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<title>Greg Mitchell: My Friend&#x27;s Son Killed in Iraq...by Contractors?</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/greg-mitchell-my-friends-son-killed-in-iraq___by-contractors</link>
<description>5/4/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/my-friends-son-killed-in_b_100030.html.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:51:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Congress eyes dramatic expansion of GI bill</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/congress-eyes-dramatic-expansion-of-gi-bill</link>
<description>5/14/2008. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvWovlqUaqkZ_IuMvNikChKnb0uwD90K6850A. Congress eyes dramatic expansion of GI bill . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:17:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Subcontractor Cuts Ties to Blackwater</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/subcontractor-cuts-ties-to-blackwater</link>
<description>4/29/2008. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/29/subcontractor-cuts-ties-to-blackwater/. The owner of a California shooting range who trained military personnel for  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:56:33 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Torture Subpoenas?</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/torture-subpoenas2</link>
<description>4/28/2008. http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/04/8084_torture_subpoen.html. John  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:59:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bush Undermines EPA Ruling on Cancer Risks</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/bush-undermines-epa-ruling-on-cancer-risks</link>
<description>4/28/2008. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_go_ot/epa_chemical_risks.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:02:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Fortune Brainstorm Green: Bringing &#x27;Think Vehicles&#x27; To the U.S. T</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/fortune-brainstorm-green-bringing-think-vehicles-to-the-u_s_-t</link>
<description>4/21/2008. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/4/21/85122/8375?source=rss. Ray Lane, the managing partner of  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:03:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Guide to A NYT Bombshell</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/guide-to-a-nyt-bombshell</link>
<description>4/20/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/a-guide-to-nyt-bombshell_b_97624.html. By now you have probably heard about what might be the mainstream news article in recent weeks, the front-page David Barstow epic in today&#x27;s New York Times . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:58:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Simple Arithmetic of Republican Failure</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/the-simple-arithmetic-of-republican-failure</link>
<description>4/20/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fiderer/the-simple-arithmetic-of_b_97655.html. Andrea Mitchell made a feeble attempt to cut through John McCain&#x27;s doublespeak.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:52:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Torture Sessions</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/the-torture-sessions</link>
<description>4/20/2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/opinion/20sun1.html?_r=2&#x26;ex=1366430400&#x26;en=471e9e9e5896ec2d&#x26;ei=5088&#x26;partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss&#x26;oref=slogin&#x26;oref=slogin. Editorial  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:00:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Hey Populism, Why the Bad Rap?</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/hey-populism-why-the-bad-rap</link>
<description>4/18/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/newsflash-populism-is-pop_b_97290.html. Whenever pundits and political elites express surprise at the power . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Failure of Reaganomics: If You&#x27;re NOT Bitter, You&#x27;re Not Paying Attention</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/the-failure-of-reaganomics-if-youre-not-bitter-youre-not-paying-attention</link>
<description>4/17/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-lyon/if-youre-not-angry-and-bi_b_96829.html.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:09:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>1 in 5 Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans Experience A Form of Mental or Emotional Distress</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/1-in-5-iraq/afghanistan-veterans-experience-a-form-of-mental-or-emotional-distress</link>
<description>4/17/2008. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR80fyXWKdH2cTZVmwWBL45MVpbQD903M76O0. 300,000 vets have mental problem, 320,000 had brain injuries . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:19:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>McCain&#x27;s &#x201C;Gas Tax Holiday&#x201D; Exacerbates an Already Destructive Policy of Consumption</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/mccains-gas-tax-holiday-exacerbates-an-already-destructive-policy-of-consumption</link>
<description>4/16/2008. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/4/15/203738/232. Surge II . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:29:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bush&#x27;s Noncommittal Speech on the Climate Change Strategy Sends Environmentalist Community Reeling</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/bushs-noncommittal-speech-on-the-climate-change-strategy-sends-environmentalist-community-reeling2</link>
<description>4/16/2008. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/4/16/105612/331.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:13:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bush&#x27;s Noncommittal Environment Speech Provokes Backlash from Environmentalist Community</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/bushs-noncommittal-environment-speech-provokes-backlash-from-environmentalist-community</link>
<description>4/16/2008. http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/04/16/earth-to-bush/. President Bush just delivered his Rose Garden global warming speech: . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:12:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Is Gas Tax Regressive? Can Progressives Support it?</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/is-gas-tax-regressive-can-progressives-support-it</link>
<description>4/16/2008. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/4/15/135011/527.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:14:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Why Wall Street Socialism Will Fail</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/why-wall-street-socialism-will-fail</link>
<description>4/15/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-phillips/why-wall-street-socialism_b_96772.html. Socialism, we are told, is the naivet&#x26;eacute; of youth, and a fallacious . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:06:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Tax-Code Social Policy</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/tax-code-social-policy</link>
<description>4/15/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beth-shulman/tax-code-social-policy_b_96989.html.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:10:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>White House Officials Call Contractor Accountability Loophole &#x22;A Drafting Error&#x22;</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/white-house-officials-call-contractor-accountability-loophole-a-drafting-error</link>
<description>4/15/2008. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/todays_must_read_317.php. Today&#x27;s Must Read . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:17:04 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Foreclosure Prevention Act: Homebuilders Leverage their Lobbyist Ties to Congress</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/foreclosure-prevention-act-homebuilders-leverage-their-lobbyist-ties-to-congress</link>
<description>4/13/2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roy-ulrich/you-get-what-you-pay-for_b_96393.html. The centerpiece of the bipartisan Foreclosure Prevention Act, passed . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:26:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Health Care Horror Stories</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/health-care-horror-stories</link>
<description>4/11/2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/opinion/11krugman.html?_r=1&#x26;ex=1365652800&#x26;en=14fdbe493fb80e46&#x26;ei=5088&#x26;partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss&#x26;oref=slogin. Op-Ed Columnist  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:32:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Racial and Economic Factors Contribute to Health Disparities</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/racial-and-economic-factors-contribute-to-health-disparities</link>
<description>4/11/2008. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/health_disparities.html.   Neighborhood Realities: Media Focus on Poverty, Race, and Health    . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:16:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>McCain: Afghanistan Not in Trouble Due to Distractions in Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/mccain-afghanistan-not-in-trouble-due-to-distractions-in-iraq</link>
<description>4/10/2008. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/10/mccan-the-view-diversion/. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on ABC&#x26;rsquo;s The View this morning. He discussed his &#x26;ldquo;mistake&#x26;rdquo; . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Economists Say U.S. Has Not Yet Hit Bottom</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/economists-say-u_s_-has-not-yet-hit-bottom</link>
<description>4/10/2008. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120776362649702195.html?mod=todays_us_page_one. U.S. Economy Hasn&#x27;t   . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:23:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Water makes US troops in Iraq sick</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/water-makes-us-troops-in-iraq-sick</link>
<description>3/9/2008. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_contaminated_water;_ylt=AmkvwtLgsYTuRoRBZblNRWqs0NUE. WASHINGTON - Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:16:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>KBR Found to be Skirting Tax Payments from Employee Salaries</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/kbr-found-to-be-skirting-tax-payments-from-employee-salaries</link>
<description>3/6/2008. http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2008/03/06/top_iraq_contractor_skirts_us_taxes_offshore/. CAYMAN ISLANDS  - Kellogg Brown &#x26;amp; Root, the nation&#x27;s top Iraq war contractor and until last year a subsidiary of Halliburton . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:39:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bringing Everyone to the Table: Climate Change, Developing Countries and Global Trade</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/bringing-everyone-to-the-table-climate-change-developing-countries-and-global-trade</link>
<description>3/5/2008. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/03/climate_trade.html. Success or failure in any effort to effectively confront global . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:01:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>House Creates New Ethics Panel</title>
<link>http://www.progressivefuture.org/media-center/news-we-can-use/house-creates-new-ethics-panel</link>
<description>3/12/2008. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102795.html?nav=rss_politics.  . . .</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:29:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Fortune Brainstorm Green: Bringing </title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:01:39 -0500</pubDate>
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