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Obama pushing against truth commission

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  • Friday, April 24, 2009 09:32 AM

    Once the additional pictures are released

    this thing will take on a new life of its own. Hell, even the War Criminal Donald Rumsfeld said "they're bad." Chew on that for a minute.

    Repubs can crow all they want about the distraction value, but the shock of these revelations will create a stench that won't wash off.

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