DN!: Maj. Gen. John Batiste Fired by CBS News for Anti-Iraq War 'Advocacy' Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:24:18 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 25, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * "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." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/25/1456251 * Headlines for May 25, 2007 * - Congress Passes War Funding Bill - Bill Includes First Min. Wage Increase in Decade - Bush Defends War Record, Urges Iran Sanctions - Gates: Gulf Exercises Not Intended as ³Show of Force² - Baghdad Residents Protest U.S. Raids, Mortar Attacks - Sadr Returns to Iraq Following Months in Hiding - Israeli Missiles Strike Near Home of Palestinian PM - Palestinians Denounce Arrest of Government Officials - Dems Introduce Gonzales No-Confidence Measure - McClatchy Claims Pentagon Retaliation for Pre-War Coverage - Privacy Concerns Raised Over U.S.-Funded Mexican Wiretapping - Chagos Natives Win Court Ruling to Return Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/25/1456242 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, May 25, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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