Sari Gelzer | Lt. Ehren Watada Wins Victory; Legal Limbo Continues
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Sari Gelzer, Truthout: “In a victory for Lt. Ehren Watada, the Justice Department decided last week that it would drop attempts to retry the officer for his refusal to deploy to Iraq. Watada’s lawyer, James Lobsenz, believes the decision was a case of legal realism.”

White House Czar Calls for End to “War on Drugs”
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Gary Fields, The Wall Street Journal: “The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the US is fighting ‘a war on drugs,’ a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.”