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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sounded a 'we stand together' theme multiple times as he was warmly received by Congress. On the thorny issue of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, he says Israel will make some sacrifices but not others. Speaking to a friendly and enthusiastic congressional audience, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday gave his vision of the Middle East, based on a strong Israel irrevocably linked to the United States and willing to make some, but not all, sacrifices for peace with the Palestinians. "Israel has no better friend than America, and America

Congressman Russ Carnahan held a press conference today to address allegations that the suspect of last week's firebombing of his campaign headquarters worked for his re-election campaign. Carnahan did not say the man's name but did confirm that the name Chris Powers made public this morning on a right-wing blog once worked for his campaign. According to Carnahan, Powers volunteered for his campaign in July and was hired this month as a political canvasser -- a job he kept for five days before being let go for "failing to do his job."

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The internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world. The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts.

HONG KONG -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in what was billed as her first public-speaking engagement outside North America, blamed the world financial crisis on government excesses and called for a new round of deregulation and tax cuts for U.S. businesses. "We got into this mess because of government interference in the first place," the former Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate said Wednesday at a conference sponsored by investment firm CLSA Asia Pacific Markets. "We're not interested in government fixes, we're interested in freedom," she added. On the foreign-policy front, she told the room full of bankers and executives...

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - As pit crews made last-minute inspections to their cars Sunday at NASCAR's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani stressed the need for America to break its dependence on foreign oil. Giuliani likened the pursuit of energy independence and the development of alternative energy sources to the race to put a man on the moon several decades ago. "Now it's a matter truly of national security," Giuliani said. "We have to pursue all of those alternatives that exist." In the meantime, Giuliani said, the U.S. needs to focus on domestic sources of oil, as...

WASHINGTON - Severe farmworker shortages that have left tons of fruits and vegetables unplanted or unpicked would get a fix under an immigration reform deal reached by senators Thursday. The immigration agreement includes a pilot legalization program for agriculture workers, said Scott Gerber, spokesman for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif. Farmers say that as immigration enforcement has tightened in recent years, worker shortages have ranged from 10 percent to 30 percent across the labor-intensive produce industry and have also struck dairy farms and nurseries. In some cases crops have gone unharvested. In others, farmers have chosen not...

CBNNews.com - Virginia Beach, Va - Before the celebrating came the turning of tassels and accepting this charge: "I want you to strive for greatness through service," said CBN founder Pat Robertson. The largest class in Regent's history sang a hymn bowed their heads in prayer. "Father," prayed Pastor Jack Hayford. "We come with hearts of gratitude for each of these graduates." {snip} Some say they were initially skeptical about having a Mormon address a Christian audience. "There were some people who were alarmed," said Regent graduate Cassy McLauchlin. "I was surprised because I just didn't think he was the...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2006 – Nationally syndicated columnist Jacey Eckhart has turned from pen to microphone in an effort to help military families tackle unique issues they face. CinCHouse.com and Operation Homefront recently launched “The Jacey Eckhart Show” on San Diego’s KCBQ 1170 AM, Meredith Leyva, Operation Homefront and CinCHouse.com founder, said in an Operation Homefront news release. The 8 a.m. Sunday morning show features discussions, interviews and listener call-ins on topics ranging from marriage and parenting to Tricare benefits. “No one but Jacey can be so hysterically funny about the serious topics we deal with in the military,”...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials addressed civilian and military affiliates of the Iraqi Defense Ministry Monday emphasizing the importance of the success of the second phase of Operation Together Forward. Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qader Mohammed Jasim and the General Commander of the joint forces, Lt. Gen. Babaker Zebari spoke Monday in a joint message, which condemned sectarian strife and pledged a cohesive military effort to stabilize one of Iraq's most volatile areas. “Our country is going through a dangerous step of change toward building state establishments and law,” said Abdul-Qader. “Enemies of democracy and freedom gathered to fight the newfound experiment...

WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki insisted Wednesday that Iraq is a front line in the war on terrorism and said those behind the rampant violence in Iraq are perverting the Islamic faith. "I know some of you question whether Iraq is part of the war on terror," al-Maliki told a joint meeting of Congress, where some lawmakers have been critical of the new Iraqi leader's position on the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants. "Let me be very clear," al-Maliki said. "This is a battle between true Islam, for which a person's liberty and rights constitute essential...

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 12, 2006 – The commander of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan spoke to the cadets of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan here today about leadership, vision and character development. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan commander, looks over cadets of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan after talking with them June 12. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Summers, USAF  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry told the first two cadet classes of the academy what a great honor it was to be standing in front of...

ATLANTA, May 3, 2006 – More than 900 people representing organizations with a stake in how the Base Realignment and Closure process goes forward are gathered here this week to discuss the implications of the 2005 BRAC round. The conference brings together officials from the White House, Defense Department, individual service branches, various federal departments and agencies, and state and local leaders from areas affected by past and ongoing BRAC actions. Philip W. Grone, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, noted that nearly all of the 22 federal agencies working on BRAC-related issues have representatives here. "In my...

10:17 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for the warm welcome. It is an honor to stand with the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars -- again. This is one of America's great organizations. I appreciate the proud and patriotic work you do across America. Thanks for your hard work in our nation's capital to make sure our government listens to the concerns of our veterans. (Applause.)

BURBANK – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday he could not say how the state would respond if San Diego's troubled pension system forces California's second-largest city into bankruptcy, but suggested it would force his ill-fated move to overhaul public pension systems back on the public agenda. "Our state has billions and billions of dollars of unfunded pensions and liabilities and it is going to be very tough on the state when all of this comes out," the governor said yesterday. San Diego mayoral candidates Donna Frye and Jerry Sanders have suggested they would seek to put the city into bankruptcy...

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Oct. 12, 2005 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested to military men and women at a town hall meeting here Oct. 11 how they might answer questions stemming from "growing confusion and some misunderstanding" about the global war on terror. Speaking to a group of airmen from the 6th Air Mobility Wing and other servicemembers from U.S. Central Command and U.S. Southern Command, Rumsfeld noted that the troops might be getting questions from others about what America is trying to accomplish in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Well, you can tell those who ask such questions...

TALL AFAR, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2005 — Coalition commanders and 14 headmasters of area schools met Oct. 6 to discuss and coordinate the clean-up, repair and opening of schools here. "As you look around this room, you can see that whether you are Sunni, Shiite, Turkmen or Kurd, you all agree on your children, your future," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher Gibson, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. "We hope we can leave those schools as soon as possible but we do not want to do so too early and allow the criminals...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. (Oct. 3, 2005) -- Vice President Dick Cheney greets MCAS New River Marines during his visit to the Air Station. Many Marines in the crowd recently returned from supporting Joint Task Force Katrina. Cheney landed at New River before heading to MCB Camp Lejeune to address Marines there later today.

Prime Minister Sharon Addresses United Nations 04:48 Sep 16, '05 / 12 Elul 5765 By Ezra HaLevi PM Ariel Sharon told the United Nations Thursday night that the Arabs living in the Land of Israel deserve a state and that Israel is ready for more "painful concessions." Sharon opened his speech with a declaration on the eternity of a united Jerusalem and then expressed sorrow for the victims of the Katrina disaster. Sharon added that Israel is offering whatever aid that is needed. "I stand before you as a Jew and a citizen of the democratic State of Israel. The...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - It's darn hot in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez agreed Saturday as temperatures climbed to triple digits. There the Republican governor and Democratic speaker diverged in their weekly radio addresses, as the speaker criticized the governor for not doing enough to boost electricity supplies after two days of power-shortage warnings in Southern California. Nunez, of Los Angeles, evoked the rolling blackouts that gripped the state in 2000 and 2001, and criticized the governor for vetoing his bill last year that would have re-regulated California's electricity market. The jousting came a day after a...

At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about President Bush's policy of starting with the 1949 armistice line as the beginning of future negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians in light of recent violence by Arab terrorists in the region. WND: Scott, recent terror attacks in Israel, especially in the last 48 hours, have proven the so-called cease-fire agreed to in February has failed. And my question is, hasn't the president cut the feet out from under the Israelis with his insistence on the 1949 armistice line as the starting point for negotiations with...

NEW YORK (AP) - Professors have a responsibility to resist "the temptation to use the podium as an ideological platform," Columbia University's president said, days before the anticipated release of a report investigating charges from Jewish students accusing pro-Palestinian professors intimidating them in classes. But Lee Bollinger added Wednesday that it was "preposterous to characterize Columbia as anti-Semitic or as having a hostile climate for Jewish students and faculty." Bollinger made his comments to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He did not comment on what the report, expected out next week, could say. Professors...

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There is no cause for paranoia, but most IT security professionals will agree, that using the internet has serious security and privacy deficits. # If your anonymizer doesn´t block or spoof cookies and you have visited a specific website before without an anonymizer, this site may still be able to identify you. # Companies offering anonymizing services are promising not to disclose their log files to anyone. But can you really trust them? Law enforcing agencies do have access to these logs, and in these days of terrorist threat it would be quite unrealistic to assume that secret service agencies...

WASHINGTON - The nation has faced innumerable challenges in its history — social, medical and political — but the American spirit always bounces back, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) said Saturday. "If we put a man on the moon, if we conquered diseases like polio, if we can live through a terrible day like Sept. 11th, then we can build the Lord's house in every heart and home across this land," Edwards said during the annual prayer breakfast of the Congressional Black Caucus (news - web sites). In remarks that sounded more like a sermon...