Not sure if Bush-Blair deal to invade Iraq was 'signed in blood,' former UK ambassador says; Iraq war inquiry could be a cover-up, critics claim A former British ambassador to the United States says then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice talked to him about Iraq and Saddam Hussein hours after the attacks on the World Trade Center [...]
DOWNLOADS: (48) PLAYS: (161) How's that recent nomination working out for you President Obama? Dana Perino decided to show her thanks by implying that the Obama administration did not want to call the shootings at Fort Hood a terrorist attack for political reasons, and went on to say this: Perino: We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term. I hope they're not looking...
Wouldn't it make sense for the US to also schedule a serious inquiry into the Iraq war? It's even more obvious that the Bush administration had early plans to invade Iraq and simply manufactured problems to trigger the invasion. Then PM Tony Blair initially rejected the idea because it was unlawful, though he eventually folded. The Guardian : Evidence given at the opening day of the inquiry, chaired...
Just a reminder. December 2006: I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq.I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the...
Will some of the most politically powerful women in the world go vegan? cidse / CC Following a recent UN report that finds that women—particularly those in poor countries who make up the majority of agricultural workers and don't have other job options—are going to be most impacted by climate change, PETA has fired off letters to Hillary Clinton , Nancy Pelosi , Condoleezza Rice , and...
From Carolyn Glick : A couple of days ago I heard the news that George and Laura Bush paid a private visit to the wounded soldiers at Fort Hood. They specifically requested that the base commander not inform the media of their visit. They came. They comforted the wounded soldiers and the Fort Hood community for a couple of hours. And then they left. And they never had their pictures taken saluting...
Good morning FishbowlDC! Long-time CNN anchor Lou Dobbs has decided to leave the cable network. He made this announcement on last night's show and this is effective immediately. TVNewser has more details and Hotline has the text of his announcement. Looks like NYT 's Media Decoder broke the story. And here's how Media Matters reacted . Could Dobbs be considering a future run for political office?...
Condoleezza Rice tells TPMmuckraker that her new strategic advisory firm, whose existence we revealed yesterday, will help U.S. companies doing business in key emerging markets abroad.
I guess somebody put the kibosh on their vaudeville routine where Condi plays " Musicbox Dancer " while Hadley busts one of his many moves (from the chicken-dance to the hokey-pokey). And shoot, I was hoping they'd call themselves "The Aristocrats!" : In September, the RiceHadley Group LLC was registered as a business in California, under a San Francisco address. According to a...
Bush All-Stars Condi Rice and Stephen Hadley are teaming up to form a foreign policy consulting firm in California. Two top Bush administration officials whose reputations for strategic acumen were badly damaged by the disasters of the Bush years may be about to market their expertise to private-sector clients. In September, the RiceHadley Group LLC was registered as a business in California , under...
Some audience members at a speech by Condoleezza Rice were upset Sunday that the former secretary of state didn't address her role in the Bush administration's authorization of torture. Rice spoke at a synagogue in Minneapolis as about 100 protesters outside called for her to explain her role in the torture of terrorism suspects. But [...]
Condoleezza Rice spoke this evening at the conservative [in both senses] Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park --and Women Against Military Madness arranged an anti-torture rally outside the event. [ Strib , KSTP , Fox , MPP ] About one hundred protesters showed up. It was almost 60°F outside with no precipitation--a rarity for mid-November. While there I chatted briefly with Coleen Rowley , who...
Tracking the GOP race to 2012 Sarah Palin is robo-calling in Virginia's gubernatorial race, though the GOP candidate hasn't embraced her; she also took a swipe at independent New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett on her Facebook page; where she also sparred with Vice President over energy policy; more people want to read upcoming memoirs by Condoleezza Rice and President Bush than Palin's...
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