Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Rep. Bruce Braley, representing Iowa’s 1st District, made the following statement following the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus:
“President Bush justified his ‘surge’ of 30,000 additional U.S. troops into Iraq by saying it would give the Iraqi government a chance to achieve political reconciliation. Now, eight months later, our troops on the ground have done everything we’ve asked them to do, but the Iraqis aren’t any closer to reaching political reconciliation than they were in January.
“Today, General Petraeus asked for more time for the President’s plan. But how do we expect anything to change in Iraq if we continue the same old strategy?
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. All the troops and all the time in the world can’t make the Iraqis reach a political solution for their country — they have to do it themselves.
“It’s time to show the Iraqis that we are serious about their taking control of their own country. I agree with the conclusion reached by the Iraq Study Group long ago: we need a timetable to redeploy our troops and turn Iraq over to the Iraqis.”
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