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by Adam Doster
11:04am
Mon Apr 14, 2008

"Skin In The Game"

Rahm Emanuel

"On a day when oil hit $112 a barrel for the first time, lawmakers said that energy-rich Iraq should be footing more of its own bills. 'We've put about $45 billion into Iraq's reconstruction . . . and they have not spent their own resources. They have got to have ...

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by Josh Kalven
12:57pm
Sat Mar 29, 2008

In Radio Address, Foster Makes Economic Argument Against War

Congress

In a Democratic radio address that aired nationally this morning, Rep. Bill Foster touched on a variety of issues. Most notably, he took a cue from Barack Obama and made an economic argument against continuing the Iraq war:

Democrats have a plan to extend essential ...

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by Mose Buchele
5:39pm
Thu Mar 20, 2008

The Anti War Movement, Five Years Later

Iraq

The Chicago Police Department estimated that 2,500 people gathered in downtown Chicago yesterday evening to march against the United States' five-year occupation of Iraq. Other observers said the number of protestors was ultimately much higher. Regardless of how many came out ...

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by Adam Doster
12:51pm
Wed Mar 19, 2008
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FLASHBACK: Chicago Editorial Boards On Invading Iraq

Chicago Tribune

Today, the editorial boards of Chicago's two major newspapers chose to ignore the five-year anniversary of our invasion into Iraq. Considering the cover their pages offered the Bush Administration in the run-up to the war, we at Progress Illinois find that silence discouraging...

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by Adam Doster
12:41pm
Mon Mar 17, 2008

Illinois In Iraq - Five Years Later

Iraq

On March 19, 2003, from the basement of the White House, President Bush gave the "execute order" to begin Operation Iraqi Freedom, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Five years later, the Middle Eastern nation is in the throes of a civil war with no political solution ...