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Rumsfeld’s Resignation Letter Remains Elusive
Reuters The Bush administration is keeping a tight hold on Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation letter nearly five months after the former defense secretary and Iraq war manager stepped down. The Pentagon says it does not have a copy, and the White House office likely to hold the letter is not subject to the law that allows…
World Bank Staff Asks Wolfowitz to Resign
By Jeannine Aversa, The Associated Press World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Thursday that he erred in helping a close female friend get transferred to a high-paying job, and said he was sorry. His apology didn’t ease concerns among the bank’s staff association, which wants him to resign. The growing controversy has overshadowed major development…
How Bogus Letter Became a Case for War
By Peter Eisner, The Washington Post It was 3 a.m. in Italy on Jan. 29, 2003, when President Bush in Washington began reading his State of the Union address that included the now famous – later retracted – 16 words: “The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from…
Bush, on al-Sadr: “Kill them! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!”
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Is this a possible way out of Iraq?
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