Tag: bush administration
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December 26, 2006 08:01 PM EST --
President Bush announced last week his intention to increase the size of the U.S. Army and Marines, and is awaiting recommendations from new Defense Secretary Robert Gates about how to best go about doing . . .
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June 26, 2006 06:43 AM EDT --
Yesterday, Representative Peter King (R. – NY), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, urged the Bush Administration to press charges against The New York Times for publishing a story exposing . . .
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October 17, 2006 10:08 PM EDT --
On Tuesday, President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act, a law which spells out in further detail the protocols for interrogating and trying terror suspects ("Bush signs bill to interrogate, . . .
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February 26, 2006 05:37 PM EST --
A mentor once advised, "if you are paranoid and smart, you are probably right". With Iraq on the brink of Civil War, and terrorists holding hostage one of our own, are we right in thinking that . . .
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April 24, 2006 07:06 AM EDT --
In a 60 Minutes interview on CBS last night, the retired highest-ranking CIA officer in Europe, Tyler Drumheller, said that the Bush administration "chose to ignore" evidence that there were . . .
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June 19, 2006 06:30 AM EDT --
President Bush has made some positive strides in the past two weeks. The death of Zarqawi, the filling of the Iraqi cabinet, and visiting the troops, plus the unexpected appointment of Henry Paulson from . . .
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October 13, 2006 12:17 AM EDT --
With the Midterm elections now less than 4 weeks away, the Republican Party continues to weather the "perfect storm" of scandal and exposé. The Mark Foley scandal continues to dominate . . .
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October 18, 2006 08:13 PM EDT --
The United Nations General Assembly remains in a stalemate after several rounds of voting to try to pick a nation to fill a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council ("U.S. and Venezuela Battle . . .
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November 08, 2006 02:03 PM EST --
President Bush announced Wednesday afternoon that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will resign his post, to be replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates ("Rumsfeld quitting as defense secretary"). . . .
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November 09, 2006 05:58 PM EST --
Virginia Senator George Allen conceded his bid for re-election to Democratic challenger Jim Webb on Thursday, giving the Democratic Party control of both Houses of Congress. This shift ends an era . . .
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July 13, 2006 06:54 AM EDT --
New fighting has erupted in many areas of the world: Israel has crossed into Lebanon, Iran is causing headaches with the UN Security Council, North Korea is pushing missile launch buttons, and terrorist . . .
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September 04, 2006 09:02 PM EDT --
With Labor Day behind us, the November elections are moving into the mainstream. As a mid-term election, 2006 could be critical, though traditionally mid-term elections only mean anything in the localities . . .
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October 24, 2006 10:25 PM EDT --
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education finalized changes in how it will enforce the 'Title IX' law that prevents discrimination based on sex in public schools ("Federal officials ease . . .
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November 28, 2006 12:54 AM EST --
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a press conference Monday that unless conditions on the ground in Iraq change drastically, “we could be [in a civil war]. In fact we are almost there.” . . .
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December 05, 2006 08:49 AM EST --
The White House announced Monday that John Bolton will be stepping down as United Nations Ambassador when his current term expires in conjunction with the current Congressional session (“White House . . .
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January 31, 2007 09:34 PM EST --
After hearing testimony from private advocacy groups who surveyed 279 government climate scientists, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said that “it appears there may have been an orchestrated campaign to . . .
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March 09, 2007 11:01 AM EST --
On Thursday, House Democrats put forth their plan that would fund the troops now but bring them home by September 2008 (“House Dems face uphill battle to end Iraq war”). This bill is . . .
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April 05, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
Washington has been in an uproar for the past week over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) diplomatic trip to Syria. The trip was not cleared by either the White House or the State Department, . . .
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November 08, 2006 03:12 AM EST --
After an election day that surpassed expectations for voter turnout and late night nail-biting, the Democrats have taken back the House of Representatives for the first time in twelve years. This . . .
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November 08, 2006 01:50 PM EST --
President Bush announced Wednesday afternoon that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be resigning his post, to be replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates ("Rumsfeld quitting as defense . . .
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