US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) insisted Wednesday that France and Germany were not opposed to a new resolution on Iraq (news - web sites), adding that he was open to suggestions on the US proposal.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)
Posted on 09/10/2003 10:02:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) insisted Wednesday that France and Germany were not opposed to a new resolution on Iraq (news - web sites), adding that he was open to suggestions on the US proposal.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) and his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov had a "constructive" telephone conversation on the Iraq (news - web sites) proposal that Washington has submitted to the UN Security Council.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
A U.S. soldier of the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the 4th infantry division compares an Iraqi youth's face with a photo of a wanted person during a search operation in Tikrit, September 10, 2003. Security in Tikrit, the hometown of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), has been tightened on the eve of the second anniversary of September 11. Photo by Arko Datta/Reuters
Ahmad Chalabi, the member of Iraq (news - web sites)'s Governing Council's nine-member presidency who is serving for the month of September, meets with the press in Baghdad Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Iraq's acting president called for Turkey to send up to 10,000 peacekeeping troops under a U.N. mandate, providing they deploy far from Kurdish territory.(AP Photo/Samir Mezban)
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks at the National Press Club newsmakers luncheon in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Rumsfeld said that even if the U.N. Security Council approves a new resolution on Iraq (news - web sites), it won't yield a large number of new, foreign troops to help in the peacekeeping operation there. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld smiles during his visit to the National Press Club newsmakers luncheon in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Rumsfeld said that even if the U.N. Security Council approves a new resolution on Iraq (news - web sites), it won't yield a large number of new, foreign troops to help in the peacekeeping operation there. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush (news - web sites) welcomes the Dalai Lama to the White House Wednesday, September 10, 2003. In an interview with the Associated Press, the Dalai Lama, who implored the president to avoid a violent response after the terrorist attacks two years ago, said that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan (news - web sites) may have been justified to win a larger peace, but it's too early to judge whether the Iraq (news - web sites) war was warranted. (AP Photo/Paul Morse, White House)
Lt.Col Steve Russell (L), commander of the 1st Battalion 22nd regiment of the 4th infantry division and Maj. Bryan Luke (R) of the same battalion, lead U.S. soldiers during a search operation in Tikrit, September 10, 2003. Security in Tikrit, the hometown of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), has been tightened on the eve of the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Photo by Arko Datta/Reuters
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves at the press on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 10, 2003. President Bush signaled today a willingness to comprimise on a U.N. resolution for postwar Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/William Philpott
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., center, meets on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, with Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), left, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. prior to closed door briefings on Iraq (news - web sites). Among the items they were discussing was President Bush (news - web sites)'s request for an additional $87 million for the war. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., center, meets on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, with OMB Director Josh Bolton, left, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), second from left, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, second from right, and Gen. Richard Myers, right, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prior to closed door briefings on Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Bill Graham, (no relation to Bob Grahm Cracker) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada fields reporter's questions at the U.S. State D epartment in Washington, D.C., September 10, 2003. Graham announced that Canada will contribute 300 million Canadian Dollars for the reconstruction of Iraq (news - web sites) and 250 million Canadian Dollars for the reconstruction of Afghanistan (news - web sites). REUTERS/Mannie Garcia
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) (R) fields reporter's questions along side Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada at the State Department in Washington, D.C., September 10, 2003. Graham announced that Canada will contribute 300 million Canadian Dollars for the reconstruction of Iraq (news - web sites) and 250 million Canadian Dollars for the reconstruction of Afghanistan (news - web sites). REUTERS/Mannie Garcia
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) (R) fields reporter's questions along side Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada at the State Department in Washington, D.C., September 10, 2003. Graham announced that Canada will contribute 300 million Canadian Dollars for the reconstruction of Iraq (news - web sites) and 250 million Canadian Dollars for the reconstruction of Afghanistan (news - web sites). REUTERS/Mannie Garcia
US soldiers patrol a road on the outskirts of Najaf, 180 kms south of Baghdad.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)
Heroic Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gestures during an address on Iraq (news - web sites) before a National Press Club newsmakers luncheon in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Rumsfeld said that even if the U.N. Security Council approves a new resolution on Iraq, it won't yield a large number of new, foreign troops to help in the peacekeeping operation there. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Legendary U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks during a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, September 10, 2003. Rumsfeld talked about the need for continued U.S. military efforts in both Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Larry Downing
Eloquent Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gestures during an address on Iraq (news - web sites) before a National Press Club newsmakers luncheon in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Rumsfeld said that even if the U.N. Security Council approves a new resolution on Iraq, it won't yield a large number of new, foreign troops to help in the peacekeeping operation there. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks during a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, September 10, 2003. Rumsfeld talked about the need for continued U.S. military efforts in both Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Larry Downing
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) pauses as he addresses the media during a meeting with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah in the Oval Office in Washington September 10, 2003. Bush signaled on Wednesday a willingness to compromise on a U.N. resolution for postwar Iraq (news - web sites), saying he was 'open for suggestions' after Security Council members France and Germany proposed downgrading the U.S. political role there. 'Let us not get caught up in past bickering. Let us move forward,' Bush told reporters. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) points at the press on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 10, 2003. President Bush signaled today a willingness to compromise on a U.N. resolution for postwar Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/William Philpott
US soldiers on patrol near the Iraqi city of Arbil. A suicide bomber has killed a child and wounded dozens of people in Arbil.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)
A British soldier patrols the Five Mile working class neighborhood in southern Iraq (news - web sites)'s capital Basra. Iraqis from the neighborhood had informed British troops that they found a timed bomb in a briefcase outside the Shiite Muslim mosque of Sayed al-Shuhadaa in the area. The British forces cordoned off the area and brought in explosives experts to detonate the bomb.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Iraq in Arab League; Graphic defines the Arab League and lists members.
Members of Britain's 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets prepare for their departure to Iraq (news - web sites) at Weeton Barracks in Lancashire, northern England, September 10, 2003. Some 600 troops from the Royal Green Jackets are due to leave the UK for the city of Basra in southern Iraq on September 11, 2003 to add to the 10,000 British troops that are currently deployed in Iraq. - NO ARCHIVE - REUTERS/Chris Sunderland
President Bush (news - web sites) talks to reporters about the situation in the Middle East during a meeting with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Bush said it is in other nations' interests to contribute money and troops to the postwar reconstruction of Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Bush (news - web sites) meets with Kuwait's new Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, left, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Thousands of American troops remain based in the key Persian Gulf ally as part of the ongoing Iraq (news - web sites) campaign. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Bush (news - web sites) meets with Kuwait's new Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, left, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Thousands of American troops remain based in the key Persian Gulf ally as part of the ongoing Iraq (news - web sites) campaign. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) insisted that Paris and Berlin are not opposed to a new UN resolution on Iraq (news - web sites).(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)
A U.S. soldier of the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the 4th infantry division guards a street during a search operation in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad September 10, 2003. Security in Tikrit, the hometown of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), has been tightened on the eve of the second anniversary of September 11. REUTERS/Arko Datta
U.S. soldiers inspect the area of a Tuesday night explosion in Irbil, 350 km (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. A suicide car bomber struck the U.S. intelligence headquarters in the city, a Kurdish security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He said three Iraqi's were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. Six Americans were wounded. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze
British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites)'s government will be criticised by the Intelligence and Security Committee's (ISC) parliamentary probe into the way Britain joined the campaign against Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).(AFP/POOL/File/Eriko Sugita)
An Iraqi woman, who gave her name as Um Bassem, (the Mother of Bassem), stands outside the British headquarters in Basra, Iraq (news - web sites) pleading with soldiers there to release her son Bassem Sayeed who she says was detained at a checkpoint for reasons unknown to her Wednesday Sept. 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Nabeel Al-Jurani)
Iraqi boys follow behind a British soldier to playfully taunt him as he leaves a guard post at the end of his daily duty in downtown Basra, Iraq (news - web sites) Wednesday Sept. 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Nabeel Al-Jurani)
Army Staff Sgt. Cheryl Cones, in uniform, and four of her children, from left, Blake, Eric, Autumn, Cheryl and Samantha, sit outside their Willard, Mo., home Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. Autumn is holding a photograph of their father, Staff Sgt. Sam Cones, who is serving in Iraq (news - web sites). The Army says National Guard and reserve units in Iraq and surrounding countries could be deployed up to a year on the ground, months longer than many soldiers had been anticipating.(AP Photo/John S. Stewart)
U.S. soldiers check the area of Tuesday night's explosion in Irbil, 350 km (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. soldiers guard the area after an explosion Tuesday night Irbil, 350 km (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. A suicide car bomber struck the U.S. intelligence headquarters in Irbil, a Kurdish security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He said three Iraqi's were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. Six Americans were wounded. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze
U.S. soldiers inspect the area of a Tuesday night explosion in Irbil, 350 km (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. A suicide car bomber struck the U.S. intelligence headquarters in the city, a Kurdish security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He said three Iraqi's were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. Six Americans were wounded. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze
Training Iraqi police and soldiers would do more to improve security in Iraq (news - web sites) than bringing in extra troops and Germany is willing to support such training, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on September 10, 20003. 'I have my doubts... whether increasing the number of soldiers currently there, regardless of who they are provided by, would mean a definite improvement in security,' Schroeder told the German parliament in a debate on the 2004 draft budget. Schroeder is seen in the German lower house of parliament in Berlin, September 9. Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld talks to multi-national forces at Camp Babylon. Rumsfeld's perception of Iraq (news - web sites) differs from those who see a barely functioning country more than five months after the fall of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)
Hungarian soldiers keep watch from a destroyed building near their base in the central Iraqi town of Al Hilla, September 10, 2003. Washington is seeking 15,000 more soldiers from other nations as well as reconstruction funds to back its own commitment of 130,000 soldiers and billions of dollars in Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Bush with the National Little League Champions from Boynton Beach Florida on the tarmac of the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Tuesday Sept. 9, 2003
British troops patrol the 'Five Mile' working class neighborhood in southern Iraq (news - web sites)'s capital Basra. Iraqis told the British soldiers that they found a timed bomb in a briefcase outside the Shiite Muslim mosque of Sayed al-Shuhadaa. The British forces cordoned off the area and brought in explosives experts to detonate the bomb.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
An US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, rests on the bonnet of his vehicel before a raid in the early hours of the morning. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid which 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
US soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division prepare to conduct raids on suspected Saddam loyalist houses in the early hours of the morning in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday Sept. 10, 2003. More than a dozen men were taken into custody during the raid that 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, checks the onboard computer during preparation for raids on suspected Saddam loyalist houses in the early hours of Wednesday Sept. 10, 2003. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid which 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
US soldier Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Nail of Clayton Oklahoma from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, examines ordinance found after raids were conducted in the early hours of Wednesday morning. More than a dozen men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons explosives and home made bomb detonators were found during the raid which 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Detainees sit in the back of a military vehicle after US soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division, raided houses in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sept. 10, 2003. More than a dozen men were taken into custody during the raid that 1/22 infantry regiment conducted after receiving reports from local sources and military intelligence.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
An Iraqi policeman walks past the burned-out remains of a vehicle in the northern Iraqi town of Arbil late Sept. 9, 2003. The bomb killed at least one person and wounded scores, including six American military personnel, in largely peaceful Kurdish northern Iraq (news - web sites), the U.S. military said on Wednesday. Photo by Anatolian/Reuters
A vehicle lies in ruin after a car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Arbil late September 9, 2003. The blast killed one person and wounded scores including several Americans, the U.S. military said. Photo by Anatolian/Reuters
Sherry Conable flashes a peace sign to supporters after addressing the The Santa Cruz City Council as it considered a measure asking Congress to impeach President Bush (news - web sites) inside City Hall in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. The council passed the measure. City leaders say Bush violated international treaties by going to war in Iraq (news - web sites), and that the president manipulated public fears to justify the war and undercut Constitutional rights. Santa Cruz is the first community in the country calling for Bush's ouster. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz tours an exhibition paying tribute to September 11 victims at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 outside of Washington. Wolfowitz appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) earlier Tuesday, two days after President Bush (news - web sites) announced he would seek the $87 billion for Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
U.S. Marines plan to hand over responsibility for the Shiite holy city of Najaf by the end of the week to a Polish-led division now in place in south-central Iraq (news - web sites), a senior U.S. general said on September 9, 2003. Shi'ite Muslim protesters are shown chanting slogans in front of a line of U.S. troops during a demonstration in Najaf, July 20. Photo by Oleg Popov/Reuters
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks to soldiers, in front of Polish Major General Andrzej Tyszkiewicz (L) at Camp Babylon, south of Baghdad, September 6, 2003. Rumsfeld is doing a 'terrific job,' the White House said on Sept. 9 as the Pentagon (news - web sites) chief faced mounting criticism from lawmakers in both parties over his handling of Iraq (news - web sites). Photo by Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Conway, commanding General of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon (news - web sites) in Arlington, Va. Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. Lt. Gen. Conway recently returned from Iraq (news - web sites) and spoke of his mission's accomplishments in Iraq. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 9, 2003. U.S. senators called on top Pentagon (news - web sites) officials to explain how they will field enough troops to confront rising violence in Iraq (news - web sites) and said their plans for an $87 billion emergency package for Iraq and Afghanistan (news - web sites) were a 'bitter pill to swallow.' Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Reuters
Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 9, 2003. Wolfowitz defended the Iraq (news - web sites) operation as central to the war on terrorism. (Stefan Zaklin/Reuters)
Graphic shows estimates for recent U.S. military actions and reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. Daschle said President Bush (news - web sites) must give a plan that clearly lays out how to succeed in Iraq (news - web sites) and bring home our troops safely, and how the American people are going to pay for 87 billion dollars in additional spending. Daschle also added he is deeply saddened by his own failure as a human being. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendelton California, Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, briefs the press on Marine Corps involvement in Iraq (news - web sites) while at the Pentagon (news - web sites) outside Washington, September 9, 2003. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendelton California, Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, briefs the press on Marine Corps involvement in Iraq (news - web sites) while at the Pentagon (news - web sites) outside Washington, September 9, 2003. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. Daschle said President Bush (news - web sites) must give a plan that clearly lays out how to succeed in Iraq (news - web sites) and bring home our troops safely, and how the American people are going to pay for 87 billion dollars in additional spending. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Members of the 362 tactical psychological operations unit, 28 year-old Cpl. Levon Washington right, of Waukegan, Illinois, in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, shaves the head of fellow soldier, 29 year-old Sgt. Charles Darrah of University Heights, Ohio. With the Army stretched thin by the Iraq campaign, the global war on terror and other duty around the world, officials ordered that Guard and Army Reserve troops now in Iraq and surrounding countries serve 12-month tours.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendelton in California, Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, briefs the press on Marine Corps involvement in Iraq (news - web sites) while at the Pentagon (news - web sites) outside Washington, September 9, 2003. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Sen. John Warner (news, bio, voting record) (R-VA) (L), General Richard Myers (C), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz talk prior to a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 9, 2003. Myers and Wolfowitz testifed about continuing military operations in Iraq (news - web sites), and discussed President Bush (news - web sites)'s request for an additional $87 billion to continue to support them. REUTERS/Stefan Zaklin
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Gen. Myers and other officials appeared before the committee two days after Bush announced he would seek $87 billion for Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz holds up three foreign forms of identification found on the battlefield in Iraq (news - web sites) during his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. Wolfowitz and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other officials appeared before the committee two days after Bush announced he would seek the $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan (news - web sites). Wolfowitz told senators the money was needed to train international forces to fight along U.S. troops and to give U.S. troops the money they need to win the war.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) shakes hands with Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) as Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge (C) looks on during an address at the FBI (news - web sites) Academy in Quantico, Virginia September 10, 2003. Saying the nation's security was at stake, Bush called on Congress to 'untie the hands' of law enforcement and pass tougher anti-terrorism legislation to deny bail to terror suspects and expand those eligible for the death penalty. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) will on September 10, 2003 endorse further measures to tighten anti-terrorism legislation, including denying bail to terror suspects, expanding the death penalty, and bypassing grand juries to issue subpoenas. Bush is seen during a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida, September 9. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
A divided U.S. Senate defied a White House veto threat on September 10, 2003 and voted to block proposed federal work rule changes that foes say could cost millions of Americans overtime pay. The Republican-led chamber approved a Democratic amendment that would derail proposed expansion of overtime exemptions for white-collar workers under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. Yet the final fate of the administration proposal remains unclear as it still faces a number of procedural and possible legal twists and turns. The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in this December 2001 file photo. (William Philpott/Reuters)
California recall gubernatorial candidate Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustyourtaxes listens to a question in Los Angeles, September 9, 2003. With the latest Field poll showed Bustamante beating Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger by 5 points (with a 4.5 percent margin of error), the Democrat has come under fire not only from the 'Terminator' on the right but also from his rivals on the left. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
Democratic presidential hopefuls, former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and Sen. John Edwards, (D-NC) talk prior to the candidates debate September 9, 2003 at Morgan State University in Baltimore. (Pool via Reuters)
Democratic presidential hopefuls, Rep. Dick Gephardt (news - web sites), (D-MO) (L) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (D-CT) talk prior to a candidates debate September 9, 2003 at Morgan State University in Baltimore. (Pool via Reuters)
Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. Bob Graham, (D-FL) (L) and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (news - web sites) talk prior to a candidates debate September 9, 2003 at Morgan State University in Baltimore. (Pool via Reuters)
Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. John Kerry, (D-MA) (L) and the Rev. Al Sharpton talk prior to the candidates debate, September 9, 2003 at Morgan State University in Baltimore. (Pool via Reuters)
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves to supporters as he arrives onstage at an election campaign fundraiser in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, September 9, 2003. Bush's evening fundraiser netted over $1.3 million as the president goes up against increasingly vocal Democratic candidates for the 2004 election. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
Joined by family members, independent gubernatorial candidate Peter Ueberroth announces his withdrawal from the October 7 recall election during a news conference at his campaign headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, September 9, 2003. Looking on at left is his wife Ginny. (Jim Ruymen/Reuters)
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, September 9, 2003. Bush will visit Japan on Oct. 17 to hold talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, one of Washington's staunchest Asian allies, Japanese media said. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
11 Charlie bump.
There is sobbing of the strong,
And a pall upon the land;
But the People in their weeping
Bare the iron hand;
Beware the People weeping
When they bare the iron hand. "
Herman Melville
Training Iraqi police and soldiers would do more to improve security in Iraq (news - web sites) than bringing in extra troops and Germany is willing to support such training, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on September 10, 20003... Who would have guessed that Herr Schroeder would finally come around... :)
Always great!
Tia
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