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...some argue that this organization has just simply hijacked the old SDS name. "SDS in the 1960s was real; SDS in 2007 is a fraud," says Maurice Isserman, a professor of history at Hamilton College and a former SDSer at Reed College...
...example of how unhelpful the political conversation has become, workers laid out cots and pillows in a marble cloakroom on Capitol Hill as the Senate prepared for an all-night debate on another in a line of doomed-to-fail resolutions. Sponsored by Democratic Senators Carl Levin and Jack Reed, the measure called on the Administration to begin withdrawing the bulk of U.S. troops within 120 days and leave an unstated number behind to go after terrorists and protect the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Many Republicans might support such a plan in private if they did not feel that...
...Affairs. "Like every aspect of the war, they didn't plan for the veterans." His defenders point out that the VA, which cares for 5.8 million former military personnel, is not responsible for the problems faced by active duty soldiers. Nicholson frequently found himself on the defensive over Walter Reed's deficient outpatient program, even though the VA had no responsibility over the Army hospital...
...ultimately, it is control of the war that Democrats plan on spending all night tonight debating in a rare filibuster over an amendment sponsored by Levin and Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, that specifically dictates a timeline for starting to withdraw U.S. troops no later than 120 days after enactment and ending in April 2008. Democrats are holding the Senate in session throughout the night because Republicans are using a filibuster to prevent a simple majority from bringing the measure to a vote...
Salazar told me he may well vote for the primary Democratic amendment--sponsored by Carl Levin and Jack Reed--which would set a withdrawal timetable, and then vote for his own amendment as a fallback position when Levin-Reed fails. "You may be surprised by how many Democrats vote for Levin-Reed, then support our amendment," he said...