Senate Neocons Provoke Iran Senate Neocons Provoke Iran
Listen up. Can you hear the drums beating for a third war? The neocons are in a bubbling rage over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia University. The pro-su...
Sep 25, 2007 / Ari Berman
A Homegrown Doomsday Scenario A Homegrown Doomsday Scenario
Late last month, the US Air Force transported a dozen cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The cargo, unbeknownst to ...
Sep 23, 2007 / Ari Berman
Democrats Stab MoveOn in the Back Democrats Stab MoveOn in the Back
Memo to Democrats: you control the Congress. That means you can decide what bills come to the floor for votes--and what don't. So why, in a week where Republicans blocked the resto...
Sep 21, 2007 / Ari Berman
Democrats Sizzle in Iowa Democrats Sizzle in Iowa
It felt a bit like Election Day in Iowa this weekend, as Democratic candidates at Senator Tom Harkin's Steak Fry served up appetizers of the campaign to come.
Sep 17, 2007 / Feature / Ari Berman
A War We Just Might Lose A War We Just Might Lose
Written by Matthew Blake: Back in July, support for the war in Iraq was at an all-time low, with prominent Republican Senators like Richard Lugar of Indiana and Pete Domenici of ...
Sep 13, 2007 / Ari Berman
Picking a New AG Picking a New AG
This email from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell just hit my inbox: "This Nation Needs A New Attorney General, And It Can't Afford To Wait." The subhead below read...
Sep 12, 2007 / Ari Berman
Spinning a False Exit Spinning a False Exit
All he did was say that by the summer of 2008, US troop levels in Iraq would be the same as in December 2006. Yet David Petraeus, ever the stoic general, sat before Congress and cl...
Sep 11, 2007 / Ari Berman
Questioning Petraeus’ Credibility Questioning Petraeus’ Credibility
In advance of General David Petraeus' testimony to the House of Representatives today, MoveOn.org is running a hard-hitting ad in the New York Times questioning his credibility. &...
Sep 10, 2007 / Ari Berman
No Plans To Leave Iraq No Plans To Leave Iraq
On his recent trip to Iraq, President Bush commented about the future of the US mission. "General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker tell me if the kind of success we are now see...
Sep 6, 2007 / Ari Berman
Not Waiting For Petraeus Not Waiting For Petraeus
What's left of the Republican Party in the Northeast is once again feeling anxious about the war in Iraq. They've been told over and over by party leaders to "wait until Septe...
Sep 5, 2007 / Ari Berman