his tenure because of financial stakes he held in the defense business.
Whores on Terror: Never mind the waterboarding, what about the sodomy?Waterboarding. It's all we seem to discuss when comes to American torture. Whenever you see people discussing "enhanced interrogation" on your TV, chances are they'll be throwing around the same tired arguments, all revoling around waterboarding.
The CIA **CRUCIFIED** A Prisoner At Abu Ghraib. No criminal charges have ever been brought against any C.I.A. officer involved in the torture program, despite the fact that at least three prisoners interrogated by agency personnel died as the result of mistreatment. In the first case, an unnamed detainee under C.I.A.
Donald Rumsfeld in Repose -- Printout Donald Rumsfeld is laughing at us. Who has the last laugh remains to be seen. He is a war criminal plain and simple who will be indicted somewhere soon. Only an insane person taunts that. Sorry Don, you end up in the sewer of historical hell. Meet Lou Ci Pher.
Rumsfeld to 'face difficulties' over Guantanamo says UN expertFormer US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld could soon be in trouble for the role he played in human rights abuses committed in the Guantanamo prison, a United Nations expert said Wednesday.
McChrystal Pledges No TortureThe likely commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he "will strictly enforce" detainee treatment "consistent with" U.S. and international law.
The Bogus Torture Cover-upIn this report British sources indicate photos that are not being released include explicit sexual acts that involve prisoners and service people.
Cheney and Rumsfeld pressured CIA to mislead Congress in the 1970s, too"The first time Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld pressured the CIA to mislead Congress was in 1975 and 1976...
The 13 people who made torture possible | Salon NewsThe Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
Mancow Waterboarded, Admits It's Torture | NBC Chicago"It is way worse than I thought it would be, and that's no joke,"Mancow said, likening it to a time when he nearly drowned as a child.
I have always thought that 9/11 was a singularly planned act. I think that it took most of Bin Laden's resources to plan and execute his objectives on 9/11, and that there would be nothing like it for at least many years to come.
Rumsfeld was even worse than you thought Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is not a popular guy, and his tenure during the Bush administration isn't generally well-regarded.
Thank God for intelligent people who are enlightened enough to realize that organized religion is a corrupt "business," one that exploits God and the fantasy world of other human beings. Trouble is, there aren't enough of those intelligent people!
Cheney's Chief Assassin Is Now Obama's Commander in AfghanistanObama's appointment of General Stanley McChrystal reflects a grave new military escalation of his Afghanistan war.
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