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Prelude to an Attack on Iran
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082107J.shtml
Robert Baer reports for Time Magazine: "Reports that the Bush Administration will put Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the terrorism list can be read in one of two ways: it's either more bluster or, ominously, a wind-up for a strike on Iran. Officials I talk to in Washington vote for a hit on the IRGC, maybe within the next six months. And they think that as long as we have bombers and missiles in the air, we will hit Iran's nuclear facilities."

Barbara Boxer | GOP Power Grab Scheme in California Could Swing 2008 Election
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082107K.shtml
Senator Barbara Boxer writes in The Huffington Post: "Just when you thought it was safe to start thinking about having a Democrat in the White House, along comes a cynical power grab by Republican operatives. And unfortunately, it's happening right here in my own state of California. If you haven't heard already, Republican strategists recently announced plans to begin raising money for a dangerous initiative that would radically change the way California apportions our electoral votes in presidential elections."

White House Acts to Limit Health Plan for Children
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082107M.shtml
Robert Pear reports for The New York Times, "The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children's Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families."