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Obama is 11 for 11 and the Texas primary could put him over the top . MoveOn members will gather in living rooms across the country on March 2nd to call Texans and remind them to get out and vote (www.moveon.org/)
Over 400,000 people have signed a petition asking the superdelegates to let voters decide if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton is our nominee for president. We ran an ad in USA Today to be sure they got the message . (www.moveon.org/)
Senator John McCain will be the Republican nominee for President. It's time to look closely at his record. VoteVets.org produced a memo that shows he's not a maverick on the war he's President Bush's best ally (www.moveon.org/)
The economy’s in the tank and President Bush still continues to dump billions a week into a failed occupation in Iraq. That money could be spent to help folks who’re losing their jobs and homes because of the recession (www.moveon.org/)
We won't let the radical right frame public debate in this crucial election year. Operation Democracy, our on-the-ground volunteer network , is fighting back hard. Donate to Operation Democracy now and get a free subscription to Mother Jones magazin (www.moveon.org/)
MoveOn.org Civic Action is a 501(c)(4) organization which primarily focuses on nonpartisan education and advocacy on important national issues. MoveOn.org Political Action is a federal political committee which primarily helps members elect candidates who reflect our values through a variety of activities aimed at influencing the outcome of the next election . MoveOn.org Political Action and MoveOn.org Civic Action are separate organizations. (www.moveon.org/)
Feb 22nd, 2008 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Scattered battles in the war -torn jungles of northern Sri Lanka killed 20 separatist guerrillas and a soldier , the military said Friday, while the rebels accused the government of killing eight civilians in an airstrike. (www.salon.com....civil_war/)
"I feel at great pain when the spotlight is on the death of 4,000 American soldiers, while 600,000 Iraqi deaths are ignored," she said. "War is not a movie, it is a tragedy of dead bodies , victims, the disabled, orphans, widows and the displaced. (www.nydailynews.com....icy_i.html)
It's no secret that the U.S .military has done a crummy job at fight the information war since 2001. But there are signs that the armed forces are learning, at least. Slowly, yes, but surely (blog.wired.com..../info_war/)
In a Small Wars Journal blog post, Caldwell says that, in a struggle where perception is often as important as bombs-and-bullets conflict, soldiers ought to be encouraged and equipped to wage that information war on their own . And that means get[ting] onto blogs and [s]end[ing] their YouTube videos to their friends andfamily (blog.wired.com..../info_war/)
* How are you going to deal with the fact that cyber war would be fought on private property (AT T, Verizon and others own the battlespace) and not the territory of a sovereign state (blog.wired.com..../info_war/)
Much of the Xbox 360's first year success was dependent on Epic's Gears of War . It proved much more than just substitute until Halo 3 arrived and really showed the gaming quality that the console could deliver. In fact, many still favour Marcus Fenix over Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 (www.reghardware.co.uk....2_release/)
Details of the Gears of War sequel are sketchy, and no screen shots are available as yet. However, according to US magazine Gamepro , in addition to the mandatory graphic boost, the most significant improvements will be in the multiplayer mode, with the possibility of four-player co-op, a better matchmaking system, more game modes and better ranking (www.reghardware.co.uk....2_release/)
"The Israelis are definitely threatening a war," Nasrallah told tens of thousands of supporters gathered in southern Beirut for a memorial for Mughniyeh and two Hezbollah leaders killed in the 1980s and 1990s (www.nydailynews.com....bolla.html)
At least in the last months of the war there has been post after post about how Bluray has already won and HD-DVD is doomed. How many times did you pronounce it dead now (www.engadget.com....ormat-war/)
Believing that one is waging paramount war against the most evil enemy ever is a garden-variety psychological need, not a political or ideological convictio (www.salon.com....srael_war/)
After reading the entire article, which we'll look at later this week, you can tell that Roe attempts to put the hopes of post-war America into perspective and let people know that we may not be headed for a push-button future after al (www.paleofuture.com....-1942.html)
There is a concept rattling around the blogosphere that Sony57;s victory over Toshiba in the war to define the high-definition video disc format is moot because soon people will be downloading high-definition videos rather than buying them on discs (bits.blogs.nytimes.com....s-the-war/)
It is very hard to make the BD case when you think of it that way unless the price point is the same as DVD57;s. Copy protection is already broken for BD and no matter what they do they will always loose that battle and war (bits.blogs.nytimes.com....s-the-war/)
Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil. War exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself. So President James K. Polk said in his message to Congress in May 1846 (www.britannica.com....erican-War)
AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA have announced flat-rate plans for unlimited calls in the United States, raising the possibility of a price war (www.news.com....tag=cd.top)
Rock Island serves as a center for the probe of war profiteering because Army brass at the arsenal here administer KBR's so-called LOGCAP III contract to feed, shelter and support U.S. soldiers, and to help restore Iraq's oil infrastructure (www.chicagotribune.com....full.story)
Blenheim, battle of major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession (see Spanish Succession, War of the ), fought on Aug. 13, 1704, at the village of Blenheim, near Höchstädt, Bavaria. Responding to appeals from Vienna , which was threatened by French and Bavarian forces, the English commander, John. (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Devolution, War of 1667-68, undertaken by Louis XIV for the conquest of the Spanish Netherlands . On her marriage to Louis, Marie Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV of Spain, had renounced her rights of inheritance in (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Fehrbellin, battle of 1675. Allied with France in the third Dutch War, King Charles XI of Sweden invaded Brandenburg but was defeated near the town of Fehrbellin, 35 mi (56 km) NW of Berlin , by the forces of Frederick (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Finnish-Russian War 1939-40, war between Finland and the Soviet Union. After World War II broke out in Sept., 1939, the USSR, never on cordial terms with Finland , took advantage of its nonaggression pact (Aug., 1939). (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-71, conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism. It was provoked by Otto von Bismarck (the Prussian chancellor) as part of his plan to. (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Navarino, battle of 1827, naval battle resulting from the intervention of the European powers in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire (Turkey ). England, France , and Russia had demanded an armistice. (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Quebec Conference name of two meetings held in Quebec , Canada, in World War II. The first meeting (Aug., 1943) was attended by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Ramillies, battle of fought May 23, 1706, near the village of Ramillies-Offus, Walloon Brabant prov., Belgium , 12 mi (19 km) S of Tienen, in the War of the Spanish Succession. Here, in one of his most brilliant (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Salonica campaigns In the summer of 1915, Bulgaria entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers; in September , Bulgaria attacked Serbia. An Allied expeditionary force that landed at Salonica in an effort to (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
Verdun, battle of the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I. Two million men were engaged. It began on Feb. 21, 1916, when the Germans, commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William, launched a massive offensive against Verdun, an awkward salient in the. (www.encyclopedia.com....e/war.html)
The freedom to drive fast in a powerful car is fundamental to the mystique that auto makers use to sell cars. Now, as if the auto industry didn't have enough trouble , come more signs of a looming war on horsepower and speed (finance.yahoo.com....orsepower?)
T he war memorials of Calverley parish have been transcribed and many names appearing on them have been researched to present a fuller picture. With the memorials of two world wars for Pudsey, Greengates, Calverley, Stanningley, Idle and Farsley is the lesser known memorial to the men of Farsley who died in the South African war of 1899-1902 (www.calverley.i....r_menu.htm)
The Civil War was an economic war over slavery, not a moral war against slavery. Paul has it right in criticizing Lincoln because he was, in a sense, a tyrant and a hypocrite (as he and his wife owned slaves themselves) (news.aol.com....civil-war/)
Afghanistan risks sliding into a failed state and becoming the forgotten war because of deteriorating international support and a growing violent insurgency, according to an independent study: (blog.wired.com....ar_update/)
It was a bit expensive, but found it very interesting. The war rooms themselves were okay but hte museum was well laid out and informative. I spent about 2 hours there. mor (www.tripadvisor.com....gland.html)
Liquidassets set aside by a company that is planning a takeover of another company orplanning its defense against an unwanted takeover. Typically, market talk mayrefer to an acquisition target as having a large war chest, meaning that thecompany will be expensive to takeover (www.yourdiction..../war-chest)
The Forgotten War series editor is Alisa Barba. Series producer is Marisa Penaloza. Producers are Steve Drummond, Anne Hawke, Didi Schanche and Amy Walters (www.npr.org....7.war.html)
Searching World War I draft cards is significantly easierthan before thanks to the online index at Ancestry.com . This isparticularly true for those whose ancestors were urban dwellers or incases where the residence is not known (www.rootdig.com....war_i.html)
Line troops often donât have the time for Internet access. And when they do get it, itâs e-mails from home theyâre reading. But when it comes to a pullout, our Iraq war correspondent finds that most American military officers want to stay and rebuild (www.popularmechanics.com...._war_news/)
I thought that the country of Luxembourg was good for World War II museums (site of the Battle of the Bulge), and there is also the American cemetary in Hamm near Luxembourg City where Gemeral Patton was buried if you happen to be American. (www.tripadvisor.com....rmany.html)
I believe that Remagen also has a war museum, as that was where the bridge wasn't completely destroyed and the Allies made their first crossing of the Rhine there. (www.tripadvisor.com....rmany.html)
For Confederate army soldiers, there are two major records in NARA that provide information on military service: (1) compiled military service record (CMSR) and (2) records reproduced in microfilm publication M861, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations (74 rolls) . Records relating to Confederate soldiers are typically less complete than those relating to Union soldiers because many Confederate records did not survive the war (www.archives.gov....civil-war/)
Researchers should visit public libraries to find books and periodicals about Civil War battles,strategies, uniforms, and the political and social context of the times. Useful publicationsinclude (www.archives.gov....civil-war/)
Periodicals such as Civil War History , Civil War Times Illustrated , and Blueand Gray are also informative. These magazines are often found in publiclibraries (www.archives.gov....civil-war/)
Some Union CMSRs, notably for Colorado, that specifically record presence at a battle. Such information was recorded during the war -although how this was done is unknown (www.archives.gov....civil-war/)
Some Confederate CMSRs, notably for Louisiana, Mississippi, and some Alabama units,that include a list of battles at which the soldier was present. These lists were drawn up duringthe war, but the procedure by which this was done is unknown. (www.archives.gov....civil-war/)
Some National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regional facilities have selected microfilmed Civil War compiled military service records and other microfilmedmilitary records; call to verify their availabilit (www.archives.gov....civil-war/)
Many articles about the Civil War era and its records have beenpublished in Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives , which is available for $16 for anannual subscription (4 issues per year). Back issues of Prologue are frequently available on microfilm at publicand university libraries. The following is a chronological list of articles about the Civil Warpublished from 1988 through 2003: (www.archives.gov....civil-war/)
Chafee was the sole Republican senator to vote against the 2002 congressional resolution authorizing the Iraq war, which would naturally tilt him toward Obama (who, in case your haven't heard, opposed that measure from his then-perch as a state senator in Illinois (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
As part of his full-throated support for Obama, Kennedy praised Obama for opposing the war in Iraq before it started, at a time, the Massachusetts senator noted, when not many politicians were willing to do so. And then he added: Let no one deny that truth. (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
Camp Clinton, while not disputing Obama's early stance against the war , has questioned his consistency on the issue. Most well-publicized was Bill Clinton's fairy tale characterization of Obama's depiction of himself as a sustained war opponent. Kennedy's truth remark has to be seen as a rebuttal to tha (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
Perhaps Bill Clinton himself will provide the coda to the flap he sparked this week when, during a speech for his wife in Iowa, he asserted that he opposed the Iraq war from the beginning. (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
In case anyone missed the point, the Post today reported that, according to an ex-aide to Condoleezza Rice, Clinton was privately briefed by top White House officials about war planning in 2003 and that he told them he supported the invasion . (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
Sophia really knows her stuff. She favors Barack Obama because of his Iraq war stance and he also likes SpongeBob SquarePants . She thinks people ought to be able to vote at any age if they are well-informed about politic (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
Our purpose, of course, is to promote a democracy in Pakistan, and at the same time as a valuable ally in fighting the extremists , who have tried to kill President Musharraf three or four times. He understands the stakes of the war , and I do believe he understands the importance of democracy (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
But for most of the country, Pew finds , the war is drawing less interest as well as less media coverage, which may well be linked. Additionally, much of the war news that does appear is much more encouraging about allied successes on the ground and diminished monthly casualties (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
There's an interesting mention here about John Edwards picking up another brick to hurl at frontrunner Hillary Clinton . He's already gone after her on her vote to declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, and her position on ending the Iraq wa (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
Romney went on to add, It's my personal belief that having someone like John Edwards , a senator, who goes out and communicates that there is no global war on terror - that it's just a Bush bumper sticker - I think that is a position that is not consistent with the facts. (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and others seized on that and demanded an apology because Limbaugh was allegedly impugning the patriotism of war critics, which exposed the comment to many people who'd never heard it in the first place (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
World War III was all over the news and the late-night talk shows. And was kind of scary. Talk of world war in an age of nuclear weapons, terrorism and rogue nations has a way of doing that (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
There was an interesting scene on the Iowa campaign trail late today with Hillary Clinton resisting yet again the temptation for the easiest way out on the Iraq war, to follow some of her Democratic competitors and promise a quick exit. It wasn't a dramatic moment. But it was revealing (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
The New York senator went on for another 10 minutes or so on other familiar campaign themes. And they loved her. All except for that war reality-check stuff (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
The freshman senator's campaign has cited his early war opposition as proof that wisdom (his) trumps experience Hillary Clinton's, John Edwards' , Bill Richardson 's , et al). (latimesblogs.latimes.com..../iraq_war/)
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