Media
Latest News
"Alberto Gonzales is the first Attorney General who thought the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth were three different things. The President should nominate a new Attorney General whose loyalty to the Constitution is greater than his loyalty to the Republican Party."
Former Senator Max Cleland of Georgia delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning. He discussed President Bush's speech this week comparing the ongoing war in Iraq to the Vietnam War and the need to bring our troops home safely from an open-ended civil war. Senator Cleland explains, "President Bush's report to Congress will attempt to show that his escalation has produced improved security in certain parts of Iraq.Los Angeles Times, "Pace likely to call to cut troop levels across Iraq"
"Administration and military officials say Marine Gen. Peter Pace is likely to convey concerns by the Joint Chiefs that keeping well in excess of 100,000 troops in Iraq through 2008 will severely strain the military." [August 24, 2007]
Army Secretary Pete Geren
Associated Press
Jim Abrams, Associated Press - Auguest 23, 2007
The specter of a nuclear bomb, hidden in a cargo container, detonating in an American port has prompted Congress to require 100 percent screening of U.S.-bound ships at their more than 600 foreign starting points.The White House and shippers maintain that the technology for scanning 11 million containers each year doesn't exist, and say the requirement could disrupt trade. Current procedures including manifest inspections at foreign ports and radiation monitoring in U.S. ports are working well, they contend.
We need a New Direction to bring our troops home from Iraq so that America can refocus its efforts against terrorism worldwide.
-- President Bush, August 21, 2007
Today, the National Intelligence Council released an unclassified summary of the most recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. The report paints a grim picture of the political and security situation in Iraq and is at odds with the President's assessment.
"Today's NIE details once again how Iraq's leaders are not creating the political reconciliation that is necessary for a stable nation to emerge."There is widespread agreement that the purpose of the President's escalation was to reduce violence enough to provide breathing space for Iraqi politicians to make significant strides in bringing their people together to build a secure and stable nation.
"Although the report details some reduction in violence it makes clear that it has not been taken advantage of by Iraqi leaders and that Iraqi Security Forces are still highly dependent on the U.S. military.