Word that President Bush will call for a massive increase in ethanol production as key to his strategy for energy security and the fight against global warming has Capitol Hill and industry lobbyists buzzing.
Senior Republicans with close ties to the White House are concerned that President Bush's State of the Union address tomorrow night will be a big disappointment.
As a fictional version of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton exasperatedly shouted on Saturday Night Live last weekend, "Is there anyone in the [expletive] country who didn't know I was running for president?" The genuine article finally told America, "I'm in," on Saturday via a video on the new presidential campaign website for her 2008 exploratory committee. But what does the U.S. senator from New York want to do if elected president, at least in domestic economic policy? It would hardly be a stretch to think that a first Hillary Clinton term might be, in effect, the third Bill Clinton term–you know, the one that Al Gore was supposed to preside over.
AP - President Bush will tell Americans Tuesday night he has important plans for health care, education and other kitchen table topics that have little to do with Iraq. Yet if the state of the union is strong, so is the nation's skepticism that he can deliver.
AP - Al-Qaida's deputy leader mocked President Bush's plan to send 21,000 more troops to Iraq, challenging him to send "the entire army," according to a new al-Qaida videotape released Monday by a U.S. group that tracks terror messages.
AP - Congressional Republicans pushed back Monday against President Bush's decision to increase troop strength in Iraq, some voicing opposition while others urged holding the administration and Iraqi government more accountable for the war effort.
In a video released Monday, al Qaeda's No. 2 ridicules President Bush's plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq and predicts a fate "worse than anything you have yet seen." Ayman al-Zawahiri cites Bush's plan to send more than 20,000 U.S. troops to Iraq, and asks, "Why not send 50,000 or 100,000?" FBI officials said Monday that U.S. forces found documents at least six months ago indicating al Qaeda in Iraq has aspirations to attack on U.S. soil.
American officials said Monday that a Canadian should remain on a U.S. terrorist watch list despite the Canadian government's conclusion otherwise and its apology after the designation led to his detention in Syria.