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Bush: Terror Not Gone Print E-mail
Written by AP   
Saturday, 12 August 2006
President Bush said Saturday that a scheme to blow up several flights between Britain and the United States was carefully planned and well-advanced, with the potential to cause "death on a massive scale." In his most extensive comments on the disrupted plot, Bush said it was a stark reminder that terrorists still aim to kill Americans five years after the September 11 attacks.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 November 2006 )
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Campaign on Terror Print E-mail
Written by Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker   
Thursday, 10 August 2006

Democrats and Republicans alike rushed to invoke yesterday's terrorist scare in Britain in congressional campaigns, underscoring how a series of national-security-related developments are refocusing and sharpening the political debate three months before the midterm elections.Campaigning in Connecticut, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, who lost Tuesday's Democratic primary and is now running as an independent, said the antiwar views of primary winner Ned Lamont would be "taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England."

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 November 2006 )
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Lieberman Defeated Print E-mail
Written by Dan Balz and Shailagh Murray   
Wednesday, 09 August 2006

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) narrowly lost the Democratic Senate primary here Tuesday night, falling to antiwar candidate Ned Lamont in a campaign that became a referendum on the incumbent's support for the Iraq war. Lieberman publicly conceded the primary shortly after 11 p.m., after a congratulatory call to Lamont. But he appeared almost exuberant in defeat, telling supporters at a hotel in Hartford that he planned to run as an independent in November and predicting that he would be returned to the Senate for a fourth term.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 November 2006 )
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Bush Admin. Defends Rove Print E-mail
Written by Mike Allen and Dan Balz   
Monday, 11 July 2005
President Bush's aides put up a wall yesterday when questioned about revelations that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove had discussed the role of CIA official Valerie Plame with a reporter despite past White House assertions that he was not involved in her unmasking.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 November 2006 )
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US Not Winning the War Print E-mail
Written by Michael Hamel   
Robert Gates, the White House choice to be the next defense secretary, conceded Tuesday that the United States is not winning the war in Iraq and warned that if that country is not stabilized in the next year or two it could lead to a "regional conflagration."  At the outset of his Senate confirmation hearing, Gates said he is open to new ideas about correcting the U.S. course in Iraq, which he said would be his highest priority if confirmed as expected.
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