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- Cheney's Ex-Aide, Libby, Sentenced to 30 Months In Prison
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- U.S. Air War in Iraq Intensifies
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- Unions Criticize Hillary Clinton For Ties to Unionbuster
- German Police Arrest 57 At G8 Protest
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- Leahy Calls For Restoration of Habeas Corpus at Guantanamo
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Who Will Speak Out?

"Somebody Had to Speak Out. If Not Me, Who?"
Maj. Gen. John Batiste

Fired by CBS News for Anti-Iraq War 'Advocacy'

Major General John Batiste was offered a promotion to become a three-star general, the second-highest-ranking military officer in Iraq. Instead, he quit over the war.

After he appeared in a commercial for VoteVets.org, CBS News fired him as a paid news consultant. MoveOn.org collected 230,000 signatures on a petition demanding he be rehired.

In a wide-ranging interview, Maj. Gen. Batiste discusses the Iraq war, calls for the closing of the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, says private security firms like Blackwater USA should be investigated and says President Bush has failed by surrounding himself with "like-minded, compliant subordinates."
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