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...that the Pentagon’s postwar reconstruction in Iraq is a veritable mess. Meanwhile, the economy continues to stumble, unemployment remains at exceptional highs and the budget deficit keeps ballooning. In the midst of such uncertain and difficult times, at least the White House has its enemies in sight, its allies in line and its priorities in order: by presidential proclamation, Bush has declared Oct. 12 through 18 Marriage Protection Week...
...highway, within sight of Fenway and the neighboring Citgo sign, Buland finally remembered the question he had intended to ask Kerry at the rally: “If you’re going to be in New Hampshire all day, can I have your Sox tickets...
...necessarily quiet concerns among ordinary Americans and their elected representatives over the costs of the war. The tally: 170,000 military reserves are currently on active duty, and a further 15,000 were recently mobilized, with soldiers looking at year-long tours of duty with no early end in sight. Based on current trends that show no sign of abating, up to six of the soldiers deployed in Iraq will be killed each week, and around 40 will be wounded. Once Congress approves the $87 billion Iraq supplemental budget requested by the White House, the cost to the American taxpayer...
Recalling the torture inflicted on Bush's predecessor by a squad of special prosecutors, congressional Democrats demanded that a special counsel be appointed in this case. By Wednesday some had christened the scandal Intimigate and were trying to link it to every political issue in sight. New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, who had been among the first to call for an investigation back in July, announced that he would offer a nonbinding amendment to be attached to the Administration's bill for the $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan, calling for the naming of a special prosecutor...
...parents were in college during the height of the Vietnam War. They remember the pain of a long-term conflict with no end in sight. Now my generation sits comatose in the face of world events that should make anyone's blood boil. My fellow youth: Are we afraid? MICHELLE SISSON La Jolla, Calif...