July 10, 2008 Douglas Feith, an undersecretary of defense in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005 and an early supporter of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, recently wrote a remarkable defense of the war. His article, “Why We Went to War in Iraq,” was published on the July 3 opinion page of the [...]
Archive for July 10th, 2008
10 Jul
Pelosi says House Judiciary may hold hearings on Kucinich impeachment resolution
Politico July 10, 2008 Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this morning that the House Judiciary Committee may hold hearings on an impeachment resolution offered by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Kucinich is expected to offer a “privileged resolution” this afternoon calling on the House to look at whether President Bush should be removed from office for [...]
10 Jul
Fixing How We Go to War
Warren Christopher, foreground, and James A. Baker III this week. (By Brendan Hoffman — Getty Images) By David S. Broder Thursday, July 10, 2008; Page A15 Washington Post Just shy of eight years after they squared off in the Florida recount battle, James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher have joined forces to clean up [...]
10 Jul
McCain Gets a Third-Rail Shock
Thursday, July 10, 2008; Page A04, Washington Post John McCain said the way Social Security is set up hurts young workers. (Carolyn Kaster – AP) ‘ABSOLUTE DISGRACE’ OF SOCIAL SECURITY McCain Gets a Third-Rail Shock Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) once said economics was not his strong suit — and yesterday Social Security became a problem [...]
