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"McCain’s remark sparks an uproar." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain triggered a tempest over Iraq on Wednesday, saying it was "not too important" to set a timetable for American troop withdrawals from Iraq." ... "The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was asked on NBC's "Today" show if he had an estimate for when [United States] U.S. troops might leave Iraq." ... ""No, but that's not too important," he replied. "What's important is casualties in Iraq. . . . Americans are in South Korea. Americans are in Japan. American troops are in Germany. That's all fine. . . . The key to it is, we don't want any more Americans in harm's way."" ... "[Delaware Democratic Senator Joseph Biden:]" ... ""Sen. McCain's comment is evidence that he is totally out of touch with the needs of our troops and the national security needs of our nation," said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del. [Democratic-Delaware]). "I think many of our brave soldiers and their families would disagree that it's 'not too important' when they come home."" ... "[Nevada Democratic Senator and] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. [Democratic-Nevada]) joined in. "McCain's statement today that withdrawing troops doesn't matter is a crystal-clear indicator that he just doesn't get the grave national security consequences of staying the course," Reid said in a statement. "Osama bin Laden is freely plotting attacks, our efforts in Afghanistan are undermanned, and our military readiness has been dangerously diminished."" -By John McCormick with contributions by Mike Dorning and Mark Silva -ChicagoTribune via -LAtimes
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Rights - Del
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Joseph
R Biden
- 2008
Election - "Bush
More Emphatic In Backing Musharraf: He Says Leader
'Believes in Democracy'." ... "[Republican] President Bush yesterday offered
his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf,
saying the general "hasn't crossed the line" and "truly is somebody who
believes in democracy."" ... "Bush spoke nearly three weeks after Musharraf
declared emergency rule, sacked members of the Supreme Court and began
a roundup of journalists, lawyers and human rights activists. Musharraf's
government yesterday released about 3,000 political prisoners, although
2,000 remain in custody, according to the Interior Ministry." ... "Several
outside analysts and a key Democratic lawmaker expressed incredulity over
Bush's comments and called them a sign of how personally invested the president
has become in the U.S. relationship with Musharraf." ... ""What exactly
would it take for the president to conclude Musharraf has crossed the line?
Suspend the constitution? Impose emergency law? Beat and jail his political
opponents and human rights activists?" asked [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate] Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del. [Delaware]), chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a presidential candidate.
"He's already done all that. If the president sees Musharraf as a democrat,
he must be wearing the same glasses he had on when he looked in Vladimir
Putin's
soul."" ... "Bush was asked in the interview if there is any line Musharraf
should not cross. "He hasn't crossed the line. As a matter of fact, I don't
think that he will cross any lines," Bush replied, according to an ABC
transcript." -By Michael Abramowitz and Robin Wright
-WashingtonPost
Michael
Bernard Mukasey
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Alberto
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Rights - Law
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York
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Neb
- "Senate
Confirms Mukasey By 53-40: Historically Low Tally
for New Attorney General." ... "The final tally gave [Republican President
Bush's Attorney General nominee Michael Bernard] Mukasey the lowest number
of yes votes for any attorney general since 1952, just weeks after lawmakers
of both parties had predicted his easy confirmation. Mukasey takes the
place of Alberto R. Gonzales, who left under a cloud of scandal in September."
... "He avoided defeat only because a half-dozen Democrats voted in favor
of the appointment along with Republicans and Democrat-turned-independent
Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn. [Connecticut])." ... "Mukasey, 66, had outraged
many lawmakers and human rights groups by repeatedly refusing to classify
waterboarding, a simulated-drowning technique, as torture. His few Democratic
supporters said last night that, although they are troubled by his equivocal
views on waterboarding, they believe Mukasey represents the best possibility
for change at the troubled Justice Department. "This is the only chance
we have," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif. [California])." ... "The
other Democrats in favor of the confirmation were Sens. Charles E. Schumer
(N.Y. [New York]), Evan Bayh (Ind. [Indiana]), Thomas R. Carper (Del. [Delaware]),
Mary Landrieu (La. [Louisiana]) and Ben Nelson (Neb.)." ... "Mukasey garnered
the lowest number of yes votes among confirmed attorneys general since
James P. McGranery, who was approved by a vote of 52 to 18 in 1952 during
the [Democratic President Harry] Truman administration. The only recent
competitor is [Republican President Bush's nominee] John D. Ashcroft, who
attracted 58 yes votes from the GOP-controlled Senate in 2001." (1, 2)
-By Dan Eggen Paul Kane with contributions by Madonna
Lebling -WashingtonPost
US
- Iraq
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Global
- Military
- Del
- Ind
- Neb
- 2008
Election - "Iraq
Progress Hearing Quotes." ... "Quotes from Tuesday's
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committee hearings on progress
in Iraq featuring testimony from Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan
Crocker." ... ""The fact of the matter is that American lives remain in
jeopardy and, as I said, if every single jihadi in the world was killed
tomorrow, we'd still have a major, major war on our hands." - [Delaware
Democratic Senator and 2008 election Presidential Candidate] Sen. Joseph
Biden, D-Del." ... ""At this stage of the conflict, with our military strained
by Iraq deployments, our global advantages being diminished by the weight
of our burden in Iraq, it is not enough for the [Republican President Bush]
administration to counsel patience until the next milestone or the next
report. We need to see a strategy for how our troops and other resources
in Iraq might be employed to fundamentally change the equation." - [Indiana
Republican Senator] Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind." ... ""The other part of
this is that it seems to me logical that when you flood a zone with more
troops, when you put more troops in Baghdad or Anbar province, you're going
to see some consequence to that, you're going to see some result. So I
don't think that's particularly news, that where we have inserted more
American troops, costing more American lives, we've seen some differences."
- [Nebraska Republican Senator] Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb." ... ""It's not
your fault, General. It's not Ambassador Crocker's fault. It's this [Republican
President Bush] administration's fault." - Hagel."
-AP via -Forbes
US
- Iraq
- Military
- Poll
- Delaware
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Massachusetts
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Election
2008 - "Democrats
Say They Will Keep Pressing for U.S. Iraq Withdrawal."
... "Congressional Democrats said they will keep pressing for a withdrawal
of American forces from Iraq even if Army General David Petraeus, the top
U.S. military commander there, argues for more time." ... "[2008 election
Democratic Presidential Candidate and Delaware Senator] Joseph Biden, chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said [Republican] President
George W. Bush's strategy of deploying more U.S. troops in Iraq this year
has failed because the Iraqi government didn't achieve the political stability
that Bush said was possible if security improved. [Massachusetts Democratic]
Senator Edward Kennedy said American forces are being ``held hostage''
by the ineffectiveness of Iraq's elected leaders." ... "``The reality is
that we were supposed to stand up the Iraqis so that the Americans could
stand down,'' Biden, a Delaware Democrat who recently visited Iraq, said
on NBC's ``Meet the Press'' program. ``We've been hearing that for five
years. We're nowhere near being able to do that.''" ... "A Washington Post/ABC
News poll released today shows 53 percent of Americans say they expect
Petraeus will try to make the situation in Iraq look better than it is.
The latest New York Times/CBS News poll, also released today, showed that
62 percent of those polled said the U.S. made a mistake getting involved
in Iraq, and 45 percent said Bush's troop increase hasn't had an impact
on the situation in Iraq." -By Nadine Elsibai
-Bloomberg
Iraq
- US
- Military
- 
Oil
- Delaware
- 2008
Election - "Iraq
Fails to Meet Key Political Goals Set by U.S. (Update8)."
... "The Iraqi government has failed so far to meet several key political
goals essential for the success of the U.S. effort in that country even
as a military offensive has improved security, the [Republican President]
Bush administration told Congress." ... "In a status report on the four-year-old
conflict, the administration said the government of Prime Minister Nuri
al- Maliki has failed to ease restrictions on members of Saddam Hussein's
Baath Party, set new local elections or guarantee all groups a share of
oil revenue." ... "Democrats called the report further evidence of the
need for a new policy." ... "``This progress report is like the guy who's
falling from a 100-story building and says half-way down that everything's
fine,'' said Senator Joe Biden, a Delaware Democrat who heads the Foreign
Relations Committee. ``If we continue the way we're going, with the president's
failed strategy in Iraq, we're headed for a crash landing,'' added Biden,
who is seeking the 2008 [election] Democratic presidential nomination."
-By Ken Fireman and Laura Litvan
-Bloomberg.com
Alberto
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Attorneys - Lawmakers
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Election - 
Vermont
- Connecticut
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York
- Delaware
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Illinois
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Kansas
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- "Senate
Republicans Block Vote on Alberto Gonzales (Update1)."
... "A resolution to express ``no confidence'' in Alberto Gonzales, [Republican]
President George W. Bush's embattled attorney general, was blocked by U.S.
Senate Republicans who called it a meaningless gesture." ... "Congressional
Democrats are investigating whether eight U.S. attorneys were dismissed
last year because of political pressure from the president's staff. The
Justice Department has given conflicting accounts of why the prosecutors
were fired. Lawmakers of both parties challenged Gonzales's candor when
he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the dismissals
on April 19." ... "Bush, traveling in Bulgaria today, called the vote ``meaningless''
because it won't determine ``who serves in my government. There's been
no wrongdoing.''" ... "The 53 voting to end debate included 45 Democrats,
seven Republicans and independent Bernard Sanders of Vermont. Those voting
not to shut off debate included 37 Republicans and independent Joseph Lieberman
of Connecticut." ... "New York [Democratic] Senator Hillary Clinton, a
Democratic presidential candidate, voted to end debate. Other senators
who are [2008 election] presidential candidates didn't vote, including
Democrats Joseph Biden of Delaware, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and
Barack Obama of Illinois and Republicans Sam Brownback of Kansas and John
McCain of Arizona. " -By James Rowley
-Bloomberg
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Georgia
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Ohio
- "Census
Shows Growth of Immigrants." ... "The number of immigrants
living in American households rose 16 percent over the last five years,
fueled largely by recent arrivals from Mexico, according to fresh data
released by the Census Bureau." ... "Coming in the heart of an election
season in which illegal immigration has emerged as an issue, the new data
from the bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey is certain to generate
more debate." ... "By far the largest numbers of immigrants continue to
live in the six states that have traditionally attracted them: California,
New York, Texas, Florida, New Jersey and Illinois." ... "Immigrants also
continue to flow into a handful of states in the Southeast, like Georgia
and North Carolina, a trend that was discerned in the 2000 census." ...
"But it is in the less-expected immigrant destinations that demographers
find the most of interest in the new data." ... "Indiana saw a 34 percent
increase in the number of immigrants; South Dakota saw a 44 percent rise;
Delaware 32 percent; Missouri 31 percent; Colorado 28 percent; and New
Hampshire 26 percent." ... "“It’s the continuation of a pattern that we
first began to see 10 or 15 years ago,” said Jeff Passel, senior research
associate at the Pew Hispanic Center, who has examined the new census data.
“But instead of being confined to areas like the Southeast, it’s beginning
to spill over into some Midwestern states, like Indiana and Ohio. It’s
even moving up into New England.”" ... "Over all, immigrants now make up
12.4 percent of the nation’s population, up from 11.2 percent in 2000.
That amounts to an estimated 4.9 million additional immigrants for a total
of 35.7 million, a number larger than the population of California." (1,
2)
-By Rick Lyman -NYTimes
Terrorism
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Law
Enforcement - Religion
- Politics
- Delaware
- New
York
- "US
officials seeing new home-grown terror cells." ...
"U.S. intelligence and law enforcement authorities are discovering new
home-grown cells of Islamist radicals in the United States that draw inspiration
and moral support from al Qaeda, officials said on Tuesday." ... "Sen.
Joseph Biden of Delaware, the panel's ranking Democrat, said the emergence
of home-grown U.S. terror cells is widely recognized within the intelligence
community." ... ""Everyone I've spoken to in the intelligence community
says there are more cells now in the United States, there's more activity
in the United States," Biden said." ... "Biden noted that word of new cells
inside the United States comes at a time when the Bush administration has
proposed 40 percent cutback in counterterrorism funding for New York and
Washington — the two cities hit in the September 11 attacks." ... "He also
blasted the administration for not meeting security funding recommendations
by the September 11 commission." ... ""We're spending $740 million for
the whole shooting match and the recommendation is $44 billion over five
years," the Delaware senator said." ... ""I find it absolutely on the verge
of criminal."" -By David Morgan
-Reuters via -ABCNEWS.com
