Senators Seek Ethics Findings
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 17th, 2009 5:30 am by HL
Senators Seek Ethics Findings
Two Senate Democrats urged the Justice Department yesterday to quickly release its findings of an ethics investigation into legal opinions under President George W. Bush that paved the way for waterboarding prisoners and other harsh interrogation practices.
Pentagon Rethinks Its 18-Year Ban on Photos and Videos of Coffins Bearing War Dead Home
Every week, Air Force cargo jets land and taxi down the runway at Dover Air Force Base, Del., carrying the remains of fallen U.S. troops. After a chaplain says a simple prayer, an eight-man military honor guard removes the metal “transfer cases” from the planes and carries them to a mortuary van.
After Stimulus Battle, Liberals Press Obama
As President Obama prepares to sign a $787 billion economic stimulus package today amid gales of Republican criticism of its cost, he is also facing quieter misgivings from liberal Democrats who say the bill does not go far enough — and who are already looking ahead to future legislation that they…
Big-City Leaders Call Stimulus a Fine Start
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) has said the federal money from the economic stimulus plan could save 14,000 teacher jobs and 1,000 police officer positions he had planned to cut. The money could expand the subway system, avert hospital closures and create a new urban…
Justice Dept. Defends Bush Rule on Guns
The Obama administration is legally defending a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush that allows concealed firearms in national parks, even as it is internally reviewing whether the measure meets environmental muster.
