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added 2007 Fri Jun 15 20:24:29 by TechnologyExpert
In his first public comments on the Bush administration's surprise decision to replace him as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace disclosed that he had turned down an offer to voluntarily retire rather than be forced out. To quit in wartime, he said, would be letting down the troops.
added 2007 Fri Jun 15 13:02:15 by capnews
Bush's declaration makes people in Los Angeles eligible for rehab, counseling and other programs to help them recover from Lohan-related damage.
added 2007 Fri Jun 15 5:44:33 by bubba2
Edwards has used his post as an appropriations subcommittee chairman to deliver a $65 billion bill funding veterans and military construction programs to the US House. The measure is scheduled for a vote this week. Edwards has been working for 16 years to write a VA funding bill like this one, and that a Bush veto would be devastating for veterans.
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 19:35:07 by TechnologyExpert
The federal judge who oversaw 'Scooter' Libby's CIA leak trial said Thursday that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing the former White House aide to prison. 'I received a number of angry, harassing mean-spirited phone calls and letters,' U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said.
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 18:14:22 by zaph22
Bush supports setting aside all the fees and penalties in the bill solely for tougher security on the border and workplace enforcement, White House press secretary Tony Snow said Thursday. The president on Monday morning will make the announcement of his backing for an amendment that two Republican senators have proposed to accomplish this end.
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 17:27:43 by Aidenag
The long-awaited testimony of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former CIA Director George Tenet on prewar intelligence on Iraq has been postponed while the members continue to interview key players in the events leading up to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's infamous 2003 speech at the United Nations.
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 12:52:12 by Aidenag
Another former Justice Department lawyer went before Congress on Wednesday with few answers for his Democratic interrogators and a spotty memory. Time and again during his confirmation hearing, Hans von Spakovsky cited either the attorney-client privilege or a cloudy memory for his purported role in restricting minorities' voting rights.

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added 2007 Thu Jun 14 10:47:05 by Aidenag
In recent years, the Bush administration has recast the federal government's role in civil rights by aggressively pursuing religion-oriented cases while significantly diminishing its involvement in the traditional area of race.
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 3:27:54 by populist
A review of Noam Chomsky's new book, "Interventions," which is a collection of essays on American policy since 9-11. Chomsky's first essay is titled "9/11: Lessons Unlearned" in which he addresses the question: "Why do they hate us?"
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 19:34:31 by zaph22
"SENATOR Edward Kennedy has been the godfather of America's immigration policy since the mid 1960s. No other figure in American politics bears as much responsibility as he for the current pathetic state of U.S. immigration affairs."
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 18:42:45 by Aidenag
The Bush administration proposes cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 17:37:24 by Aidenag
Two congressional committees are issuing subpoenas for testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor on their roles in the firings of eight federal prosecutors, according to two officials familiar with the investigation.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 16:59:35 by Aidenag
A voter fraud case brought by the interim U.S. attorney in Kansas City, Mo., just five days before last year's pivotal congressional elections was rejected by a Missouri prosecutor as being too weak and as inappropriate to pursue so close to the elections.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 16:56:19 by Aidenag
The White House's former political director was furious at Justice Department officials for disclosing to Congress that the administration had forced out the U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Ark., to make way for a protege of Karl Rove, President Bush's political adviser, according to documents released late Tuesday.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 10:21:23 by tehranchik
George W. Bush, Hero of Albania! At least there's one place in the world where they show the Decider some love.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 7:15:18 by Stephen Johnson
President Bush is threatening to revive the failed comprehensive immigration bill in "improved" form. He is wasting his and our time. No amount of improving can make the comprehensive approach the best path for America to solve its immigration woes. Instead of a big bang approach to immigration reform, we need to adopt a different sort of
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 2:31:42 by zaph22
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions stood up at Tuesday's lunch for Senate Republicans and baldly told President George W. Bush what was wrong with his immigration proposal: it would give amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrations, it would reduce illegal immigration by only 13%, and it doesn't go far enough to enforce border security.
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 16:19:53 by TimALoftis
"Slow as a turtle" was how one Iraqi lawmaker on Tuesday described Iraq's faltering progress in meeting political benchmarks set by Washington to encourage national reconciliation and end sectarian violence.
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 7:38:13 by RickyDawkins
The clear majority of Republicans are screwed up. And you know, I'm not too happy with the Democrats, either. These results tell us that the population across the board is messed up, confused, lied to, and festering in ignorance: it's just that right now the Republican party is a magnet for the stupid. "we didn't come from no monkeys"
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 7:10:14 by bubba2
A media campaign portraying Iran as supplying arms to the Taliban fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, orchestrated by advocates of a more confrontational stance toward Iran in the Bush administration, appears to have backfired last week when Robert Gates and the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan issued unusually strong denials.
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 6:48:00 by .Santa
The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled yesterday that the president may not declare civilians in this country to be "enemy combatants" and have the military hold them indefinitely.
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 5:35:53 by zaph22
That doesn't mean the President hasn't been working the phones, calling a trio of lawmakers Ã;Æ;Ã;¢Ã;¢ââ;¬Å¡Ã;¬" Sen. John Kyl, an Arizona Republican, Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Democrat from Massachusetts, and Colo
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 1:33:52 by TimALoftis
Republicans blocked the Senate's no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to prod him from office despite blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 22:40:13 by populist
We keep hearing about the fired attorneys when, in my mind, they should be more worried about the attorneys who were not fired and what have they been up to.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 20:36:53 by tehranchik
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called yesterday for the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and a rethinking of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy he authored as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The public comments represent Powell's effort to further distance himself from the Bush administration.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 20:00:28 by TechnologyExpert
The Bush administration cannot legally detain an immigrant it believes is an al-Qaida sleeper agent without charging him, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 18:19:30 by luvmyprez
To free-speechers, after this court ruling, you are the f___ing man.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 16:44:25 by zaph22
The White House and Republican allies were optimistic that the immigration overhaul bill will come back to life and pass the Senate, as they hinted they will pitch the bill as necessary to securing the border and enforcing the law, appealing to conservatives wary that illegal immigrants will continue to stream into the country.


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