Cheney criticizes Pelosi for Syria trip Vice President Dick Cheney scolded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday for "bad behavior" in traveling to Syria, a country that he said promoted terrorism. In a conversation with fellow conservative Rush Limbaugh on Limbaugh’s radio show, Cheney belittled Pelosi’s public statement after she met with Syrian President Bashar […]
Cheney Speech Prompts Protests at BYU Students and faculty at Brigham Young University (BYU) are not known for political protests, especially those aimed at U.S. Presidents and their administrations. The Provo, Utah, school is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormon Church. And the Church, […]
New York Sun: Cheney for President in 2008 Could Dick Cheney follow in the footsteps of the last two-term Republican vice president? At least one major New York City newspaper thinks so. Among unannounced, potential 2008 presidential candidates "the one that who [sic] would bring the most to the race is Vice President Cheney," writes […]
If there’s anyone that has passed before us in this last 6+ years that embodies the total horror of it all, it’s this man – Douglas Feith. I guess he’s a smart person. He’s a Magna Cum Laude graduate from both Harvard College and Georgetown Law. But if ever there were a person who ought […]
Investigators Eye Broader White House Email Trail Last week, Justice Department documents turned over to a Congressional committee investigating circumstances behind the selective firing of seven US attorneys revealed that some Bush administration officials have primarily used email accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee to conduct official White House business. This appears to be […]
Bush scoops up Fox using recess powers President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress, where Democrats had derailed Fox’s nomination. The appointment, made while lawmakers were out of town on spring break, prompted angry rebukes from Democrats, who said […]
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Robert F. Kennedy In 1968, my father, running for President, addressed in a speech, the White House’s proposal for a troop surge in Vietnam. "I do not want — as I believe most Americans do not want — to sell out American interests, to simply withdraw, to raise the white flag of surrender. That would […]
The Honorable Alberto Gonzales Attorney General of the United States U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Attorney General Gonzales: As you are aware, Monica Goodling has indicated that she will assert her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination before the Senate Judiciary Committee rather than testify. You must know […]
Donate Your Personal Tragedy to the White House Bartlett told Bob Schieffer on CBS’s Face the Nation that the cause of longtime senior Bush strategist Matthew Dowd’s break with the President was the "personal turmoil" in Dowd’s life. In recent years, Dowd has lost a child and a marriage, and now his son is being […]