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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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A Rash of Wife Killings at Fort Bragg Military Base: Three Veterans of the War in Afghanistan and Another Soldier Kill Their Wives in 6 Weeks
First it was Teresa Nieves, shot in the head by her husband two days after he returned from Afghanistan. Next came Jennifer Wright, mother of three, strangled in her bedroom. Then Andrea Floyd, shot in the head the same day she asked for a divorce. Then came Marilyn Griffin, stabbed 50 times and set on fire.
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After Two Decades of Ignoring the Convention On the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves An International Women’s Rights Treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved an international treaty that is intended to eliminate discrimination against women. The Democratic-controlled committee approved the treaty over the objections of the Bush administration.
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As Bush Signs Corporate Crime Bill, He Railroads Through a Trade Bill Which Will Bring the World’s Accounting Regulations to the Standards of Enron, and Pushes for Senate to Confirm the "Enron Judge"
It’s on the front page of the papers today: a photograph of President George W. Bush signing legislation he calls "the most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt."
