This will be the dominating news story for the next week: The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain his controversial comments about colleagues in a recent interview, an Obama administration official said Tuesday. The official says Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who has since issued an apology for his comments, has […]
Now that Blanche Lincoln has been able to hold onto her job, we are to expect little jabs from the right on how “the progressives lost big tonight”. That, despite being untrue, is to be expected, but this is not: A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the […]
Just received this breaking news alert from the Washington Post: President Obama signed an order Thursday night requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney. The president ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. The memo […]
President Obama has decided to take up immigration, so we all need to keep an eye on Lou: While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Barack Obama plans to begin addressing America’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, a senior administration […]
This is a Bush administration official with direct knowledge admitting that we torture detainees: The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, interrogating him with […]
They are now considering changing the cremation procedure for our soldiers. It turns out our soldiers have been cremated at a company that also cremates animals. I wonder which Bush administration official was buddies with this company and got them the contract?
After seven years, now he decides he wants to save money: President Bush’s 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday. I know where we could save a lot of money. Four simple letters -I.R.A.Q.
So long idiot!: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on […]
Reuters is reporting: President George W., Bush plans on Tuesday to veto a war spending bill that imposes timelines for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, and will then explain his action in a statement at the White House, an administration official said. Bush will carry out his long-standing threat to veto the legislation after […]
Today we find out that the firings of the United States Attorneys went all the way to the oval office: The White House was deeply involved in the decision late last year to dismiss federal prosecutors, including some who had been criticized by Republican lawmakers, administration officials said Monday. Last October, President Bush spoke with […]