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Clinton, Kerry & Boxer Introduce Legislation Requiring Pentagon to Prepare for Iraq Redeployment Washington, DC – During a press conference this afternoon on Capitol Hill, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced legislation that would require the Pentagon to prepare a report and briefing for Congress on contingency planning for redeploying troops from Iraq. A transcript of Senator Clinton’s remarks is below: Senator Kerry and I and our co-sponsors for this legislation are here today because we believe strongly in the vital role that Congress has played throughout our history in holding administrations accountable...

Alarmed at the very idea that military recruiters can make direct appeals to high school students, a prominent anti-war academic is making some misleading statements of his own. “Recruiters promise cash bonuses, good salaries and benefits, job training, and money for college,” Scott Key, a faculty member at Fresno Pacific University writes in the summer 2006 issue of the magazine Rethinking Schools. “Some recruiters go further, promising enlistees excitement and travel, choice of jobs and locations, and anything else to convince someone to sign up.” “There are cases where recruiters promise enlistees that they will not have to go to...

Murtha's Okinawa answer embarrassed Democratic House members who would not dream of criticizing publicly the former back-room pol who became an icon to the party's antiwar base last November by calling for an immediate troop withdrawal. His performance on ''Meet the Press'' reinforced dismay inside the party that Murtha, at age 74, has announced his candidacy for majority leader if the Democrats regain control of the House. Murtha proves there are second acts in American politics. I had forgotten that federal prosecutors designated him an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam investigation 26 years ago. I was reminded of it after...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military investigators probing the deaths last November of about two dozen Iraqi civilians have evidence that points toward unprovoked murders by Marines, a senior defense official said Friday. The Marine Corps initially reported 15 deaths and said they were caused by a roadside bomb and an ensuing firefight with insurgents. A separate investigation is aimed at determining if Marines lied to cover up the events, which included the deaths of women and children. If confirmed as unjustified killings, the episode could be the most serious case of criminal misconduct by U.S. troops during three years of combat...