Ryan C. Crocker and the Iraqi foreign minister are warning that the departure of American troops could lead to a regional conflict that could draw in Iraq?s neighbors.
Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania, who campaigned as a health care reformer, is learning that to contain costs is to pluck dollars from someone?s pocket.
"Business Loves Hillary!" was the gushing declarative that appeared on a recent cover of Fortune. The magazine's political conclusion seemed validated by a June 26 Manhattan fundraiser for Senator Clinton hosted by multibillionaire business legend Warren Buffett. Clinton praised Buffett as "patriotic" for understanding it was the national duty of wealthier Americans to pay higher taxes.
And guess what, if Clinton or any of the other Democratic presidential candidates gets elected, it's a fair bet that corporate America will get a chance to do its duty. In a May 29 speech, Clinton said, "It's simply not fair that as corporate profits have skyrocketed, the percentage of taxes paid by corporations [has] fallen...It's as though we've gone back to the era of the robber barons." During the recent Democratic presidential debate at Howard University, the major candidates agreed with John Edwards on the need to "eliminate all tax breaks for companies who are taking their jobs overseas and getting a tax break for doing it."
Armed with lightning metabolisms, some teenagers might consider themselves impervious to the consequences of poor eating habits. A new asthma study, however, drives home the importance of maintaining a diet replete in key vitamins and nutrients. According to research published today in the journal Chest, deficiencies of vitamins C and E, flavonoids, beta carotene, and omega-3 fatty acids can have harmful impacts on respiratory health.
In the latest pull in a legal tug-of-war over the Bush administration's firings of U.S. attorneys, the president reasserted his use of executive privilege Monday to instruct two former aides not to testify before congressional committees later this week. As the week unwinds, more drama is sure to unfold.
AP - Government troops stormed the compound of Islamabad's Red Mosque before dawn Tuesday, prompting a fierce firefight with militants accused of holding about 150 hostages inside, officials said. At least 40 rebels and three soldiers were killed.
AP - A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reforms, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.
AP - Sen. David Vitter, R-La., apologized Monday night for "a very serious sin in my past" after his telephone number appeared among those associated with an escort service operated by the so-called "D.C. Madam."
Pakistani security forces are battling radical students holed up in a controversial mosque after negotiations between the two sides broke down, military sources said. "The security forces are facing stiff resistance from the militants, but we are making substantial progress," said Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad.
White House spokesman Tony Snow today denied a published report of intensifying debate among White House officials over whether to begin a gradual pullback of U.S. troops in Iraq. A Republican senator, meanwhile, said support for Bush on the issue is eroding.
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