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Iraq General Proposes Troop Reductions; Democrats Call Plan A Political Move
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535073/20060626/index.jhtml?headlines=true
With election-year issues such as flag burning, gay marriage — and the latest addition to the team, immigration — gaining momentum in advance of this November's midterm congressional elections, Democrats charged Monday that Republicans are planning to steal a page from their playbook and add troop reductions in Iraq to the list. Just days after a pair of Democratic initiatives to begin a troop withdrawal went down in fiery defeat in the Senate (see "Senate Rejects Call For Withdrawal From Iraq; Cheney Slams Democrats"), Democrats were fuming Monday (June 26) over The New York Times reports that General George W. Casey, the top military commander in Iraq, met privately with President Bush on Friday and proposed a gradual drawdown of troops that could begin this fall. Their source of anger was word that the proposal was similar to one of the defeated Democratic plans offered up on Thursday, which Republicans had publicly assailed as an attempt to "cut and run" or set an artificial timetable for withdrawal.
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John Robert's lies to mount an attack on The New York Times and their reporting of the Casey Draw Down. The Levin Amendment completely reflects flexibility in troop withdrawals.
Reid: Bush Republicans Stand Alone on Iraq
6/26/2006 3:22:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both of the Office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid
WASHINGTON, June 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today delivered the following remarks on the Floor of the U.S. Senate, calling on Bush Republicans to put aside their partisan slogans on Iraq to support a real plan for the future. Democrats, America's generals, and Iraq's government are united behind the need for change in Iraq, and it is time for Bush Republicans to explain why they are standing alone behind a failed policy, said Reid.
The text of Senator Reid's remarks, as prepared, is below.
Mr. President, here is the lead sentence from an article in yesterday's New York Times. It ran under the headline of "U.S. General in Iraq Outlines Troop Cuts." Quote:
"The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September, American officials say."
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=68270
CNN's focus is to invalidate the truth.
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Gerald Ford namesake of new aircraft carrier in Senate amendment
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060615/UPDATE01/60615006
Kakie UrchThe Desert Sun
June 15, 2006
June 15, 2006
WASHINGTON – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday joined Armed Services Chairman John Warner, R-Va., in introducing an amendment to name the CVN-78 aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Gerald Ford.
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Rebuilding New Orleans
Tent cities are being addressed. These tent cities in New Orleans reflects the Public Housing. There are a lot of problems when a complete city is destroyed and it ain't all traffic lights either. These problems were never solved by FEMA. Tent cities should never have been a necessity. There should be FEMA trailers for all those displaced.
6/22 New Orleans shows a glimmer of hope through Public Housing residents, Common Ground and Music
By Diane Greene Lent
See more photos at dianelent.com. I returned to New Orleans June 2-6, 2006 to photograph the rebuilding. The tent city went up in front of St. Bernard Housing Project. I toured Common Ground sites and heard a lot of great music. I had been previously, in March and things seemed pretty grim, but this time I left with hope. The people are demanding their right of return. The musicians are back and playing all over the place and making it New Orleans.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/06/71842.shtml
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New Orleans mayor sees rebuilding plan by year-end
Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:37pm ET
By Peter Henderson
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans may take until the end of the year to develop rebuilding plans for all the neighborhoods of the storm-savaged city, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Monday, dismissing criticism that the process is dragging.
Hurricane Katrina flooded 80 percent of the city last August, soaking tens of thousands of houses in fetid water for weeks. The disaster left residents uncertain where to rebuild, yet also gave the city a chance to reshape itself.
Even 10 months later, many areas of the city are still cleaning up rather than rebuilding, with only isolated signs of construction in hard-hit areas full of empty houses.
Nagin described a neighborhood planning process led by the city council -- a process slowed due to funding problems earlier in the year -- while critics have said the mayor should develop a vision for the entire city that would act as a framework for citizens in different areas.
"At the latest before the end of the year we should have every neighborhood pretty well done. But the key neighborhoods that were most devastated, they are on track, and some of them are 80 percent done with their planning process," he said.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-06-27T003737Z_01_N26455767_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-HURRICANES-REBUILDING.xml&archived=False
The rebuilding of New Orleans regardless of funding will take time especially since there has no focus to the return of the wetlands vigorously.
The descension that accompanies the focuses on invalidating 'the truth' is simply amazing. And they say others have problems, when the propaganda suits them. The decension is a distraction all by itself. It is a hope of 'returning' influence to the Republicans whom are grappling with their lies, cronies and corruption. I can understand why Nagin stated he doesn't know where people are stating he doesn't have a plan. This is in "The Times Picayune." Don't ask me. I don't 'get it.' Are these '100 day plans' as Nagin promised during his re-election bid purely being measured according to 'actual' physical progress? Plans don't necessarily take the same meaning as 'construction.'
Nagin plans to reorganize local government
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http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2006_06_26.html#155348
By James Varney Staff writer Offering a sneak preview of his second-term administration, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Monday that he plans to reorganize local government to better respond to the city’s post-Katrina needs. Nagin did not provide concrete details of his plans during a meeting at The Times-Picayune. But he outlined a three-pronged attack that he hopes will help his administration better manage the massive cleanup and redevelopment tasks the city will face in the next four years. The mayor said he plans to combine housing, economic development and planning under one organizational umbrella. In addition, he said he will create an Office of Recovery to tackle tasks related specifically to the disaster, while his Chief Administrative Officer Brenda Hatfield focuses on day-to-day governmental tasks.
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