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* McCain apparently tried to add an [http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=1567&issue_id=70 amendment] (to the 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill) which would have banned "torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners"; [[Dick Cheney|VP Cheney]] has been campaigning hard to have the amendment modified to exempt the CIA from the ban. [http://www.alternet.org/rights/36598/ This article] apparently describes what ultimately happened. | * McCain apparently tried to add an [http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=1567&issue_id=70 amendment] (to the 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill) which would have banned "torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners"; [[Dick Cheney|VP Cheney]] has been campaigning hard to have the amendment modified to exempt the CIA from the ban. [http://www.alternet.org/rights/36598/ This article] apparently describes what ultimately happened. | ||
| − | * 'In the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], when Sen. [[John McCain]] proposed that Young redirect his prized pork money to help rebuild New Orleans, [[Don Young (Congressman)|Young]] accused his detractors of "ignorance and stupidity." The victims of Katrina, he suggested, "can kiss my ear!"' [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/] | + | * 'In the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], when Sen. [[John McCain]] proposed that Young redirect his prized pork money to help rebuild New Orleans, [[Don Young (Congressman)|Young]] accused his detractors of "ignorance and stupidity." The victims of Katrina, he suggested, "can kiss my ear!"' [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/3] |
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John McCain is a Republican senator from Arizona.
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- 2007-01-12 McCain Defends Bush's Iraq Strategy
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- McCain apparently tried to add an amendment (to the 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill) which would have banned "torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners"; VP Cheney has been campaigning hard to have the amendment modified to exempt the CIA from the ban. This article apparently describes what ultimately happened.
- 'In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when Sen. John McCain proposed that Young redirect his prized pork money to help rebuild New Orleans, Young accused his detractors of "ignorance and stupidity." The victims of Katrina, he suggested, "can kiss my ear!"' [1]