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For those who want to know: Reliable information on health, energy, media, war, elections, 9/11, more. Project Censored - Media Democracy in Action. OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting. The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises. Promises we’ve rated recently Develop a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy The Promise: "Barack Obama and Joe Biden will ensure that his administration develops a Cyber Security Strategy that ensures that we have the ability to identify our attackers and a plan for how to respond that will be measured but effective. " Update March 21st, 2014: Progress on a framework, but trust shattered by Snowden revelations >> More Double American exports over the next five years "President Obama set a goal to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016 and is working to double American exports over the next five years by promoting U.S. goods and removing trade barriers, expanding access to credit, and promoting strong growth.

" Update March 6th, 2014: Since he made this promise in 2012, exports aren't on a pace to double >> More Create a new trade enforcement unit that will address China's trade practices The unit has been created, but we're waiting on its results >> More >> More. Cyrano's Journal Anti-Capitalist Tool. THE REAL FACE OF WAR. PresidentialWatch08 » Visualization Map.

Curious about the Politicosphere map? Here are some answers to the most common questions asked: I. Drawing the map The Politicosphere map is composed of the 612 most visible and influential websites and blogs using Linkfluence™’s proprietary crawl technology. The map includes both social media and mainstream media outlets. ConservativeInfoprosLiberal In terms of methodology, we initiated the process by focusing on a set of a few hundred websites and blogs well-recognized by search engines and other sites related to U.S. politics.

Why was this step important? Thanks to a series of metrics, both topology-related (i.e. how many sites link to a particular site) and semantics-related (i.e. are the words used of political nature), we were able to single out over 4,000 websites that constitute the core of the U.S. political webosphere. II. The politicosphere map’s default view is set to display all the categories at once. III. A site’s position on the map depends solely upon its linking policy. Run for President of the United States. TOP SECRET POLO STEP - Iraq War Plan Assumed Only 5,000 U.S. Troops Still There by December 2006. Chronology: [Based on accounts in Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (New York: Pantheon Books, 2006); Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell, American Soldier (New York: Regan Books, 2004); Thomas E.

Ricks, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (New York: The Penguin Press, 2006); Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004).] November 21, 2001 - President Bush asks Defense Secretary Rumsfeld about contingencies for war with Iraq, and directs him to initiate planning. November 26, 2001 - Rumsfeld meets with Gen. December 1, 2001 - Rumsfeld asks Franks to develop a commander's estimate as the basis for a new war plan. December 4, 2001 - Franks presents a video conference for Rumsfeld on his commander's estimate, outlining robust, reduced, and unilateral plans based on levels of regional support (see Tab A). December 28, 2001 - Gen. February 1, 2002 - Gen. March 3, 2002 - Gen. - what to do in an emergency.

US Presidential Speeches Tag Cloud - Chirag Mehta : chir.ag. Main Page - dKosopedia.