AFP Published: Tuesday February 27, 2007
The head of the US military declared “categorically” Tuesday that the United States is not planning air strikes against Iran… Asked by Senator Robert Byrd if he was categorically denying the reports, Pace replied: “Categorically sir”
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Chris Matthews had barely finished praising his colleagues at the 10th anniversary party for his “Hardball” show Thursday night in Washington, D.C. when his remarks turned political and pointed, even suggesting that the Bush administration had “finally been caught in their criminality.” In front of an audience that included such notables as Alan Greenspan, Rep….
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman, The Free Press March 30, 2007 As the third of four members of the Cuyahoga (Cleveland) County Board of Elections resigns under pressure from Ohio’s new Secretary of State, additional potential illegalities in Hocking County have resurfaced with new weight against a GOP executive director already under serious fire….
By Congressman Robert Wexler, Politics.gather.com A new troubling myth has taken hold in Washington and it is critical that the record is set straight. According to the mainstream media, Republicans, and unfortunately even some Democrats, the President’s surge in Iraq has been a resounding success. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. This…
By Maggie Mahar, AlterNet The Center for Public Integrity, a public interest investigative journalism organization, has obtained copies of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of environmental and health data in eight Great Lakes states that was scheduled for publication in July 2007. The report, which pointed to elevated rates of lung,…
By James Gordon Meek New York Daily News Saturday, March 3, 2007 WASHINGTON – Notes from the jury deliberating the fate of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby gave a hint there might be one or two holdouts on a conviction. “We would like clarification of the term “reasonable doubt,’ ” the jury…
Democracy Now! Children’s Defense Fund’s Marian Wright Edelman Calls on Congress & Bush Administration to Help the Country’s Nine Million Children Without Health Insurance As President Bush vows to veto a bill expanding the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Marian Wright Edelman says Washington must do far more to help the nation’s children and to truly…
