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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Monday, August 22, 2005
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Headlines
- U.S. Drafts Plans to Keep 100,000 Troops in Iraq Until 2009
- Anti-War Protests Grow In Crawford Texas
- Protests Planned for Bush Visit to Utah
- Utah TV Commercial Refuses to Air Cindy Sheehan Ad
- U.S. Backs Role of Islamic Law in New Iraqi Constitution
- Kurds Criticize U.S. Support for Islamist State
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Cindy’s Crawford: Camp Casey Continues to Grow Despite Sheehan’s Absence
Hundreds of supporters converged on Camp Casey outside Bush’s Crawford estate this weekend. Although Cindy Sheehan had to leave temporarily to care for her ailing mother, other military families delivered a letter to the gates of the presidential property. [includes rush transcript]
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Pro-Bush Demonstrators Mount "I Give a Sheet" Campaign
Bush supporters also made their way to Crawford this weekend. About fifty people delivered sheets with messages of support written on them, a local business-owner started a pro-Bush camp, motorcyclists rode past Crawford to show support for the president, and mainstream media commentators continued to attack Cindy Sheehan. [includes rush transcript]
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"If Bush Is Right, Martin Luther King Jr. Was Wrong"–Activist Rev. Peter Johnson Speaks at Camp Casey
We play a speech by longtime activist and former SCLC staffer, the Rev. Peter Johnson who says, "War is not the answer. Only love can conquer hate. If Bush is right, then Marvin [Gaye] was wrong. If Bush is right, then Mohandas Gandhi was wrong. If Bush is right, Henry David Thoreau was wrong. If Bush is right, Martin Luther King Jr. was wrong. If Bush is right, Jesus of Nazareth was wrong." [includes rush transcript]
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Mother of First Soldier from Georgia Killed in Iraq Also Demands to Speak with Bush
We speak with Patricia Roberts, her son Jamaal Addison was killed in Iraq in 2003. He was the first soldier from Georgia killed in Iraq. She says, "[Bush] goes about choosing which parents he talks to because I don’t know why I haven’t gotten the opportunity to talk to him." [includes rush transcript]
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Former Homeless Veteran Describes How Horrors of War Continues to Plague Soldiers at Home
We hear a speech by former homeless veteran Ed Boyd. He says, "When the parade ends, and the military person takes off that uniform, and the horrors of war are still deep within them, and they can’t get help because the Veterans Administration has got a $2 billion shortfall, they enter into a world of real terror, drug abuse, alcoholism, violence." [includes rush transcript]
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Military Wife Speaks Out on Eve of Husband’s Deployment
Tammara Rosenleaf came from Montana to join other military families at Camp Casey. Her husband is about to be deployed to Iraq. [includes rush transcript]
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Brother of First Pennsylvania National Guardsman Killed in Combat in 60 years Speaks at Camp Casey
We hear from Dante Zappala, whose brother, Sherwood Baker, was killed in Iraq in 2004. He was the first member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard to die in combat since 1945. [includes rush transcript]
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Mother of Soldier Serving in Iraq Calls Continued U.S. Troop Presence a "Moral Sin"
We hear a speech by Andrea Hackett speaking at Camp Casey. Her daughter just returned from serving in Iraq. She says, "Let’s make this a huge movement so that [Bush] has to either answer or go back to the White House and hide. We’ll meet him there on September 24th, though." [includes rush transcript]
