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Though Kennedy's voice came to be respected in foreign policy matters in the course of his tenure--from calling for peace in Northern Ireland to voting against the authorization of the war in Iraq--he was most passionate about setting domestic social policy. Despite being born into a family often referred to as the closest thing to American royalty, Kennedy focused on helping the poor and disenfranchised through many of the 300-plus successful bills he sponsored during his tenure in the Senate...
...numerous public corruption investigations in Connecticut, including that of former Governor John Rowland, who resigned in 2004 and pleaded guilty to accepting gifts and vacations from contractors doing business with the state. He served a year in prison. (Read "The U.S. Prison for Iraq's Worst...
...Baghdad A Bloody August The chaos of Iraq's recent past has returned to parts of the country. Since Aug. 1, bombings have killed more than 150 people, many of them Shi'ites in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul. The attacks represent the worst violence since U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq's cities on June 30 and mark the end of a period of declining bloodshed. So far, Shi'ites have resisted anti-Sunni reprisals...
...from 2007, as well as a Justice Department memo from 2006, about conditions at the secret prisons. And, as if to underline the Administration's commitment to transparency, the Pentagon has decided to notify the Red Cross of the identifies of the detainees being held in secret camps in Iraq and Afghanistan...
...sanctions, don't expect any movement soon. For one thing, the Libyans want to wait until Megrahi's appeal is over before considering compensation - and that'll be just fine with the West. Ghaddafi's neighbors may begin simply ignoring sanctions as they have been doing with Iraq, but it could still be years before the West lifts its embargo...