WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Guantanamo ‘war on terror’ detention center should remain open indefinitely, Vice President Richard Cheney told ABC News in an interview Monday, while also defending the harsh interrogation method known as waterboarding. Cheney was asked when the detention camp at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay,…

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An independent activist from South Ossetia is challenging U.S. support for Georgia in its war with Russia and describes atrocities by Georgian troops. But an Associated Press investigation finds she may be a plant by Russian spy services. This video is from Associate Press, broadcast Dec. 15, 2008. Download video…

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CNN’s Susan Candiotti reported: “A few hundred people on Sunday marched in Brooklyn to protest last week’s fatal beating of a 31-year-old Ecuadorean man — an incident authorities say may have been a hate crime.” “The demonstrators — holding signs reading ‘No more hate crimes’ — walked a half-mile in…

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The White House has released their annual skit showing how the president’s pets celebrate the holidays. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Dec. 15, 2008. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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Saturday Night Live’s spoof of New York Governor David Patterson got poor reviews from the Governor’s office. Patterson’s communication director released a statement saying “this particular ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit unfortunately chose to ridicule people with physical disabilities and imply that disabled people are incapable of having jobs with serious…

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Ann Coulter commented on an Iraqi journalist who threw shoes a President Bush. Coulter told Fox News that the incident was reminiscent of a pie that was thrown at her during a college speech. “Liberalism and terrorism. Different stages of the same disease,” Coulter explained. Coulter said the shoe throwing…

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President Bush told ABC’s Martha Raddatz that he wasn’t by a Iraqi journalist who hurled shoes at him. “I thought it was interesting, I thought it was unusual to have a guy throw his show at you. But I’m not insulted. I don’t hold it against the government. I don’t…

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An Iraqi journalist showed his disapproval for President Bush during a Baghdad press conference by tossing his shoes at the president. Bush ducked both shoes and was not hurt. The president’s press secretary Dana Perino did get a small black eye after she was hit with a microphone in the…

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John McCain doesn’t think that the Republican National Committee’s calls for the Obama team to release their conversations with Rod Blagojevich are helpful. “With all due respect to the Republican National Committee, we should try to be working constructively together,” McCain told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. McCain believes Obama will release…

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Sen. John McCain told George Stephanopoulos that he doesn’t support a government bailout or bridge loan for the Big Three auto makers. Partial transcript STEPHANOPOULOS: Another major economic issue you dealt with in the Senate, this week, whether to rescue the auto industry, given them a bridge loan for the…

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