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Jon Michael Turner’s story of serving as a Marine in Iraq was documented here by a team of video journalists on behalf of The Washington Independent. Turner

Losing the people of Afghanistan will cost the United States the war, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said before a Senate panel Tuesday.

Public Policy Polling’s ongoing survey of American attitudes about presidential conspiracy theories continues with a fascinating look at the birther and

If there’s been one cardinal Bush administration tenet for negotiations, it’s been Not To Negotiate With Yourself. In practice, that’s meant presenting your

I didn’t get many specifics from Pentagon when I asked about alternatives to the soon-to-be-lost Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan for resupplying U.S. troops in

The clamor surrounding Obama’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg continues. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), took the "constant sore"

OK, so the Kyrgyz Parliament has kicked the U.S. military out of the Manas airbase logistics hub. It’s not over, do you understand? Do you get it? Nothing’s

As federal battles over medical marijuana across the country heat up, a statement from one federal agency may be a huge asset for medical marijuana dispensaries

For your viewing pleasure, Ana Marie Cox files her third video piece of the evning:

There may be nothing more disturbing than accidentally running into a broadcast of Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN. But there I was at the gym last night, captive to

A coalition of groups that oppose the building of the Keystone XL pipeline is calling on President Obama to remove the State Department from the process of deciding whether to approve the project.

Medicine Hat News reports on a speech Sarah Palin gave in Calgary (tickets as low as $150), where a folksy monologue took a shocking turn -- an admission about

A number of Republican presidential candidates are raising money for family policy councils, state-based religious-right groups affiliated with the Family

DES MOINES — Pastor Cary Gordon was sure many of the people who heard him speak last week at the west steps of the Capitol for the “Let Us Vote” rally thought the main reason they were there was to protest same-sex marriage.

Via Matt Welch at Reason, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has proposed an amendment to the jobs bill requiring that recipients of unemployment insurance or welfare

The election of Barack Obama and the increased push for energy independence have helped Congress make strides toward passing comprehensive climate change

Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) asked if U.S. troops will be able to enter Pakistan, the first headache of the morning for Gen. Stanley McChrystal. My

At this morning’s Senate hearing on the D.C. Voting Rights Act, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) were

Source: Gfpeck, Flickr Since American Crystal Sugar locked out union workers on Aug.

Sadly, I’m working on other things, but I’m listening to the livestream of an extremely powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing featuring

University of New Mexico administrators have issued a new permit for members of the “99 percent” movement to protest at Yale Park, which is on UNM’s campus.