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AP photo / Brennan Linsley
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The legacy of terror trials at Guantanamo Bay has potentially come to an end, as a judge has dropped the charges for the last case at the naval base in accord with President Obama’s executive order to halt all court proceedings there.
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George Bush has dealt with the failure of his “stay the course” strategy by pretending it never existed, but will other candidates who once abused the phrase follow suit? And will the media hold them accountable?
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The Washington Post delivers a blistering analysis of Bush & Co.‘s attempts to erase from the nation’s memory a phrase now synonymous with head-in-the-sand stupidity.
Earlier: Watch Bush try to pull the wool over Stephanopoulos’ eyes
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UPDATE: Check out a better video version
The president is rewriting history again, this time on ABC’s “This Week,” where he told George Stephanopoulos: “Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been ‘stay the course,’ George. We have been—we will complete the mission….” (Video & Transcript)
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From the N.Y. Times
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In stark contrast to the 2002 and 2004 campaigns, Democrats in races all over the country are now pummeling their GOP opponents for advocating a “stay the course” stance in the failed Iraq war. Karl Rove’s strategy of trying to turn a weakness into a strength is backfiring big-time.
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Guantanamo Prisoner’s Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions
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