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.
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.
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.
"When the history is written, it will be said this is a safer country and more hopeful world because George Bush was president," Cheney said, according to Oklahoma's Tulsa World.
The man code-named "Angler" by the Secret Service will probably continue to receive the agency's protection long after he leaves office next year.
The death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq has just past 4,000. As such, both Bush and Cheney spent the day trying to show a reasonable amount of remorse. Today, in an ABC News interview, VP Dick Cheney told us who's most affected by the deaths: not the soldiers themselves, or even the families, but Bush.
