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John Kerry Reportedly To Present "Downing Street Memo" To Congress June 5, 2005 7:36 a.m. EST Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter Washington,D.C. (AHN)- After remaining almost silent since losing the 2004 election by thirty four electoral votes, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is reportedly planning to to present Congress with The Downing Street Memo, reported last month by the London Times. The memo purports to include minutes from a July 2002 meeting with Tony Blair, in which Blair allegedly said that President Bush's administration "fixed" intelligence on Iraq in order to justify the Iraqi war. The Downing...

passed a television at the gym yesterday, and it was showing a familiar scene: A crowd of Arabs dancing, chanting, and waving flags for the camera. Stereotypically, of course, those kinds of Arab crowds are celebrating something awful: A terrorist attack, the downing of a plane, whatever. But this time, they were celebrating democracy. And it occurred to me that the "root cause" crowd ought to be celebrating along with them. After all, we've heard for decades that Arab terrorism resulted from Arab despotism, and that if we wanted to end terrorism we ought to quit supporting Arab despots and...

The Iraq Liberation Act October 31, 1998 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 31, 1998 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Today I am signing into law H.R. 4655, the "Iraq Liberation Act of 1998." This Act makes clear that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should support those elements of the Iraqi opposition that advocate a very different future for Iraq than the bitter reality of internal repression and external aggression that the current regime in Baghdad now offers. Let me be clear on what the...

H.R.4655Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Enrolled Bill (Sent to President))  Bill Summary & Status for the 105th Congress H.R.4655Public Law: 105-338 (10/31/98) SPONSOR: Rep Gilman (introduced 09/29/98) RELATED BILLS: S.2525 TITLE(S): SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 SHORT TITLE(S) AS PASSED HOUSE: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 SHORT TITLE(S) AS ENACTED: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED: A bill to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq. STATUS: Floor Actions 10/31/98 Public Law 105-338 (11/12/98 CR D1205)10/20/98 Measure presented to President (10/21/98 CR H11704)10/20/98 Enrolled Measure signed in Senate...