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Sunday, May 21, 2006
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 Senate Opens Confirmation Hearings for CIA Director Nominee
The U.S. Senate begins confirmation hearings for President Bush's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael Hayden, who currently serves as deputy director of national intelligence. Senators are expected to ask Hayden tough questions about controversial surveillance activities of the National Security Agency, which he once led.
The hearings before the Senate Intelligence Committee come amid controversy over the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance ...
May 18, 2006 - Voice of America READ MORE...
Senate Votes to Make English National Language of U.S.
The U.S. Senate has voted to make English the national language of the United States as part of sweeping immigration reform legislation. The Senate voted 63 to 34 to establish English as the national language and require all government operations be conducted in English unless there was specific exemption in the law. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee supports the ...
May 18, 2006 - Voice of America
Senate Votes to Deny Citizenship to Illegal Immigrants with Criminal Record
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Wednesday continued work on an immigration reform bill, voting to bar illegal immigrants with criminal records from becoming U.S. citizens and build a fence along a portion of the U.S. border with Mexico. Senators voted unanimously (99 to 0) to block illegal immigrants convicted of crimes from becoming legal residents or U.S. citizens ...
May 17, 2006 - Voice of America
Rumsfeld Urges Congress to Support Defense Budget Requests
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. troops serving in the war on terror are giving their all and deserve everything the country can give them to help them succeed, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today in urging Congress to pass the fiscal 2007 defense budget and 2006 budget supplemental requests. "The troops have done everything that's been asked of them, and they've ...
May 17, 2006 - American Forces Press Service
Pelosi Says Republican Budget ''Out of Whack''
Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Caucus Chairman James E. Clyburn held a press stakeout this morning after the Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss the Republican budget that will be brought to the House floor today and the Democratic plan to achieve energy independence. Below are Pelosi's remarks: ''Today, once again the Republicans will bring to the House ...
May 17, 2006 - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi news release
General Pace Urges Congress to Encourage Military Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The top U.S. general urged Congress today to help convey the nobility of military service to America's youth and to encourage a full, interagency response to the global war on terror. The U.S. military is not just an all-volunteer force, but also an all-recruited force, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted in testimony ...
May 17, 2006 - American Forces Press Service
Markey: TSA Shrinks From Responsibility to Scan Cargo Placed on Passenger Planes
Washington, D.C. -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel which oversees the regulation of nuclear reactors, today released a letter sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding reports that as many as seven illegal aliens using false social security numbers were ...
May 17, 2006 - Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) press release
Bush Immigration Proposals Face Uphill Battle in House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite the president's call for Congress to send him an immigration bill he could sign, few lawmakers are ready to predict whether the House and Senate can come up with final legislation before November's mid-term congressional elections. In an off-camera briefing on Tuesday for reporters, House Republican Majority Leader John Boehner praised the president ...
May 16, 2006 - Voice of America
Bush: 6,000 National Guardsmen to Assist Border Patrol in U.S. Southwest
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Southwestern border states will deploy up to 6,000 National Guardsmen to provide support to border patrol missions, President Bush said this evening in a nationally televised speech. "For decades the United States has not been in complete control of its borders," Bush said from the White House. He said he intends to see that an additional ...
May 15, 2006 - American Forces Press Service
Republicans Concerned About Bush's Low Approval Ratings
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two recent public opinion polls show President Bush's approval ratings in the low to mid-30s, and those low numbers are a major concern for Republicans hoping to hold onto control of Congress in midterm elections in November. Opposition Democrats are growing increasingly confident of gains in the upcoming congressional midterm election, and some political analysts ...
May 9, 2006 - Voice of America
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