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POLITICS / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 12:19am neoform

New York Times -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Congress on Wednesday that he envisioned keeping five combat brigades in Iraq as a “long-term presence.” Mr. Gates told the Senate Appropriations Committee, “When I speak of a long-term presence, I’m thin.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Aug 21, 2007 @ 9:43am neoform

Reuters -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, will likely testify to Congress about progress in the war on September 11 or September 12, the White House said on Monday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndr.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jul 18, 2007 @ 4:47am neoform

Washington Post -- At 10 a.m. on April 4, 2001, representatives of 13 environmental groups were brought into the Old Executive Office Building for a long-anticipated meeting. Since late January, a task force headed by Vice President Cheney had been busy drawing up a new nat.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jul 11, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

Washington Post -- Facing crumbling support for the war among their own members, Senate Republican leaders yesterday sought to block bipartisan efforts to force a change in the American military mission in Iraq. But the GOP leadership's use of a parliamentary tactic requ.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 4:12pm neoform

Washington Post -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea. Gates told reporters in Hawaii that he is thinking.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat May 5, 2007 @ 5:07pm neoform

CNN -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa condemned the Los Angeles Police Department's use of force against demonstrators and reporters at an immigration rally, saying he was "deeply, personally troubled" by the clash. The mayor returned home Friday after cutting sh.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 9:49am neoform

SF Gate -- Employing a daily rat-a-tat of attacks on congressional Democrats for trying to force him to end U.S. involvement in the Iraq war, President Bush is undertaking an uphill, perhaps a last-chance, struggle to rebuild support for his policies, experts said T.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 1:09am neoform

SF Gate -- Despite its likely failure, a new, binding Senate resolution to force a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq is part of a Democratic strategy to apply relentless pressure on President Bush's war plans, hoping to force a collapse of GOP support for the administ.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 9:28am neoform

Washington Post -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair, questioned twice in an investigation into whether political honors such as knighthoods were traded for cash, insisted Friday he would not let the inquiry force him from office... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Nov 7, 2006 @ 2:51pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Americans voted on Tuesday in elections for Congress that could curb the power of George W. Bush's Republicans, force a change of direction in.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Nov 6, 2006 @ 4:38pm neoform

Moscow Times -- Analysts and political pundits expect that voters disillusioned with the war in Iraq will vote Democratic on Tuesday in the hope that more Democrats in Congress will force the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to begin withdrawing U.S. force.. Read More