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Gossip bloggers fix federal budget simply by reversing everything Bush

The New York Times on Sunday ran a do-it-yourself federal budget piece, where readers could pick and choose to slash and save items from...

U.S. sending traumatized troops back again and again to war

ALBUQUERQUE-- Searching to describe his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, Joseph Callan paused, his gaze momentarily distant.

“I see dead people,” he said, scoffing. “In crowds, I’ll think, ‘that’s Howzer!’ or somebody else,” the former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant explained. “I know they’re dead. I saw them dead. But I feel compelled to confirm it’s not them, to see them from another angle. So I’m ducking through a crowd to get another look at them and it’s always just some random (person).”

The deficit is more than just a 2010 campaign issue

Lawmakers, including Republicans who have been in Washington for decades, are extremely concerned this year with the nation's budget deficit. Part of that concern...

Government still throwing vast taxpayer sums at Blackwater

It’s like they’re in a strip club, according to Jeff Stein: The Central Intelligence Agency has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known...

With foreign policy statement, Norton stakes out position on far right

U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton is pushing controversial positions on terrorism and the war in Afghanistan in a foreign-policy statement posted at her website....

CNN on ambivalence of US withdrawal from Iraqi cities

CNN's Michael Ware weighs in from Baghdad on the feeling there as U.S. troops begin pulling out of the country's cities according to an agreement reached with the government in Baghdad. "It's a really mixed bag," he says. Ware's face and voice and reaching descriptions actually describe the ambivalence he's reporting really well.

Why Bob Schaffer’s Iraq oil deal matters

I continue to be amazed that former Colorado Congressman Bob Schaffer, who is currently running for the U.S. Senate, fails to recognize that his actions and those of his most recent employer, Aspect Energy, undermined US policy in Iraq. The facts speak for themselves.

Celebration Brings Stories of Refugees’ Travails to DU Audience

Events organized by the African Community Center draw crowds of local residents curious about the culture and customs of resettled refugees.For the African Community...

Harber Goes to Iraq; Invites Colorado Confidential Readers to Submit Questions...

Under a special arrangement with "The Aaron Harber Show" and KBDI-TV Channel 12, Colorado Confidential readers are invited to submit questions to Aaron Harber...

Gov. Ritter Checks Out of Iraq

After a weeklong series of U.S. Middle East policy briefings and a trip to Iraq, Gov. Bill Ritter is returning home to Colorado....