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White House Backs Off on Miers Scenario
By Dan Eggen, Washington Post Friday, March 16, 2007 The White House retreated today from its claim that former counsel Harriet E. Miers first came up with the idea of firing U.S. attorneys, another apparent shift in the Bush administration’s evolving version of events behind the controversy. White House press secretary Tony Snow told reporters…
Report Suggests Laws Broken in Attorney Firings
By Amy Goldstein, Washington Post House Democrats, preparing for a vote today on contempt citations against President Bush’s chief of staff and former counsel, produced a report yesterday that for the first time alleges specific ways that several administration officials may have broken the law during the multiple firings of U.S. attorneys. The report says…
Bush Admin. Quashed Proposal for Student Loan Industry Oversight
By Amit R. Paley, Washington Post The Bush administration killed a proposal to clamp down on the student loan industry six years ago following allegations that companies sought to shower universities with financial favors to help generate business, according to documents and interviews with government officials. The proposed policy, which Education Department officials drafted near…
It IS about the oil after all (duh… buh yuh).
Democracy Now! Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 New Iraq Oil Law To Open Iraq’s Oil Reserves to Western Companies The Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar has obtained a copy of the proposed oil law and has just translated it into English. He discusses the new law with Antonia Juhasz, author of “The Bush Agenda: Invading the World…
