I know I should be passionately following the showdown between Congress and the president over legislation tying the funding of American troops in Iraq to a timetable for the troops' withdrawal from Iraq. Honestly, though, I find it hard to follow it at all. Showdowns are all about certainty, and for me, Iraq has always been a place of ambivalence. I lived in Baghdad from April 2003 through ...
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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats on Tuesday asked a top Justice Department aide to come to Capitol Hill for a private interview in the next week on the firing of federal prosecutors, arguing that she cannot simply refuse to testify on the matter. Monica Goodling, who has said she would assert her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid appearing at Senate hearings, must tell ...
KIEV, Ukraine - Thousands of flag-waving supporters of Ukraine's prime minister, Victor Yanukovych, set up a camp near the parliament building Tuesday to protest a decision by the pro-Western president to dissolve the legislative body and call for early elections. The two leaders, whose rivalry dates to the 2004 Orange Revolution that swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power, met in ...
UKRAINE Dissolution of parliament protested Thousands of flag-waving supporters of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych set up a camp near the parliament building to protest a decision by the pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, to dissolve the legislative body and call for early elections. Yanukovych said the majority coalition in the 450-seat legislature would continue meeting until ...
Anne Garrels -- known by some affectionately as "Annie" Garrels or by her seemingly cool husband (I've only read about him) as Brenda Starr , the cartoon super journalist, in published emails of his -- is one of the most interesting and compelling journalistic personalities I have met. She is, of course, National Public Radio 's veteran roving foreign correspondent most often in Baghdad ...
THE MODERATOR: We'll start with a opening statement from Coach Summitt and then take questions for the student athletes. COACH SUMMITT: I'll be very quick. Obviously delighted to be working today. It was an incredible finish for us.
A Byron woman died in a car crash Saturday morning. It happened around 6:30 a.m. in the town of Leroy. Sheriff's deputies say Michelle Smith drove her vehicle off the road and hit a tree. Smith died at the scene.