Archive for March, 2008

US House Speaker slams Chinese ‘oppression’ in Tibet (AFP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talk to the media in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008. Pelosi, called on the world community Friday to denounce China in the wake of its crackdown in Tibet, calling the crisis 'a challenge to the conscience of the world.' (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AFP - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Chinese “oppression” in Tibet on Friday as thousands of Tibetan exiles cheered her arrival in this Indian hill town to meet the Dalai Lama.


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US defense chief meets commanders over Iraq strategy (AFP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a joint press conference after talks in Moscow on March 18, 2008. Gates held talks with top US military commanders this week over their plans for future troop deployments in Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Friday.(AFP/File/Natalia Kolesnikova)AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates held talks with top US military commanders this week over their plans for future troop deployments in Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Friday.


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Story behind the story: The Clinton myth (Politico.com)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Politico.com - One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.

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Obama Was the February Front-runner in Fundraising Too (CQPolitics.com)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

CQPolitics.com - Barack Obama made the most of his financial advantage in the Democratic presidential race last month, though it still wasn’t enough for the Illinois senator to close the door on his rival for the nomination, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Tibet challenges world conscience, Pelosi says (Reuters)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R) arrive for a news conference outside his residence in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala March 21, 2008. Pelosi said on Friday Tibet was a challenge to the world's conscience and called for an international probe to clear the Dalai Lama's name in the violent protests this month. (Arko Datta/Reuters)Reuters - House of Representatives
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday Tibet was a challenge to
the world’s conscience and called for an international probe to
clear the Dalai Lama’s name in the violent protests this month.


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Dems crushing McCain in money war (Politico.com)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Politico.com - John McCain had his second biggest fundraising month in February, pulling in $11 million mostly after he all but secured the GOP presidential nomination with a collection of big wins in the Super Tuesday contests on Feb. 5.

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GOP lock on Cuban exile vote challenged (AP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

AP - For more than two decades, the Diaz-Balart brothers have represented South Florida, first in the Legislature and then in Congress, fighting to maintain the nation’s hard-line stance toward Cuba.

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Richardson to endorse Obama’s White House bid: source (Reuters)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson during a debate in Las Vegas, November 15, 2007. Richardson endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination, Obama's aides said on Friday, in a big boost for the senator. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson endorsed Barack Obama’s bid for the Democratic
nomination for president, Obama’s aides said on Friday, in a
boost for the Illinois senator.


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Aide: Rangel’s ailment was encephalitis (AP)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Congressman Charles Rangel, D-NY, delivers a speech framed by a photo of Cpl. Juan Alcantara during a special Citizenship Day naturalization ceremony in which Juan was awarded American Citizenship posthumously on Sept. 17, 2007 in New York.  Alcantara died Aug. 6 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The illness that put Rep. Charles Rangel in a New York City hospital earlier this month was a brain-swelling virus, not the flu, a spokesman said Thursday.


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Democrats want contract fraud documents (AP)

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

AP - House Democrats demanded documents Thursday about a multibillion-dollar overseas contracting loophole to track down how — and why — the Bush administration slipped it into plans to protect taxpayer money.

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