Truthout roundup 9/14

Strickland Touts Clinton in Ohio
http://www.truthout.org/article/strickland-touts-clinton-ohio
rad Dicken, The Chronicle-Telegram: "On Sunday, Hillary Clinton will speak at Lorain County Community College and at an event in Akron. Clinton, Strickland said, will focus her talk on the issues that are important to Ohioans, including jobs, health care and Obama's proposed tax cuts. Ohio's troubled economy is part of a national trend, Strickland said, adding that he believes Obama has a far better plan for fixing the economy than McCain."

Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink
http://www.truthout.org/article/conflict-over-spying-led-white-house-brink
Barton Gellman, of The Washington Post: "Cheney and his counsel would struggle for months to quash the legal insurgency. By the time President Bush became aware of it, his No. 2 had stoked dissent into flat-out rebellion. The president would face a dilemma, and the presidency itself a historic test. Cheney would come close to leading them off a cliff, man and office both."

US Arms Sales Climbing Rapidly
http://www.truthout.org/article/us-arms-sales-nearly-triple-three-years
Eric Lipton, The New York Times: "The Bush administration is pushing through a broad array of foreign weapons deals as it seeks to rearm Iraq and Afghanistan, contain North Korea and Iran, and solidify ties with onetime Russian allies. From tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to missiles, remotely piloted aircraft and even warships, the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and other military equipment to foreign governments, compared with $12 billion in 2005."

Biden Blasts McCain Campaign, GOP Plan to Tax Health Care Benefits
http://www.truthout.org/article/biden-blasts-mccain-campaign-gop-plan-tax-health-care-benefits
Jo Mannies, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, campaigning in Missouri, on Tuesday repeatedly accused the Republican ticket of waging a campaign of deception. 'We need a little bit of honesty in this campaign,' he said, asserting that the GOP is failing to tell voters that they would do little to change the nation's economic policy. Instead, he said, Republicans are making false assertions about the Democratic proposals of Biden and presidential nominee Barack Obama."

Expulsions Stoke US-Latin American Dispute
http://www.truthout.org/article/expulsions-stoke-us-latin-american-dispute
BBC News: "A series of tit-for-tat expulsions has left the US without ambassadors in three Latin American countries. Bolivia and Venezuela have expelled their US envoys, accusing Washington of trying to oust Bolivia's government."

VIDEO Hillary Clinton Campaigns For Obama In Florida
http://www.truthout.org/video/hillary-clinton-campaign-for-obama-in-florida
Hillary Clinton campaigned for Obama on September 8th in Tampa, and will campaign in Ohio on Sunday.

FOCUS Obama Deploys Clintons as Race Tightens
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-deploys-clintons-race-tightens
Agence France-Presse: "Barack Obama is unleashing both of the Democratic Party's heaviest hitters - Bill and Hillary Clinton - as he battles to fend off a revitalized Republican ticket in the White House election. For the first time, former president Bill Clinton is set to join his wife Hillary on the campaign trail for Obama, whose poll lead over John McCain has evaporated since the Republican chose Sarah Palin as his running mate."

FOCUS Officials Still Unsure of Ike Death Toll
http://www.truthout.org/article/officials-still-unsure-ike-death-toll-damage-costs
Mike Tolson, The Houston Chronicle: "From the sea-swamped neighborhoods of Galveston to the pine-covered hills north of Houston, people across Southeast Texas awoke Saturday to a stunning tableau of devastation caused by the passage of Hurricane Ike, the first hurricane in a quarter-century to score a direct hit on the state's most populous region. The official insistence that it could have been much worse - Ike's late eastward drift lessened a storm surge that had been predicted as apocalyptic - was little consolation to residents whose homes were wrecked by water, falling trees and winds that gusted in places well in excess of 100 mph. Or even to those facing an indefinite stay in a hot, dark home that emerged unscathed. The full extent of the property damage as well as the human toll was still coming into focus late Saturday."