Wow this is getting heated: On the eve of a potentially contentious Senate hearing about the Iraq war, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to testify before Congress, saying it’s been too long without such an appearance. Clinton, D-N.Y., is a member of the Armed Services Committee, and while she has criticized […]
This is very interesting and it will be more interesting to see how it is quickly spun. A group of Democrats in the House of Representatives on Wednesday called for at least $10 billion in additional funds to help the U.S. Army rebuild resources depleted by the Iraq war, now in its fourth year. In […]
CBS’ Thalia Assuras had an interview with William F. Buckley, the father of modern conservatism, last night and he had some sharp words about Bush: Buckley finds himself parting ways with President Bush, whom he praises as a decisive leader but admonishes for having strayed from true conservative principles in his foreign policy. In particular, […]
There is a really interesting article in the Kansas City Star today, which talks about some state candidates that have recently dropped the Republican Party and joined the Democrats. In this article, they highlight three candidates who have recently made the change and give the reasons why. What is interesting is the reason two of […]
Bush and his claims that the Taliban is no longer existent have really come back to bite him in the ass. Brian Ross gives us this doozey sure to get some hot debate going: The United States military is quietly carrying out the largest military offensive in Afghanistan since U.S. troops invaded the country in […]
Newsday gives us this nice little bit of information: Now that top White House aide Karl Rove is off the hook in the CIA leak probe, President George W. Bush must weigh whether to pardon former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the only one indicted in the three-year investigation. Speculation about a pardon […]
After all – why should he? President Bush understands there is growing U.S. concern over his handling of the Iraq war but will not rely on polls to determine when to withdraw troops, his spokesman said Sunday. “The president understands how a war can wear on a nation,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said. […]
Here is a man that was supported by the netroots and has become victorious in the first battle: James Webb, a former Reagan administration Navy secretary who left the Republican Party over the Iraq war, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to take on GOP Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) in the fall. Webb […]
Last week the Appropriation Committees of the House and Senate reached a deal on the supplemental appropriations bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The new bill is expected to make it to the floor this week for debate and is expected to pass. Originally there was a provision in this bill to […]
Now think to yourself about why Osama became our enemy instead of our asset in the early 90’s as you read this: Congressional Republicans killed a provision in an Iraq war funding bill that would have put the United States on record against the permanent basing of U.S. military facilities in that country, a lawmaker […]