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...reached the conclusion, retrospectively, now that the inadequate intelligence and faulty conclusions are being revealed, that all things being considered, it was a mistake to launch that military action." DOUG BEREUTER, retiring Republican Congressman from Nebraska, who had supported launching an attack on Iraq...
...reached the conclusion, retrospectively, now that the inadequate intelligence and faulty conclusions are being revealed, that all things being considered, it was a mistake to launch that military action." DOUG BEREUTER, retiring Congressman from Nebraska, in a four-page statement on Iraq that enraged fellow Republicans...
...expert at the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs in Washington: "The North Koreans aren't just paranoid to think that calls for improvements in human rights are synonymous with calls for regime change." U.S. lawmakers insist, however, that the legislation is meant only to address a humanitarian crisis. Says Congressman Jim Leach, the House bill's co-sponsor: "If it is such an embarrassment [to Pyongyang], they might want to move to treat their people better...
Goss's chances of being confirmed in the job are much greater than they were when the White House first floated his name six weeks ago. Then Democrats publicly complained that the Republican Congressman was too partisan for the position, left open by the July resignation of George Tenet. But the Bush Administration was moved to fill the post after recent polls showed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry narrowing the gap with Bush on the question of whom voters trust more to fight terrorism. That and warnings of a possible new alQaeda attack in the U.S. made it politically dicey...
...that what brought it all down? Many gay politicians serve openly today, from Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe of Arizona to Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rives Kistler. And countless straight politicians could tell McGreevey that a career can perish even when your secret passions are heterosexual. Just ask former Governor Paul Patton of Kentucky, who had to abandon plans for a 2004 Senate race after he was accused of misusing his office to help a woman with whom he had had an affair. Or Jack Ryan, the millionaire who was running for a U.S. Senate seat in Illinois this year until...