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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad. Pelosi went into the meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shortly after arriving in the Iraqi capital, a government official...
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad. Pelosi went into the meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shortly...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key Democrat critic of President George Bush's war policy in Iraq, landed in Baghdad on Saturday for talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, the U.S. embassy said. An embassy spokeswoman said Pelosi would meet U.S. ambassador...
Republicans are and should be panicked over the fact that conservative Democrat Travis Childers just defeated Republican Greg Davis by a margin of 54%-46% in the race for a vacant Mississippi congressional seat. That seat is in a conservative district that had given President Bush a 25-point...
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago BAGHDAD - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad. Pelosi went into the meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
By Aws Qusay and Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki returned to Baghdad on Saturday after...
The big difference between Republicans and liberal Democrats is the way each party views people. Republicans see us as individuals and respect our God-given human dignity. To liberal Democrats, we're not individuals; we're members of a herd with all the dignity of a cow or pig dependent on its...
More than 40 members of the U.S.House of Representatives on Thursday expressed condolences to the families of the victims of a devastating earthquake in China, saying that the U.S. Congress stands ready to help in any way possible. "We write to express our condolences to the families of the...
From The Progressive By Matthew Rothschild Peace activists scored a rare victory on May 15. They helped defeat a bill that would have thrown another $165 billion into the maw of the Iraq occupation, extending it deep into 2009. This victory had nothing to do with the Democratic leadership in the...
Associated Press - May 17, 2008 9:03 AM ET SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - President Bush has begun two days worth of talks with leaders from throughout the Mideast today in Egypt. The president arrived and had lunch with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak (HAHS'-nee moo-BAH'-rahk). Also on the agenda...
