Authority needed to transfer war funds
May 28, 2008
The Pentagon is seeking an emergency request to borrow or transfer funds from other areas to pay for war.
Female VP hopefuls differ from Clinton
May 28, 2008
Other possible female picks have not become polarizing and have shied away from emphasizing gender.
WH reporters not shocked by McClellan
May 28, 2008
Former clients reject claim that pre-war press "too deferential.” See also: Execs killed critical stories
High gas prices force driver cutbacks
May 28, 2008
Americans, notorious for their love of the open road, are cutting back on gasoline consumption as prices at the pump continue to break records.
During the week leading up to the Memorial Day holiday, the traditional start of vacation season, Americans pumped 5.5 percent less gasoline than a year ago as average prices hit a peak $3.84 a gallon, MasterCard Advisors said in a report.
McCain hits Obama on Petraeus meeting
May 28, 2008
Says Obama hasn’t sat down with leader of Iraq troops; Obama camp response invokes McClellan.
Bush intentionally lied about Iraq
May 28, 2008
President Bush’s former press secretary says President George W. Bush intentionally lied about the reasons for invading Iraq and about so-called “progress” in that war-torn country.
Scott McClellan says Bush relied on “propaganda” instead of fact to mislead the American public about his failed Iraq war.
The White House fired back Wednesday by claiming McClellan is “disgruntled.”
The price of a good time at political conventions: $500,000?
May 28, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Want a skybox perch to see John McCain speak at the Republican National Convention, passes to hot GOP parties that week, pampering from the concierge and private wheels to tool around town?…
Its All A Question Of Getting Enlightened
May 28, 2008
When I was in junior high school, my friend wrote a novel and sent it to Longmans’ for publication. They sent it back to him asking him to simplify it. They wanted it published under the children’s category but the language is a bit above kid level. Well, he did simplify it but they wanted him to simplify it more. He told me that he can no longer to it.
McCain, Obama fight for the West
May 28, 2008
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Call it the political version of how to win the West….
Obama competitive against McCain with key voters
May 28, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama is competing strongly against Republican John McCain for women, Catholics and other groups that have shunned him in the Democratic primaries but will be pivotal in this fall’s presidential race, early polling shows….