Posted on October 18, 2007 by Chris
Outside the Beltway reported that Republican candidate Ron Paul has received more campaign contributions from military personnel than any other presidential candidate. Paul has received $63,440 in donations from retired and currently serving military personnel, and Democrat Barack Obama got $53,968, during the period from January through September 2008.
Open Secrets.org has a list of Ron [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2007 by Chris
On October 15, 2007, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 (H.R. 3835). This important piece of legislation would reverse many of the Constitutional abuses that have occurred over the past six years.
In the name of the “war on terror,” the Bush Administration and Congress have repeatedly abandoned Constitutional [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2007 by Chris
Twelve former army captains wrote a letter yesterday calling for the U.S. to leave Iraq. They described what they saw in Iraq as “widespread corruption and sectarian division,” and explained that conditions on the ground were “deplorable.”
The army captains proclaimed that “the U.S. military has been trying in vain to hold the country together,” [...]
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