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Say…Anyone out there really give a fuck? Really……Well here’s one member of your government who does. August 10, 2008 What do you care about? Your health? Your family? Your children? How about something that is affecting all those and in a decidedly negative way?

Casey on electrocution scandal Posted in News on July 30th, 2008 at 1:25 pm by Brian Scheid  U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s, D-Pa, made the opening remarks before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearing on the accidential electrocutions that is being blame in the deaths of at least 16 people.

by Deb Cupples | Wednesday, Henry Waxman's House Oversight Committee held a hearing about the seemingly shoddy electrical work in Iraq that seems to have led to 283 fires and the death of 16 U.S. soldiers since 2004: some soldiers were electrocuted in showers, some in swimming pools, some while washing military vehicles.

Oversight Hearing on Electrical Systems in Iraq July 30th, 2008 by Jesse Lee The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities in Iraq.” The hearing will examine electrical problems leading to the injuries and deaths of military personnel and the Department of Defense’s management and oversight of contractors.

The Color of Change is circulating an online petition calling upon the House Oversight Committee to hold a hearing into the death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson, whose violent death in Iraq was falsely deemed a suicide: Dear Congressman Waxman: I'm calling on you, as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to conduct a hearing into the death of Pfc.

Alan Grayson (Blue America, FL-08) is exactly the kind of Democrat that we need. Not a timid, cautious, capitulating, impeachment-off-the-table Democrat like the party leadership, but a don't-give-an-inch, take-no-prisoners, put-the-criminals-in-jail Democrat.

July 23, 2008 C-SPAN Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) chairs a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Department of Defense’s lack of oversight of contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gordon England, Dpty. Sec. of Defense, Gen. Benjamin Griffin, Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, and Gordon Heddell, Dept.

When it comes to Iraq, the surge is a great success, right? Well, according to Ayad Allawi, Iraq’s former prime minister, that depends on what you mean by “success”. In a briefing before members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday, Allawi answered questions from members of he subcommittee on international organizations, human rights, and oversight.

Armed Services Hearing on the Comptroller General’s Progress Report on Iraq July 23rd, 2008 by Jesse Lee The Armed Services Committee is currently holding a hearing, “On the Comptroller General’s progress report on Iraq.” Witnesses are Gene Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General of the United States,

Like many St. Louisans I was deeply touched by the story of Private First Class LaVena Johnson, who died as a result of a non-combat incident near Balad, Iraq. ’