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Pressure Builds Over Gonzales, Rove

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At highly charged moments, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales can seem

placid, passive - at times, just plain out of it. In the summer of

2002, high-level Bush administration officials met to debate secretly

a delicate issue: how aggressively could the CIA interrogate terror

suspects? While the lawyers from Justice, Defense and the vice

president's office hotly debated definitions of torture (at times

discussing specific interrogation techniques), Gonzales, who was then

the White House counsel, sat by and said virtually nothing. The

attorney general's behavior was typical, say administration officials

who have worked with him.

Seven More American Troops Killed in Iraq

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The US military announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq,

including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western

Baghdad - the latest American casualties in a monthlong security

crackdown in the capital.

The Women's War

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Sara Corbett reports on the women veterans experiences of war, sexual

trauma during deployment, and post-combat mental health struggles.

Frank Rich | The Ides of March 2003

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Frank Rich writes, "Tomorrow night is the fourth anniversary of

President Bush's prime-time address declaring the start of Operation

Iraqi Freedom. In the broad sweep of history, four years is a

nanosecond, but in America, where memories are congenitally short,

it's an eternity. That's why a revisionist history of the White

House's rush to war, much of it written by its initial cheerleaders,

has already taken hold."

The Nation | Congress, End the War

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"Democrats should recognize that the time has come to use the full

power accorded Congress in time of war: the power of the purse. As

Senator Russ Feingold says, 'Some will claim that cutting off funding

for the war would endanger our brave troops on the ground. Not true.

The safety of our servicemen and women in Iraq is paramount, and we

can and should end funding for the war without putting our troops in

further danger,'" write the editors of The Nation.

Dean Baker | Productivity: Is the Boom Over?

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"While it may sound like an obscure detail for economics nerds, the

Department of Labor's latest data on productivity growth should be

causing a greater stir, because it is hugely important for the economy

and people's lives," says Dean Baker. "Productivity growth is the main

long-run determinant of living standards."

What to Do When Law and Politics Get Tangled?

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Former Attorney General John Ashcroft had a standard spiel for new US

attorneys: "You have to leave politics at the door to do this job

properly." Maintaining that independence, without fear of

repercussions, is the bedrock principle at stake in the controversy

over the firings of eight US attorneys.

VIDEO | Activists Announce Protests at Pentagon and on Campuses

By Geoffrey Millard, Lance Page and Scott Galindez

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On Saturday, March 17, anti-war activists from around the country will

gather near the Vietnam Memorial and march to the Pentagon. This event

comes 40 years after the historic march on the Pentagon which many

observers saw as a turning point in the movement against the Vietnam

War. Student organizers are also planning events on campuses around

the country between March 15 and 20.