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AP: Documents contradict Gonzales’ testimony

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) Documents indicate eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration’s terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
The documents underscore questions about Gonzales’ credibility as senators consider whether a perjury investigation should be opened into conflicting […]

Parents Devote Lives to ‘Most Injured Soldier’

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

TAMPA, Fla.—He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive. He cannot walk or talk, but he can grimace and cry. And he is fully aware of what has happened to him.
Four years ago almost to this day, . was shot in the […]

AP: Change vs. experience may be ‘08 choice

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

WASHINGTON U.S. voters are torn between competing cravings as they prepare to choose a new president in 2008: Change or experience? They are demanding something new, but there is comfort in the tried and true.
The American public’s low opinion of Washington and growing concern about the direction of the country point to 2008 […]

Farm bill has little to do with party affiliation

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is an avid hunter who voted to repeal a ban on assault weapons in the 1990s. A devoted outdoorsman, he led a fight in 2004 to overturn a ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park. Each time, he aroused the ire of some […]

Documents Contradict Gonzales Testimony

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

(AP)Documents indicate eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration’s terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
The documents, obtained by The Associated Press, come as senators consider whether a perjury investigation should be opened into conflicting accounts about […]