Archive - May 15, 2008

• House Moves on Iraq War Supplemental
• Winter Soldier Hearing on Capital Hill
• Central American Female Migrants Face Tough Crossing
• Black Farmers Still Facing Discrimination by the USDA
• Commemorating Nakbah

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• Relief Trickles into Burma as Death Toll Soars
• Pipeline Explosion Near Lagos Kills 100
• CA Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Same Sex Marriage
• Airstrikes in Pakistani Tribal Village Near Afghan Border
• British Inquiry into Iraqi Detainee Abuse

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Today the house passed the latest Iraq supplemental but did not pass the portion that funds the war. The bill does however extend unemployment insurance for Americans, and increases education benefits for veterans. Now it goes back to the senate to see if the money will go back in but democrats say ongoing support for the war will be up to the president and not up to them.  FSRN Karen Miller has more 

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As Congress prepared to approve nearly $200 billion dollars in continued funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War testified at a forum organized by the Congressional progressive Caucus. For four hours, they spoke frankly about what they saw and did in the war zones. Aaron Glantz reports.

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Congress enacted legislation in 2003, intended to address discrimination at the US Department of Agriculture. Part of that included the creation of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, to monitor abuses. But a Congressional oversight committee found that the USDA has done little to change its culture of bias. FSRN's Naji Mujahid reports from Capitol Hill.

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