Acting swiftly as his party’s presumed presidential nominee, Barack Obama is keeping Howard Dean at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, while bringing in one of his top strategists to oversee the party’s operations.
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday disavowed efforts by some supporters who have urged Barack Obama to choose her as his running mate. The push-back came a day after the former first lady said she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator.
On his campaign plane, Obama criticizes a reporter for asking about “dirt and lies.”
The decision follows an inquiry into the mishandling of nuclear weapons parts and a series of other embarrassments, Pentagon officials said.
TBR News June 2nd edition asserts that the US rendition program is alive and well, even though President Bush has claimed to have ended the program back in 2006.
31,082 is the current total detainees as of May 19, 2008. That is roughly the population of Afghanistan with TB! (LOL thank you Ted!)
Senate Report: Bush Used Iraq Intel He Knew Was False
In another blog post, I would call this vindication.
The entire point of become POTUS was to take out Saddam H. It was planned right from the beginning.
Glad to see it is all being documented 5 years after the fact.
Denver host committee needs to raise a total of $40.6 million by June 16. See also: DNC slashes party venues
Even for the Senate, where members are well-known to prefer talking to listening, the amount of unilateral jabbering on the climate change bill has been remarkable.
Howard Dean will keep his post at the top, even as Obama puts his stamp on the party organization.