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Bush and Cheney Chide Democrats on Iraq Deadline — President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney aggressively challenged the motives of Congressional Democrats on Tuesday, as the House and Senate prepared to consider a war spending bill that would order troops to be withdrawn from Iraq beginning later this year.
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George McGovern: Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war — The 1972 presidential nominee strikes back at the vice president for comparing today's Democrats to the McGovern platform. — VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney recently attacked my 1972 presidential platform and contended …
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Reid Spokesman: Cheney's Attacks Are Desperate, Lack Credibility — WASHINGTON, D.C.— Jim Manley, Spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, released the following statement today after comments made by Vice President Dick Cheney: — Vice President Cheney should be the last person …


Delays in Renzi Case Raise More Gonzales Questions — WASHINGTON — As midterm elections approached last November, federal investigators in Arizona faced unexpected obstacles in getting needed Justice Department approvals to advance a corruption investigation of Republican Rep. Rick Renzi, people close to the case said.
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Iglesias Reveals He Filed Complaint Against Rove, Leading To Special Counsel Probe
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Rosie Bids Adieu to "The View" — There is a strong buzz in Hollywood that Rosie O'Donnell will announce Wednesday (April 25) that she is leaving "The View" — and she'll make the announcement on the show. — If it happens, it's likely Rosie will stick it out through the end of the season.
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ROSIE GROSSES OUT MEDIA ELITE — ROSIE O'Donnell's blue humor made faces red when she emceed the Matrix Awards in front of 2,000 feting New York's most accomplished women in media at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom yesterday. — The loose-lipped lesbian dropped the F-bomb …

Pelosi Won't Attend Petraeus Briefing — House Speaker Had Phone Conversation With Top U.S. Iraq Commander — As the House and Senate prepare to vote this week on the final conference report on the $124 billion troop funding bill — which would also mandate that U.S. combat troops begin withdrawing …

Bombshell Cripples Case Against Haditha Marines — Convincing evidence that corroborates NewsMax.com's accounts of the Haditha insurgent ambush has compelled the prosecution to take extraordinary steps to bolster their crumbling case. — The stunning announcement that all charges …
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FRONTLINE [series home] — What do you think most Americans think when they hear the term "global warming"? — I think Americans now believe that something has happened to the climate; that they think that the weather patterns are not the same as they were 20 years ago …
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Panel Hears About Falsehoods in 2 Wartime Incidents — House Democrats burrowed into the histories of Pfc. Jessica D. Lynch and Cpl. Pat Tillman in a hearing on Tuesday, holding up the episodes as egregious examples of officials' twisting the truth for public relations in wartime.
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OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry — Seven years ago, a Missouri doctor discovered a troubling pattern at a microwave popcorn plant in the town of Jasper. After an additive was modified to produce a more buttery taste, nine workers came down with a rare, life-threatening disease that was ravaging their lungs.


O'Reilly purported to chart an intricate web leading to "vile propaganda outfit" Media Matters … Discussing the political influence of philanthropist and progressive financier George Soros during the April 23 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly attacked Media Matters …


BILL MOYERS JOURNAL: BUYING THE WAR — How the administration marketed the war to the American people has been well covered, but critical questions remain: How and why did the press buy it, and what does it say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort out fact from propaganda?
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Univ. rescinds stage weapons ban — Stage weapons will again be allowed in University theatrical productions, in a reversal of last week's ban, Yale spokeswoman Helaine Klasky said Tuesday morning. — Administrators decided Monday afternoon to require that audiences instead be informed …


President Bush Discusses Iraq War Supplemental — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Seventy-eight days ago I sent Congress a request for emergency war funding that our troops urgently need. I made it clear to Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill that I'm willing to discuss our differences on the way forward in Iraq.