Associated Press Feb 16, 2007 The Democratic-controlled House issued a symbolic rejection of President Bush’s plan to deploy more troops to Iraq on Friday, opening an epic confrontation between Congress and commander in chief over an unpopular war that has taken the lives of more than 3,100 U.S. troops. The vote on the nonbinding measure…
Associated Press Feb 16, 2007 About $10 billion has been squandered by the U.S. government on Iraq reconstruction aid because of contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses, and federal investigators warned Thursday that significantly more taxpayer money is at risk. The three top auditors overseeing work in Iraq told a House committee their review of $57…
Bush order allows Guantanamo trials to move ahead Reuters Wednesday, February 14, 2007 President George W. Bush on Wednesday issued an executive order that will allow cases against prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to move forward and be considered by military tribunals, the White House said. The executive order authorizes the establishment of military commissions, fulfilling…
Tanya Schevitz, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, February 14, 2007 It hasn’t reached the level of the campus peace movement during the 1960s, but students at more than a dozen colleges from San Francisco State University to Columbia University in New York will stage strikes and rallies Thursday to protest the war in Iraq. The anti-war…
