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AP: White House denies reports it intends to attack Iran
Washington, D.C. (AP): The White House on Tuesday denied a published report in Israel that said President Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term in January.
A story in the Jerusalem Post quoted a “senior official” there as saying that Bush plans to attack Iran in the coming months. The story says [...]
Speaker Pelosi in Iraq
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key Democrat critic of President George Bush’s war policy in Iraq, landed in Baghdad on Saturday for talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, the U.S. embassy said.
An embassy spokeswoman said Pelosi would meet U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the Commander of U.S. forces in [...]
Childers Defeats Davis in Mississippi
Washington, D.C (rightcommentary.com): Democrats picked up a northern Mississippi House seat in one of the most conservative-minded districts in the country Tuesday night — an upset that will reverberate darkly through a House Republican caucus already reeling from losses in special elections in Illinois and Louisiana.
With all precincts reporting, the Democratic nominee, Prentiss County [...]
Bush faults Democrats on housing crisis, energy and taxes
Washington, D.C. (AP):
President Bush on Wednesday criticized Democrats in Congress for their approach to dealing with the nation’s housing crisis and soaring energy prices and called anew for an extension of expiring tax cuts and government wiretapping authority.
Bush met at the White House with Republican leaders of Congress and then critiqued the Democrats’ strategy for [...]
The President holds firm on Iraq funding bill
 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush and Democrats controlling Congress continued on course toward a veto confrontation Tuesday as Bush said he would veto any attempt to add a popular veteran benefits bill to his $108 billion war funding request.Bush’s hard line in a Rose Garden news conference could virtually assure a veto of the hotly [...]
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