A Secret White House History, 2006-2008,” looks at the Bush administration’s review of the Iraq war in October 2006, which “did not include military participants and proceeded secretly because of White House fears that news coverage of a review might damage Republican chances in the midterm congressional elections.”
As I wrote previously, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind asserts in his latest book, "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism,that the Bush adminstration ordered a back-dated letter linking Iraq to 9/11 be forged. On Friday Suskind released a transcript of a conversation between himself and the Central Intelligence Agency's former Deputy Chief of Clandestine Operations Robert Richer.
Cindy Sheehan, who has been heavily involved in antiwar politics since the death of her son Casey, has qualified for the ballot, collecting the signatures needed to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Congress. This sets her up for a November race against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Ron Suskind's latest book, "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, available Tuesday, has already stirred up quite a storm of controversy. In the book, Suskind alleges that not only did the White House know Iraq had no WMDs, President Bush ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraq's intelligence service, Tahir Jalil Habbush, to Saddam Hussein, linking Iraq to the 9/11 hijackers.
Too bad it doesn't qualify as a small business. According to a report issued Monday by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Blackwater was awarded more than $110 million in SBA contracts between 2005 and 2007, most of which were designated for businesses just a tad smaller than Blackwater.Blackwater a Small Business? Receives Millions in Small Business Contracts ...
As if we needed confirmation (but it's always nice to get it), Friday night on MSNBC's Hardball, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan gave us the confirmation we've expected:
McClellan: Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were helpful to the White House, and certainly we got talking points to those people.
President Bush and Senator John McCain have long been in agreement on major elements of American foreign policy, particularly in their approach to the “axis of evil” countries of Iran and North Korea, and their commitment to staying the course in Iraq.
Who better to exemplify the ideals and accomplishments of “fail” than President George W. Bush? Instead of tossing out insults or posting silly pictures of the silly President, we will post to commemorate the first day of the last 6 months of the Bush debacle with 16 of our favorite “Quotes of Fail”. Enjoy, even though, sadly, none of this is funny at all.
Most GOP candidates are doing their best to stay away from George W. Bush, and it appeared that at a tee-ball game hosted by Bush on Wednesday that one of the children invited to the game wanted to do the same.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under fire for apparently discounting the impact of climate change, on Thursday said global warming poses real risk to human health and the American way of life.
Contending that the U.S. is not pursuing a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday that fighting al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan would be his top priority after ending the war in Iraq.
"This is a war that we have to win," Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery at the International Trade Center in Washington.
All Rep. Dennis Kucinich wants is a chance to present his case. The Ohio Democrat has made a crusade of his efforts to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, only to be ignored and ridiculed by many of his fellow lawmakers.
When you're in the business of saving the future - and you give yourself a specific deadline, such as 2050 - you need to make sure that every single day between then and now counts. Unfortunately, the G8 Summit was a waste of three whole days.
We're next, guys. According to Joe Lieberman, (I-CT), once Iran gets through with Israel and the rest of the Middle East, we're next.
While welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson. He was also heckled, but besides that: he, or rather his speechwriters (since we know how well Shrub does when he ad libs or writes his own stuff) edited one of the greatest orators in history: Jefferson.
Wednesday, the House of Representatives hosted two members of the Iraqi Parliament in order “to hear their assessment of the proposed U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement.” That agreement, proposed by the Bush Administration, would permit U.S. combat forces in Iraq for an unspecified period of time.
Part of their testimony was very interesting. When discussing a possible withdrawal from Iraq, one of the Parliamentarians indicated 70% of the Iraqi public wants the U.S. to withdraw.
In an interview Thursday on the Today Show, Scott McClellan explained his scathing attack on the Bush Administration in his memoirs, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception," and defended himself against Bush Administration officials who have said he is simply disgruntled about being forced out of his post as White House Press Secretary.
Instituting a new draft would be political suicide, but would likely get us out of the Middle East faster than you can say "boo." However, according to an NBC report, the military's stop-loss policy has forced 58,000 U.S. troops to serve past their enlistment terms, in what they call a back-door draft.
A national survey says the average price for regular gasoline rose about 17 cents in the last two weeks.
Senator Jim Webb (D-Va) has proposed a "21st Century G.I. Bill of Rights" to help finance college education for military veterans. It is opposed by the Bush administration and by Sen. John McCain of Arizona,the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Bush has threatened to veto the bill if it is passed.
