Nothing we didn't know, but it bears repeating: BP's oil spill economic damage could take years to identify, in addition, scientific uncertainties remain, like the effect on marine life, etc.....the question is, given BP's terrible track record of causing death and destruction, will the US hold the company's feet to the fire for accountability and true payment of damages during those years.

US needs to keep its distance and allow South American diplomacy to resolve the Columbia-Venezuela dispute.

Wikileaks war logs bear relentless and devastating witness to the ignorance of history, the folly and incompetence of US presence in Afghanistan.

Hoyer and Clyburn should retire or be stripped of their leadership positions.....no Dem worth her/his salt would mimic John Boehner, like these two.

Fallen soldiers' beneficiaries being defrauded by insurance companies "by inducing the policyholder’s beneficiary to let the life insurance company retain assets they’re not entitled to. It’s turning death claims into a profit center.”

The bizarre, waning imperial power, US mind set of making war in Afghanistan....surpasses Orwell.

War funding and Congress.... this latest passage of deficit war spending while ignoring the unemployment and economic crises at home illustrates the disconnect between Washington and regular Americans regarding Afghanistan.