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House to Investigate Passport Snooping Case | Politicususa

Friday, March 21st, 2008

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA) said in a statement released today that his committee will investigate the allegations that State Department employees improperly accessed the passport information of presidential candidates John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama.Read the full story

Bush Defends Torture in Radio Address

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Today, President Bush used his weekly radio address to defend his veto of a bill that would have banned the use of waterboarding and other forms of torture by the CIA. The president’s first point was to remind America that al-Qaeda is out there and wanting to attack. “Al Qaida ...