Leading governments of Europe signaled that they were willing to let the United States choose the bank?s next chief if Paul D. Wolfowitz stepped down soon, officials said.
Just back from his post as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann told an audience at the Middle East Institute in Washington this morning that the country faces a choice "between audacious success and dismal failure."
Despite criticism from some administration insiders about his new book, George Tenet's At the Center of the Storm has already sold over 65,000 copies in the first week and is expected to open at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
The presidents of 12 liberal arts colleges have signed a letter critical of the U.S.News & World Report rankings, saying that those numbers are "misleading and do not serve well the interest of prospective students in finding a college or university that is well suited to their education beyond high school." The 12 schools have pledged not to complete the "peer assessment" section of the magazine's annual survey, which accounts for 25 percent of an institution's ranking. The letter, which was released to the public on May 5, has been sent to hundreds of liberal arts college presidents, asking them to join in the protest.
AP - Senate Republican Whip Trent Lott said Monday that President Bush's new strategy in Iraq has until about fall before GOP members will need to see results.
AP - Washington turned out adoring schoolchildren and ladies in hats for Queen Elizabeth II's visit. The White House, too, laid on special touches at President Bush's first-ever white-tie state dinner to honor America's closest ally and make the queen feel welcome.
AP - Suicide bombers killed 13 people in a pair of attacks Monday around the Sunni Arab city of Ramadi in what local officials said was part of a power struggle between al-Qaida and tribes that have broken with the terror network.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius expressed concern Monday that rescue and recovery efforts after tornado-packed storms were being strained because much-needed equipment is in Iraq. Federal officials arrived Monday in Greensburg to survey the damage. The weekend storms killed 11 people in Kansas, including nine in Greensburg.
A top Los Angeles police official has been demoted and his deputy reassigned after officers under their command attacked demonstrators at an immigration rally, the city's mayor and police chief said Monday.