WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday laid out a detailed request for $70 billion to partially fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while providing more aid to tackle an unfolding global food crisis.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration’s top priorities for the new U.S. farm law include tighter crop subsidy limits and so-called local purchase of emergency food aid, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said on Friday.
Winfrey has been absent from Barack Obama’s side since Super Tuesday.
The Democratic presidential contenders square off Sunday on dueling talk shows.
Decision by DNC member Jaime A. Gonzalez Jr. gives Clinton net gain in superdelegates for the day.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Early voting in Indiana could offer some encouragement to presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who needs a victory in its upcoming primary after a tough few weeks on the campaign trail….
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican John McCain was forced to clarify his comments Friday suggesting the Iraq war involved U.S. reliance on foreign oil. He said he was talking about the first Gulf War and not the current conflict….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Banks are the United States’ strongest ally in helping to enforce sanctions against Iranian firms linked to its nuclear program by going beyond the legal requirements, a U.S. Treasury official said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Defense Department on Friday gave a green light to continued work by Lockheed Martin Corp on a $6.1 billion cruise missile program that had been troubled by cost overruns and performance shortfalls.
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Food prices have been rising as a result of soaring energy prices but the use of corn-based ethanol is not the main driver behind rising prices at the supermarket, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday.