Today’s Washington Post tells us that NOW 7 GOP Senators want to debate the Warner/Levin amendment, making this one of the biggest WTF moments in recent history: Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush’s new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every […]
This from one of the strongest supporters of the war: Sen. John Warner, the former GOP chairman and influential member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is set to introduce a second resolution Monday that expresses criticism of President Bush’s call for a troop increase in Iraq, a move Bush Administration officials have scrambled to […]
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 […]
The Washington Post now has the story up regarding Dubai’s pull out: The United Arab Emirates company that was attempting to take over management operations at six U.S. ports announced today that it will divest itself of all American interests. The announcement appears to head off a major confrontation that was brewing between Congress and […]
Dubai has quit its bid for the ports deal. The following is appearing on CNN’s home page: Dubai Ports World has agreed to turn over all of its operations at U.S. ports to a United States entity, said Sen. John Warner, reading a statement from DP World. He said the reason is “to preserve” the […]
Bush made a big lie yesterday about progress in Iraq. This should come as no shock but still merits attention.Think Progress has the details on it. The progress of the Iraqi forces is especially clear when the recent anti-terrorist operations in Tal Afar are compared with last year’s assault in Fallujah. In Fallujah, the assault […]
Senator John Warner, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he intends to summons Rumsfeld to Capital Hill to answer questions about Iraq. He is doing this because of the rising number of lost soldiers, the economic cost and the increased insurgency taking place in Iraq. Mr. Warner is also planning on holding hearings in […]