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March 2007 - Posts
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About one-third of the nearly four dozen U.S. attorney's jobs that have changed hands since President Bush began his second term have been filled by trusted Read More...
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As John Edwards travels the country, he's sticking to his message—and caring for a sick wife. Read More...
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich equated bilingual education Saturday with “the language of living in a ghetto” and mocked requirements that ballots Read More...
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March 31: Rudi Giuliani Clarifies his wife roll in the White House in attending cabinet meetings. (MSNBC) Read More...
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Dixie’s heyday in Congress is over. It is rare to find anyone with a Southern accent in a position of power. After the Democratic victories last November, Read More...
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March 31: MSNBC's Alex Witt is joined by political analyst Pat Buchanan and democratic strategist Peter Fenn on the latest poll results. (MSNBC) Read More...
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President Bush, seeking to one-up Congress’ Democratic majority in a showdown over the Iraq war, suggested Saturday that lawmakers should be ashamed that Read More...
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A New York senator is demanding a retraction from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on behalf of New Mexico’s former U.S. attorney, who was fired along Read More...
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Rep. John Spratt of South Carolina, chairman of the House Budget Committee, led the effort to draft the recent $3 trillion budget resolution. He is a Democrat Read More...
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Guantanamo detainee David Hicks has become the first person to be convicted under the new Military Commissions Act. Hicks, who is an Australian citizen, Read More...
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There has been a bit of payback for the John McCain folks from the man whose MySpace template was appropriated by the campaign. Read More...
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Julie Viera blogs about being a nun. One way she connects with her readers is by answering questions that people submit to the "Ask Sister" feature on Read More...
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The United States attorneys controversy held Washington's attention this week. But the Congress also took on the issue of setting a deadline for the withdrawal Read More...
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Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright gives her views on the war in Iraq, the United States' relationship with Iran and other foreign policy issues. Read More...
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Election day 2008 is over a year away. Yet presidential candidates are already holding large fundraising events. Anthony Corrado, a professor of government, Read More...
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An annual spring ritual took place in Washington this week when the Radio and TV Correspondents dinner took place. It's an event where journalists sit Read More...
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Federal prosecutors have told Bernard B. Kerik, whose nomination as homeland security secretary in 2004 ended in scandal, that he is likely to be charged Read More...
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Just seven days after Pat Tillman's death, a top general warned there were strong indications that he died as a result of “friendly fire” and President Read More...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Syria, a country President Bush has shunned as a sponsor of terrorism, despite being asked by the administration Read More...
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday accused President Bush of failing to respect the Constitution amid the uproar over the firing Read More...
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President Bush went to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., Friday, his first trip there since revelations six weeks ago about deplorable Read More...
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Colorado Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo is apparently set to make his presidential run official. Read More...
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FBI Director Robert Mueller blames poor training and supervision for the bureau's Patriot Act abuses and promises new training programs. He might want Read More...
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It's been a very rough week for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. His former chief of staff testified on Capitol Hill, contradicting statements the attorney Read More...
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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said Thursday he’s backing Democrat Barack Obama in his presidential bid, giving his support to a new generation of black Read More...
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Officials in Paris, Texas, announce that authorities will free 15-year-old Shaquanda Cotton, who has spent a year in juvenile detention for pushing a hall Read More...
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A new study shows that tough new voter identification requirements appear to reduce the probability that someone will vote -- and that the impact is greater Read More...
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani acknowledged again Friday that he made a mistake when he recommended Bernard Kerik to be the nation's homeland Read More...
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Rudy Giuliani's White House aspirations are inescapably tied to Sept. 11, 2001 - for better and for worse. Read More...
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Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback says Social Security can be fixed with private savings accounts. Read More...
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Fox News, rebounding from a presidential debate squabble with Democrats, has a new deal with an old debate partner. The cable news network will co-sponsor Read More...
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House Democrats pushed their budget blueprint to passage Thursday, promising a big surplus in five years by allowing tax cuts passed in President Bush's Read More...
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The news of neglected war veterans outraged Capitol Hill, caused resignations at the Pentagon and promises of better treatment from the Bush administration. Read More...
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President Bush isn't rushing to the rescue of his old Texas friend, Alberto Gonzales, after the attorney general's one-time lieutenant undercut his old Read More...
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March 30: Kyle Sampson, ex-chief of staff to Alberto Gonzales, contradicts his former boss in Senate testimony. NBC's Chip Reid reports (Today Show) Read More...
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March 30: NBC's Tim Russert talks with TODAY anchor Meredith Vieira about Alberto Gonzales, Iraq and the 2008 presidential race. (Today Show) Read More...
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The military trial of Guantanamo detainee David Hicks continues Friday. The 31-year-old Australian has pleaded guilty to providing material support for Read More...
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Democrats in the Senate are turning up the heat on the White House. The full Senate passed a military spending bill that would include a timetable for Read More...
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The Senate, defying the threat of a presidential veto, approves $122 billion in war funds while setting a timeline for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Read More...
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As a civil-rights hero, the endorsement of Rep. John Lewis is valued by presidential hopefuls -- including Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and Sen. Hillary Read More...
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Kyle Sampson -- former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- testifies before a Senate panel. He says his boss was far more involved in Read More...
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D. Kyle Sampson, the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that he suggested Read More...
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March 28: President Bush salutes the Tuskegee airmen, six decades after fighting gallantly in World War II, only to return home to a country that discriminated Read More...
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday dropped some names of potential running mates in the 2008 race, but added such speculation is a Read More...
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Voter concern for the Edwards children has been left out of the debate over whether revelations about Elizabeth Edwards' cancer will help her husband's Read More...
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Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani says if elected, he'd be open to his wife attending Cabinet meetings on issues in which she's interested Read More...
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March 29: Republican senators use rare rule to stop a Judiciary Committee hearing with Kyle Sampson, a former aide for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Read More...
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Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to start withdrawing troops from "the civil war in Iraq. Read More...
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A Bush administration official broke federal rules and could face administrative sanctions for leaking nonpublic federal information about endangered species Read More...
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State Sen. Wayne Bryant, one of New Jersey’s most powerful lawmakers, was indicted Thursday on federal corruption and fraud charges, according to a federal Read More...
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The Senate has passed a massive spending bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure also calls on U.S. troops to be out of Iraq by next Read More...
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After questioning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) says he believes Gonzales "likely knew about" a plan Read More...
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As he tries to explain how he'll cope with the return of his wife's cancer, presidential hopeful John Edwards is opening up about another family struggle Read More...
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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is asking why Lurita Doan, administrator of the General Services Administration, allowed a White Read More...
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was more involved than he had previously acknowledged in the decision to dismiss eight U.S. attorneys in 2006, according Read More...
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House Democrats plan spending increases for education, health care and national security when they pass their first budget plan since regaining control Read More...
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has criticized the conduct of the Iraq war, said Wednesday the situation in Iraq is changing under a Read More...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday Congress should look for ways to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, but said any solution Read More...
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The Bush administration floated elements of an immigration plan on Wednesday that would make it harder for millions of illegal immigrants to gain citizenship Read More...
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Whatever else may be distracting official Washington, the springtime tuxedo dinners must go on. And a president must make jokes at his own expense. Wednesday Read More...
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March 29: Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson is considering a run for the White House. Can the 'Law & Order' star take command of the premier political Read More...
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The Pilgrim United Church of Christ of Carlsbad, Calif., has a dilemma. A convicted child molester wants to join its congregation and the community has Read More...
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March 29: Kyle Sampson, former Chief of Staff to the Attorney General, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Commitee. (MSNBC) Read More...
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If vulnerable GOP senators give a thumbs-down to the $122 billion Iraq bill when it comes to a vote Thursday, will Democrats run campaign ads accusing Read More...
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The former chief of staff to embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Kyle Sampson gave evidence Read More...
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