George W. Bush did not invent the document known as the presidential signing statement; he inherited it. Franklin Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, and even James Monroe authored the statements, which spell out the president's sometimes controversial interpretation of the very law he's signing. But no president has used signing statements quite like Bush.
JERUSALEM-Thirteen days into the Lebanese-Israeli conflict (or is it war?), the United States finally decided to do something about it. Or did it? U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice popped into Beirut for a surprise visit today and then over to Jerusalem before continuing to other parts of the world.
AP - Beirut was pounded by new airstrikes Tuesday as the two-week-old crisis showed no signs of letting up, despite frantic diplomatic efforts. At least four heavy blasts were heard, the first Israeli strikes in the capital in nearly two days. A gray cloud billowed up from the southern district, a Hezbollah stronghold that has been heavily bombarded.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a frenetic set of meetings amid intense Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, said Tuesday the United States wants an "urgent and enduring" peace where problems are solved without war.
AP - President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq's transformation to a self-sustaining democracy.
U.S. suggests force for Lebanon, sources sayTurkish, Egyptian troops could be deployedIsrael seizes Hezbollah stronghold, military saysU.S. ships medical supplies to BeirutMore than 400 dead in 14-day-old conflict
U.S. suggests force for Lebanon, sources sayTurkish, Egyptian troops could be deployedU.S. ships medical supplies to BeirutIsraeli PM vows to fight on; rockets hit HaifaMore than 400 dead in 14-day-old conflict
Rockets hit northern Israel, police say girl killedSeven civilians killed in Israeli attack, sources sayIsrael vows to continue fight against Hezbollah375 dead in Lebanon; 39 in Israel, officials say U.S. proposes international force for Lebanon