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'The Greatest Gift': U.S. Troops Killed by Iraqi Insurgency Fueled by Iraqi Oil Sales [1min]

We were so absorbed with the Super Bowl yesterday that we never got to this little gem from Sunday's "Meet the Press." New House Majority Leader/parbaked wheat loaf John Boehner, R-Ohio, is asked about a particularly disturbing story out of Iraq, and he ignores it completely, sticking to a cheerful script on Iraq that ends with a remarkable last line.
Read entire article at Salon "Video Dog"