Archive for March, 2008

McCain meets Sarkozy, comments on China (AP)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, shakes hands with U.S. presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain, left, after their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, March 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain said Friday that China is harming its world image with its crackdown in Tibet and expressed hope Beijing would seek a peaceful solution to the crisis.


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Hispanic Gov. Richardson endorses Obama (AP)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, smiles as New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson waves, Friday, March 21, 2008, at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore. where Richardson announced his endorsement of Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Bill Richardson, the nation’s only Hispanic governor, backed Barack Obama for president Friday, moved to deliver his much-coveted endorsement by the senator’s speech about race.


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US sailor detained over driver killing (AP)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

AP - A U.S. sailor sought in the killing of a Japanese taxi driver near an American navy base was taken into custody for questioning early Saturday, U.S. navy officials said.

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Dems’ Senate Campaign Unit Leaped Further Ahead in February (CQPolitics.com)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

CQPolitics.com - The fundraising efforts of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), which assists its party’s candidates in U.S.

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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 419 (AP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) display Easter Eggs during Easter celebrations at the Kandahar air base. With a bombing that killed two soldiers, rockets attacks and a suspicious parcel, Easter passed almost unnoticed for Canadian troops in southern Afghanistan.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - As of Friday, March 21, 2008, at least 419 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures March 15 at 10 a.m. EST.


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Obama has clear money advantage (AP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., right, accompanied by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, smiles at a news conference in Portland, ore, Friday, March 21, 2008, after a rally where Richardson announced his endorsement of Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lived hand to mouth during the rush of presidential primaries while Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama outspent her and put money in the bank.


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Governor Richardson backs Obama (Reuters)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson take questions at a news conference following a campaign rally in Portland, Oregon, March 21, 2008. Richardson endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president on Friday, in a big boost for the senator. (Richard Clement/Reuters)Reuters - Sen. Barack Obama won a
coveted endorsement from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on
Friday while the State Department apologized that employees
snooped into the Illinois Democrat’s passport files and those
of his two main White House rivals.


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Pentagon rules out Fallon testimony (AP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

This undated photo released by the McDonald family shows Sgt. James W. McDonald. The Army says McDonald suffered a severe head wound in Iraq in a bomb blast but what caused his death six months later was undetermined, which keeps him off the casualty list. The family of McDonald, 26, of Neenah, Wis., has asked Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., for help in getting more answers. (AP Photo/courtesy of the McDonald family)AP - The Pentagon on Friday ruled out including Adm. William Fallon as a witness before Congress when the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad testify next month on the way ahead in Iraq.


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Dems Score a State Senator for Competitive Alabama House Race (CQPolitics.com)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

CQPolitics.com - State Sen. Parker Griffith announced Friday that he will run for Alabama’s 5th Congressional District seat, left open by nine-term Democratic Rep. Robert E. “Bud” Cramer’s surprise retirement announcement last week.

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Dems want HUD chief to resign (AP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

AP - Two Democratic senators said Friday that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, buffeted by allegations of cronyism and favoritism, should resign.

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