DN!: McCain's Foreign Policy Vision//Aram Roston on Chalabi//Government Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:38:09 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST March 26, 2008 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has immediate job openings for: TV Producer/Editor For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * A Century in Iraq, Replacing UN with "League of Democracies," Rogue State Rollback? A Look at John McCain's Foreign Policy Vision * We speak with investigative reporter Robert Dreyfuss about Senator John McCain¹s vision for foreign policy. ³McCain is drawing up plans for a new set of global institutions,² Dreyfuss writes, ³from a potent covert operations unit to a ŒLeague of Democracies¹ that can bypass the balky United Nations, from an expanded NATO that will bump up against Russian interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus to a revived US unilateralism that will engage in Œrogue state rollback¹ against his version of the Œaxis of evil.¹ In all, it¹s a new apparatus designed to carry the Œwar on terror¹ deep into the twenty-first century.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/26/a_century_in_iraq_replacing_un * "The Man Who Pushed America to War" - Aram Roston on "The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi" * As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, we take a look at The Man Who Pushed America to War. That¹s the title of a new book about Ahmed Chalabi, the Iraqi exile who helped drum up pre-war claims that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and had links to al-Qaeda. We speak with author Aram Roston about Chalabi¹s past, his close ties to the US government, his role in the US invasion of Iraq and much more. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/26/the_man_who_pushed_america_to * Homeowners Plan Demonstration at NYC Offices of Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase to Protest Government Bailout * Hundreds of homeowners are planning a demonstration today in Manhattan in front of the corporate offices of Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase to protest the ³taxpayer bailoutŠand refusal of the government and Federal Reserve to provide real solutions for the millions of homeowners at risk of foreclosure.² We speak with Bruce Marks, the founder of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America that is organizing the demonstration. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/26/homeowners_plan_demonstration_at_nyc * Headlines for March 26, 2008 * Iraqi Crackdown on Sadr Militia in Basra Spreads to Other Shiite Areas Workers Sue KBR for Toxic Exposure in Iraq Supreme Court Weighs Plight of US Prisoners Challenging Iraqi Sentences Palestinian Authority Denies Israeli Influence over Security Force US Suggests Ending Public Debate on Israel-Palestine at UN Charities: Afghan Donor Money Wasted on Salaries, Profits US Says Nuclear Parts Mistakenly Sent to Taiwan Defense Minister¹s Comments Reignite Colombia-Ecuador Row Lebanon to Boycott Arab League Summit Chavez: McCain a ³Man of War² Supreme Court Rejects World Court Jurisdiction Scientists: Global Warming Behind Massive Antarctic Ice Collapse Tobacco Company Funded Lung Cancer Study Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/26/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Wednesday, March 26, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es 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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