Eclectique Citizen: The President’s Weekly

As I said this week, I will do everything in my power to make sure our hard-working men and women in our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security communities have the tools and resources they need to keep America safe. This includes making sure these communities-and the people in them-are coordinating effectively and are held [...]

No Accidental Tourist – The Cultural Footprint the Occupation in Iraq Leaves Behind

Monday, 1 June 2009, 8:07 | Category : Culture, Iraq, military
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“You know, I wanna go to Texas and be a country boy,” he said, as he stood in the sweltering shade of Baghdad’s Academy of Fine Arts. “I wanna be a cowboy, and I wanna sing like one.” Yesterday, the Washington Post had an interesting front page article on the cultural footprint the U.S. occupation [...]