Possible Move of Guantanamo Detainees to Alexandria for Trial Raises Worries
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 25th, 2009 4:31 am by HL
Possible Move of Guantanamo Detainees to Alexandria for Trial Raises Worries
An outcry is growing in Alexandria over a prospect no one seems to like: terrorist suspects in the suburbs.
‘Global War On Terror’ Is Given New Name
The Obama administration appears to be backing away from the phrase “global war on terror,” a signature rhetorical legacy of its predecessor.
Democrats Take Knife To Obama’s Budget
Key Democratic leaders were performing major surgery yesterday on President Obama’s first budget plan in an effort to bring skyrocketing annual deficits under control, while preserving the option of enacting some of the president’s most significant and costly domestic priorities.
In Blow to ‘Card Check’ Bill, Specter Says He’ll Vote No
Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), the only Republican senator who did not actively oppose the Employee Free Choice Act in the previous Congress, said yesterday that he will vote to block it this year, dealing a blow to the pro-labor legislation.