Saudi Arabia asked President Bush on Sunday to intervene in Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon to stop the mounting deaths, but administration officials said they remain convinced that an immediate cease-fire is not the answer.
President Bush’s penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice.
The arrogance of the Bush administration continues to damage this country’s reputation with the world community and U.S. Ambassador John Bolton does all he can to deepen the rift with other countries.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Sunday he may challenge a judge’s order allowing FBI agents to examine documents seized at a Louisiana congressman’s Capitol Hill office in a bribery probe.
An independent investigation has found that imprisoned former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham took advantage of secrecy and badgered congressional aides to help slip items into classified bills that would benefit him and his associates.
Governments should learn from thier mistakes but as day after bloody day passes in Iraq it becomes more and more obvious that we didn’t learn our lessons from the debacle in Vietnam.
The Senate reopened the abortion debate Friday in advance of the
midterm elections, this time over a bill that would make it a federal
crime to take a teenager across state lines to end a pregnancy without
a parent’s knowledge.
They promised social conservatives that they’d promote morality and patriotism, and this week Republican leaders in Congress tried to show that they keep their word.
The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Democrats on Saturday recommended moving up Nevada’s 2008 presidential
caucus to the week between the traditional campaign kickoff contests in
Iowa and New Hampshire in a bid for more racial and geographic
diversity in the nominating process.