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  • "I am seeking help. I mean mental help"

    Read a sworn statement from the late Pfc. Ryan Alderman about what he witnessed in Iraq and his problems receiving adequate medical care from the Army.
  • Are you a pussy?

    When Army Pvt. Adam Lieberman tried to commit suicide, his mother had to paint over his suicide note. See the photos here, as well as the "Hurt Feelings Report."
  • President Obama's executive orders

    The new president issues four executive orders on Guantanamo, interrogations and detainees.
  • Barack Obama's inaugural address

    The new president calls upon the nation to face its challenges head on, with determination, strength and a commitment to ensuring the delivery of freedom to future generations.
  • Report: Torture started with Bush

    After a two-year investigation, the Senate names names -- Bush, Tenet, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Addington, Rice.
  • "I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden"

    The federal complaint that details Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempt to trade Barack Obama's former Senate seat for personal gain.
  • Reid demands a friendly-fire investigation

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid joins two other members of Congress in pushing for a fresh look at an alleged friendly-fire incident in Iraq first reported by Salon.
  • Letter to Robert Gates

    A congressman urges a new investigation into an apparent friendly-fire death.
  • A document saved from the Army's shredder

    A soldier who was ordered to shred documents about two soldiers killed in an apparent friendly fire incident rescued some of the paperwork and provided it to Salon.
  • Two speeches by Barack Obama, eight months apart

    The full texts of two speeches given in Columbus, Ohio, one at the end of February 2008 and the other on Sunday.
  • How Dirksen lobbied on behalf of Jack McCain

    A series of documents show the influential Illinois senator pushing LBJ hard for a promotion for John McCain's father, Adm. John "Jack" McCain Jr.
  • The Army's version of the deaths of Nelson and Suarez

    Despite a video that seems to show friendly fire, and the discovery of a tank shell near the impact site, the official investigation attributes their deaths to enemy action.
  • Todd Palin's testimony

    In a sworn statement, Sarah Palin's husband declares his innocence in Troopergate, while admitting repeated efforts to get the state trooper at the heart of the scandal.
  • Obama's Senate speech on the bailout

    The candidate urges passage of the rescue bill "right now to prevent the possibility of a crisis turning into a catastrophe."
  • How ghost-writing letters to the editor for McCain works

    Salon asked Margriet Oostveen for proof that she had ghost-written letters to the editor for the McCain campaign. Here are the guidelines, talking points, and sample letters she was given.
  • New rules for a 21st century economy

    Obama's speech: An attack on McCain and a fix-it plan for our economic woes.
  • Did McCain's foreign-policy advisor profit from the Iraq war?

    In a confidential memo, a company tells investors consultant Randy Scheunemann can help it win Iraqi oil contracts -- because he was a "key player" in getting the U.S. to invade.
  • "This city knows the dream of freedom"

    In Berlin, Barack Obama recounts the epic struggle of the Cold War and calls for Europe and America to join in tearing down the "new walls" dividing the world.
  • Obama to NAACP: "Our work is not over"

    In a speech to the civil rights group, Barack Obama said he'd work to end discrimination and invoked the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to describe the fight ahead.
  • Obama on pride -- and dissent -- in America

    "When we argue about patriotism, we are arguing about who we are as a country, and more importantly, who we should be."
  • In a blow to Bush, the Supreme Court restores habeas corpus

    The text of the court's historic decision to strike down part of the Military Commissions Act and affirm the right of Guantánamo prisoners to challenge their detention.
  • The White House and Abramoff: 70 more contacts revealed

    A congressional investigation finds that Bush administration officials had more interaction with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff than previously disclosed.
  • Obama: "I am outraged"

    Full text of Obama's press conference on the Rev. Wright. His comments "offend me, they rightly offend all Americans, and they should be denounced."
  • Barack Obama on the recession: "Government has a role to play"

    "Our free market was never meant to be a free license to take whatever you can get, however you can get it."
  • Hillary Clinton on the economy: "We have a crisis of confidence"

    "Our economic crisis [was] caused in part by ... a president and administration who failed to anticipate and continue to downplay the problems we face."
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