60 Minutes tells the story of how pharmaceutical industry lobbyists literally wrote the historic Medicare Prescription Drug Bill and twisted arms to get the necessary votes to have it passed in the middle of the night.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Extraordinary move to legalize poppy crops in Afghanistan
Tony Blair is considering calls to legalize poppy production in the Taliban's backyard. The plan could cut medical shortages of opiates worldwide, curb smuggling - and hit the insurgents. Under this pilot program, farmers in Afghanistan, which currently produces 80% of the world's opium, would produce and sell their crop legally to drug companies.
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Bush just lied in his press conference about Iraq
Bush just spoke to the nation, trying to convince the public to support his Iraq quagmire, and he claimed again that the surge, the escalation, was the idea of his commanders in the field, and he's just following their advice. In fact, all of the Joint Chiefs, the heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, ALL opposed the surge. He lied, again
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Breaking: Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo Bay detainees' appeal
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Guantanamo detainees who want challenge their five-year-long confinement in court, a victory for the Bush administration's legal strategy in its fight against terrorism.
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Detainee says he confessed to stop torture
The terrorism suspect contends he was forced to admit to a role in the Cole bombing. A military law expert isn't surprised.
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