Articles from 'June 2008'
Clark: Getting 'shot down in plane' doesn't make McCain qualified
(CNN) -- Retired U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark, a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on Sunday questioned whether Sen. John McCain's military experience qualified ...
Is McCain's War Record Fair Game?
McCain Camp Outraged After Wesley Clark, Liberal Bloggers Target Candidate's Service In Vietnam, Time As POW By Ben Smith / The Politico The highest voltage ...
Plame case documents subpoenaed
House Judiciary also asks for documents relating to other big cases. By Katie Fretland / Chicago Tribune The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed Attorney General ...
Iraq opens 6 oil fields to international bidding
By Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government opened six oil fields to international bidding Monday as the nation attempts to ...
Iraq throws open door to foreign oil firms
By Ahmed Rasheed / Reuters BAGHDAD - Iraq opened its giant oilfields to foreign firms on Monday, putting British and U.S. companies in pole position ...
Obama: I will never question others' patriotism
By Jennifer Loven / Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race ...
U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against ...
Obama quietly visits wounded war veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, vows better care
By Sara Kugler / Associated Press WASHINGTON — Barack Obama stopped by Walter Reed Army Medical Center Saturday to visit wounded war veterans, a group ...
Hecklers disrupt McCain's speech repeatedly
By Bret Hovell and Jennifer Duck / ABC News WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was interrupted repeatedly by hecklers as he and his likely ...
Military recruits steal show at concert
Dozens take enlistment oaths at Country USA Appleton Post-Crescent OSHKOSH, WI — The swaying and the clapping quieted down a bit at the end of ...
Iran to ready thousands of graves for enemy soldiers
AFP Iran is to dig 320,000 graves in border districts to allow for the burial of enemy soldiers in the event of any attack on ...
Elite U.S. Army academy lures kids with mud and duty
By Claudia Parsons / Reuters WEST POINT, New York - Climbing ropes and crawling in the mud under barbed wire, dozens of American high school ...
Iraq veteran discharged for acknowledging he's gay
By Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Army has discharged a decorated medic who was deployed to Iraq despite acknowledging he was gay. ...
Obama, Clinton appeal for Democratic unity in N.H.
By Sara Kugler / Associated Press UNITY, N.H. - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Friday to turn the page on their bitter, history-making ...
Afghanistan: Allied death toll reaches 7-year high
(CNN) -- The number of U.S. and allied troops killed in Afghanistan in June has reached 40 -- the highest monthly toll of the seven-year-old ...
Dick Cheney's chief of staff testifies on detainees, torture
By Dana Milbank / Washington Post WASHINGTON -- For all the years of the Bush presidency, he has toiled in anonymity and darkness in the ...
Cheney aide quizzed on detainee interrogations
In a testy exchange with a Congressional panel, he gives few details on harsh tactics used in terrorism cases. He maintains that Al Qaeda still ...
'Torture Memos' Are Focus of House Hearing
By Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal The Bush administration’s interrogation and detention policies, which have been curbed under international criticism and defeats in U.S. ...
Delahunt To Addington: Maybe Al Qaeda Will See You On C-SPAN
By John Bresnahan / The Politico One of the most curious exchanges in today's testy hearing in the House Judiciary Committee was this exchange between ...
Berkeley Marine Recruit Protesters Claim Legal Win
BERKELEY (CBS 5 / BCN) Four Code Pink activists claimed a legal victory after they reached an agreement with the Alameda County District Attorney's office ...
Last American nuclear bombs leave Britain after half a century of protest
By Matthew Hickley / Daily Mail America has withdrawn the last of its nuclear weapons from military bases in Britain, it was claimed yesterday. The ...
High court affirms gun rights in historic decision
By Mark Sherman / Associated Press WASHINGTON - Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday ...
GM Is Lowered to `Sell' by Goldman on Sales Outlook
By Alexis Xydias and Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg June 26 — General Motors Corp., the largest U.S. automaker, was cut to ``sell'' at Goldman, Sachs ...
Court slashes damages award in Exxon oil spill
By Pete Yost / Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez disaster ...
McCain says only World War III would justify draft
COSTA MESA, California (Reuters) - Only World War III would prompt Republican presidential candidate John McCain to bring back the military draft, McCain said on ...
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