Ari Berman

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Ari Berman is a former senior contributing writer for The Nation.

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

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