Day: May 19, 2008

Ed Gillespie says Bush’s network interview was “deceptively edited.” See also: NBC’s response

AP – The U.S. military is holding about 500 juveniles in detention centers in Iraq, and has about 10 detained at the U.S. base at Bagram, Afghanistan, the United States has told the United Nations.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said ethanol is not having a “major” impact on food prices, and downplayed calls by lawmakers and industry groups to make changes to programs that promote increased use of biofuels.

Dem candidate says GOP campaign “is being run by Washington lobbyists and paid for with their money.”

Solis Doyle informally discusses the possibility of working for the Obama campaign in the general election.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new book on the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon accuses then-White House counsel John Dean of ordering the infamous Watergate break-in in 1972, a charge Dean strongly rejected.

COVINGTON, Ky (Reuters) – The state of Kentucky, best known for thoroughbred horses and bourbon, is surprised and a little excited to find itself at the center of Democratic presidential politics.

Gramm de-registers as lobbyist and says, “I don’t have a scarlet ‘L’ burned onto my chest.”

Endorsement from West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd comes deep with symbolism.

Reuters – The United Nations urged the world on
Monday to back a global ban on cluster bombs, calling the
munitions unreliable and indiscriminate.