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President Obama will headline the 20th annual Lake Tahoe Summit in Stateline on Aug. 31, the White House announced on Monday. Obama will headline the, which this year is hosted by Nevada Sen. Harry Reid. On Monday, White House Spokesman Eric Schultz said Obama will talk about how America can ensure that national treasures like Lake Tahoe can be protected for future generations. Celebrating its 20th year, the annual summit — the first edition of which was attended by then-President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in 1997 — has become an important yearly gathering of federal, state and...

THE FAILED, DYSFUNCTIONAL CLINTON PRESIDENCY(DECONSTRUCTING CLINTON'S HOFSTRA SPEECH) part1: The "Brinkley" Lieby Mia T, 12.26.05 (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)   ne would think that after bill clinton's shameless--pathetic, really--Hofstra apologia, Doris Kearns Goodwin and those 400 other hog-and-bow-tied-save-clinton retrograde-obsessing historiographers would finally get it. But then, we are talking leftist lobe here.... The speech, full of poses, poll-tested phrases and prevarication, was just another example of the clintons' utter contempt. For the people, for the presidents, for the presidency, for the country, for the Constitution... and, ultimately I suspect, for themselves. This endeavor is the...

KYOTO — A three-day UN conference to discuss disarmament and security issues amid the growing threat of terrorism opened Wednesday in Kyoto. The meeting brings government officials, nongovernmental organization members and journalists from 12 countries together to talk about the impact of the Sept 11 attacks on security issues as well as terrorism in general and weapons of mass destruction.