BTL: Bush Vetoes Torture Bill; Winter Soldier Hearings; Nader VP Running Mate : AZ IMC

BTL: Bush Vetoes Torture Bill; Winter Soldier Hearings; Nader VP Running Mate

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THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 21, 2008

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1) Bush Vetoes Bill Banning Torture Interview with former CIA analyst Mel Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, conducted by Scott Harris

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http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/goodman032108.ram

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2) Iraq, Afghan Vets Testify on Realities of War at Winter Soldier Hearings Interview with Geoff Millard, Washington D.C. chapter president of Iraq Veterans Against the War, conducted by Scott Harris

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http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/millard032108.ram

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3) Nader Vice Presidential Running Mate, Matt Gonzalez, Advocates Electoral Reform Interview with Matt Gonzalez, Ralph Nader's vice presidential running mate, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/gonzalez032108.ram

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4) This week's summaryof under-reported news
Compiled by Bob Nixon

* After the militant Islamic party, Hamas, won the 2006 Palestinian election, the Bush administration orchestrated a counter-offensive to force Hamas out of the Palestinian government.

* A former KGB agent turned Russian arms trafficker, was arrested in Thailand by investigators posing as buyers from the Colombian guerilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

*The number of homeless in New Orleans has doubled since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city. The bulk of 52,000 rental housing units destroyed have not been replaced, and hundreds of liveable units of public housing have been destroyed.

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