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The vice presidential candidates' debate tonight between Republican Vice President Dick Cheney and Democrat Sen. John Edwards, touted by the mass media as a possible pivot point in the presidential election, is missing a vital component -- four other candidates for the same office. Because several candidates were excluded from the "official" debate, there will actually be two debates between vice presidential candidates tonight in Cleveland, Ohio. Libertarian Richard Campagna, Pat LaMarche of the Green Party, Ralph Nader's independent running mate Peter Camejo, and Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party all plan to take part in a debate for "third...

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<p>An AIDS conference that received $300,000 in federal funds featured political criticism of the Bush administration and workshop programs on thwarting federally mandated abstinence education.</p> <p>The United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) in New Orleans, sponsored in part by nine federal agencies, was marred by "Bush bashing," said one veteran AIDS activist.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney got up yesterday morning, boarded Air Force Two and flew to Columbia, S.C., where he rode in a motorcade to a private home, shook hands, and posed for pictures with 150 donors at a luncheon. There he raised $300,000 for the Bush-Cheney reelection committee before flying home.</p>

US vs Pyongyang: Watch RumsfeldBy Phar Kim Beng HONG KONG - As talks finally get under way between the United States and North Korea, the latter, which has made obstinacy and diplomatic misbehavior an art form, would do well to keep in mind the growing influence and staying power in Washington of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the US victory in Iraq all but declared, barely a year after a previous triumph in Afghanistan, Rumsfeld's influence has increased by several notches. Together with other neo-conservatives who urged the Iraq war, "Rummy", as he is affectionately known in Washington, is...

<p>One lawmaker says Vice President Dick Cheney provides President Bush with 'the single most important advice.'</p> <p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney has assumed the role of silent partner as President Bush nears a decision on going to war with Iraq.</p>

------------------------------------------------------ NBC Meet The Press ------------------------------------------------------ 'MEET THE PRESS WITH TIM RUSSERT' Sunday Listings Dick Cheney To Appear as a Guest on "Meet the Press" Sunday, May 19, 2002 Vice President Dick Cheney will appear on this Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" to discuss The War on Terrorism: Warnings Before September 11; The State of the War; Other Topics. Tim Russert is the moderator of "Meet the Press." Nancy Nathan is the executive producer and Betsy Fischer is the senior producer. "Meet the Press" is regularly seen from 9-10 a.m. ET, except in Washington, D.C....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney will defend the White House later on Thursday in a speech addressing the growing controversy over what President Bush knew about potential threats ahead of the Sept. 11 hijackings, Cheney's office said. Cheney spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise said the vice president would address intelligence issues surrounding the hijackings when he speaks at 7:30 p.m. at a dinner of the New York State Conservative Party in New York. "He's going to be speaking to some of the egregious and irresponsible commentary he's heard today," Millerwise said. The White House said on Thursday Bush had been...

Picture Of Vice Pres with HIS puppies!!

The Trilateral Commission — long viewed by critics and conspiracy theorists as a secret world-government-in-waiting — will begin its annual meeting today in Washington to discuss the future of the world's three main industrialized continents post-September 11. Under the chairmanship of former House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, the conference will gather 250 political, business and academic leaders from Europe, North America and Japan, who will analyze the global response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States' foreign policy and the situation in the Middle East. "The running line at this meeting is definitely going, 'What do we do...

<p>April 1, 2002 -- With Israeli tanks ringing his shattered headquarters, Yasser Arafat called on the United States for military protection - but even Saddam Hussein said he can't help the besieged Palestinian president.</p> <p>Arafat said yesterday he told Secretary of State Colin Powell in a frantic phone call Saturday that he needed "an immediate dispatch of international forces to end this military escalation against our people, against our cities and refugee camps."</p>

As a “courtesy” to the US presidential ceasefire broker, Anthony Zinni, and subsequently, to vice president Richard Cheney, prime minister Ariel Sharon interrupted his large-scale military operation against the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades strongholds of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah. The IDF was not allowed to complete its well-conceived campaign, turning the codename of “Root Treatment” into a misnomer. For the avowed purpose of giving the Zinni mission a chance, Israel pulled its tanks and troops out of Palestinian-ruled areas the day he arrived, March 14. Since then, raging Palestinian terror has claimed 23 Israeli lives and injured 218. Most of...

THE NEXT WORLD ORDER by NICHOLAS LEMANN The Bush Administration may have a brand-new doctrine of power. Issue of 2002-04-01Posted 2002-03-25 When there is a change of command -- and not just in government -- the new people often persuade themselves that the old people were much worse than anyone suspected. This feeling seems especially intense in the Bush Administration, perhaps because Bill Clinton has been bracketed by a father-son team. It's easy for people in the Administration to believe that, after an unfortunate eight-year interlude, the Bush family has resumed its governance -- and about time, too.The Bush...

The vice president's Middle East expedition didn't help the war on terror. NOT SINCE Secretary of State Warren Christopher returned from Europe with egg on his face in May 1993 has a high-ranking American official had such a bad week abroad as Vice President Dick Cheney just spent in the Middle East. At least that's the way it looks from the outside. Christopher, you'll remember, was sent to Europe by President Clinton to seek allied support for an American plan to help Bosnian Muslims defend themselves against Serbian killers. Christopher failed to make a forceful case to the Europeans, who...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More than half of the U.S. Senate urged Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday not to meet with Yasser Arafat until the Palestinian leader does more to curb the violence in the Middle East.</p> <p>The letter to President Bush, signed by 52 senators, was made public Friday as more violence ripped through the troubled region.</p>

Iraqi diplomats have shadowed Vice President Cheney throughout his 10-day Mideast tour, trying to counter the U.S. argument that Saddam Hussein must go.When Cheney arrived in Jordan last week at the start of his campaign to win support for a strike against the Iraqi leader, he was one day behind Iraq's No. 2, Ezzat Ibrahim.As Cheney's plane took off from Egypt, Ibrahim's was preparing to land.And when Cheney arrived in Qatar over the weekend to enlist the Persian Gulf state in an anti-Saddam coalition, Ibrahim was hot on his heels.Ibrahim and other Iraqi diplomats shadowed Cheney as the vice...

TOM RAUM, Associated Press WriterMonday, March 18, 2002 ©2002 Associated Press URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/03/18/international1425EST0613.DTL (03-18) 11:25 PST JERUSALEM (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney took a more direct role in Mideast peace efforts Monday, urging Israel to ease economic hardships suffered by innocent Palestinians and calling on Yasser Arafat to cease all Palestinian terrorism against Israel. Cheney pondered a possible meeting with the Palestinian leader as both sides seemed to be inching toward a cease-fire. Those close to the process said Arafat was eager for a meeting, and that the decision was up to the Americans. Such a meeting could take...

March 16 — Vice President Dick Cheney, in Saudi Arabia on perhaps the most diplomatically significant and challenging visit of his 11-nation Mideast tour, encountered new rebuffs Saturday from Saudi leaders — who have reservations about U.S. plans to move militarily against Iraq — even as he conveyed growing American interest in a Saudi-sponsored Middle East peace initiative. AT KING ABDUL Aziz International Airport, Cheney was met by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. The two stood at attention as a Saudi band that included bagpipes played the national anthems of both countries. Cheney then had an audience with King Fahd...

The Inevitable War Against Iraq I'm writing this article for the folks on Freerepublic to read, think about and discuss. I hope you find it informative and a good read. Feel free to expand on anything I touch on, or give alternative opinions.-Maquiladora A war with Iraq? It's not a question of 'if' but 'when'. Today, during the President's speech at Fort Bragg, he stated clearly that Phase One of the war on terror was almost warped up. The Taliban were gone, and the remains of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan were being mopped by in operations conducted by US and Canadian...

HUGE EXPLOSION IN YEMEN...OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSY