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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- If you've ever wanted to question the White House Press Office just like the news media, the White House is offering an opportunity to do just that. On Monday, it announced a new service for online news organizations and Internet users called "Ask the White House." Each week Internet users can e-mail questions for the White House to participating news organizations and the organization will submit the five most asked questions to the White House press office. The responses will be posted weekly on the Web sites of each participating news organization. White House spokesman Barry Toiv ...

Political independents are more likely than Republicans or Democrats to use the Internet to learn about candidates, according to a large study of computer users released yesterday. The finding is important for politicians and strategists, since independents tend to tune out traditional forms of political communication, including mailings and broadcast ads. The poll, which included 1,205 likely voters who use the Internet at least once a week, was conducted for the Democracy Online Project, at the Graduate School of Political Management of George Washington University. Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who helped conduct the survey, refers to independents' willingness to ...

N.H. Independents Gain Clout Yet May Not Sway Primary By David S. Broder Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 7, 1999; Page A04 CONCORD, N.H. – When Monica Cornelia moved from New York City a few years ago and registered to vote for the first time in the New Hampshire coastal community of North Hampton, she declined to identify herself as a Republican or Democrat. "I had had enough of party politics," she said the other day. "I wanted to focus on the individual." In the state whose motto is "Live Free or Die," Cornelia was hardly unusual in declaring ...

New Page 1 December 6, 1999 Arizona GOP Debate SCORECARD RESULTS: 5 = best 1 = worst GARY BAUER |GEORGE W. BUSH | STEVE FORBES | ORRIN HATCH | ALAN KEYES | JOHN MCCAIN   conservative activist GARY BAUER   Presentation 5    12%    107 VOTES 4    28%    260 VOTES 3    35%    317 VOTES 2    13%    121 VOTES 1    12%    110 VOTES Total: 915 votes   Command of Issues 5    12%    110 VOTES 4    31%    282 VOTES 3    31%    281 VOTES 2    15%    133 VOTES ...

By RICHARD L. BERKE HOENIX -- Resisting their first opportunity to attack one another directly on national television, six Republican presidential candidates treated each other courteously Monday night as they touted their stance on foreign policy, taxes, education and campaign finance reform. Unlike in a forum last week in New Hampshire, in which Gov. George W. Bush took part for the first time and was the favorite target of the other candidates, this time the contenders were more subtler in contrasting themselves with Bush, the front-runner. The candidates, gathering at the Orpheum Theater, were allowed to question one another. ...

Republicans Joust in Arizona By David S. Broder Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 7, 1999; Page A06 PHOENIX, Dec. 6 – Five other Republican presidential contenders invaded the home turf of Arizona Sen. John McCain tonight for their second nationally televised debate in 96 hours. With McCain participating by satellite from a studio in Boston, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, publisher Steve Forbes, conservative activist Gary Bauer and talk show host Alan Keyes shared the stage in a downtown theater for the hour-long event, cosponsored by the Arizona Republican Party and CNN. The debate ...

By Matt Kelley, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department shredded potential evidence in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit over American Indian trust funds, then covered it up for more than three months, a court-appointed investigator concluded. Government lawyers in the case misled the federal judge overseeing the case, investigator Alan Balaran said in a report released Monday. In a strongly worded opinion released with the report, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth also accused government lawyers of making false statements to him. "This is a system clearly out of control,'' Balaran wrote. He said the shredding and cover-up were "part of a ...

American nurse admits setting fire that killed billionaire banker 4.40 p.m. ET (2153 GMT) December 6, 1999 Associated Press The coffin of Edmond Safra is carried to a waiting hearse after funeral servicess in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 6, 1999. Safra, one of the world's wealthiest men, who was killed last week in a pre-dawn fire at his Monte Carlo penthouse, was buried Monday in Geneva. (AP PHOTO/ KEYSTONE/Fabrice Coffrini) By Ian Phillips, Associated Press MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) — An American nurse confessed Monday to setting the fire that killed banker Edmond Safra, saying he had hoped to emerge as ...

NATO Fears Depth of Albanian Anger By Danica Kirka Associated Press Writer Sunday, Dec. 5, 1999; 1:18 p.m. EST PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- The young NATO medic thought he was going to a car accident. He hurriedly tried to thread his ambulance through a festive crowd of ethnic Albanians in hopes of reaching a burning orange car. But the mob closed before him in a circle. No one would let him pass. Abandoning the Land Rover at the outer edge of spectators, he pushed through until he reached Dragan Basic, a 63-year-old Serb civil engineering professor. His face looked as if ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The clock is ticking but the world's newest nuclear powers have not yet totally dispelled fears that the Y2K bug may accidentally set their war machines in motion. Barely a month before the turn of the year, it is still unclear whether old enemies India and Pakistan, which came close to their fourth war this year, have unambiguously eliminated the possibility. The two South Asian nations have in the past taken limited confidence-building measures such as installing a telephone hotline between their army headquarters aimed at preventing accidental wars or triggers. But there is no official ...

I emailed Regnary Press to find out if Barbara Olson had scheduled booksignings across the country. I received this reply: Barbara Olson is coming to Atlanta, this Friday, December 10, for a luncheon sponsored by the local Federalist Society. If you would like to attend, please contact Helen Stephens at Regnery Publishing in Washington. I am waiting for her to return my call,and when she does, I will post the details on this thread. Ms. Stephen's number is (202) 216-0601, ext 452. Depending on the time and place, I "intend" to attend. Also of interest to those of you who ...

Bush Family Politics By Robert Parry On the stump, Texas Gov. George W. Bush bounds toward the voters, flashes a smile, shakes a hand and kisses a baby. His jovial big-man-on-campus confidence is unshaken even by the flap over his half-admission about abusing cocaine as a young man. To many observers, George W. Bush is "a natural," a politician with an easy manner, a common touch and the look of a winner. Though he has offered no comprehensive domestic policy and demonstrated only a rudimentary knowledge of world affairs, Bush has floated -- more than battled -- into his ...

FLASH: KEYES WINS BIG IN POST-DEBATE POLL... KEYES 64%; BUSH 19%; 10% MCCAIN... VOTE.COM... MORE...

We should have known. I didn't think of it but Don did!!! From the beginning we were told that one of the Teamster lawyers couldn't be there and would request that the Hearing be continued. Then a second couldn't come. Then the first that couldn't come showed up but wasn't prepared as he had had a murder trial. And he said that the Local 115 was influx and he didn't know if he would be representing the defendants anymore! The Judge gave it a status of attorney date -- December 31!! Not a new date for the hearing. We believe ...

John Clarke, Patrick Knowlton and Hugh Turley co-authors of Failure of the Public Trust, FBIcover-up.com will speak tomorrow night, December 7th, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Washington area Freepers are invited to come and join in the discussion. Date: December 7, 1999 Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Place White Gravenor Building, Room 203 This event is not sponsored by the University.

Trump following his own `think big' rules Run for presidency has political rookie starting right at the top BY MARIA RECIO, Herald Washington Bureau HARTFORD, Conn. -- The middle-age crowd is pumped, arms in the air, jumping to pounding rock music as rows of colored lights flash in staccato sequence. Then the thousands of people in the Hartford Civic Center explode as fireworks burst over the head of the last, much-anticipated speaker. Donald Trump, potential presidential candidate, billionaire real estate developer and relentless self-promoter, is in his element. Speaking at the end of a daylong seminar held by self-improvement guru ...

Trump Summons Reform Party Leaders By SCOTT LINDLAW The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Developer Donald Trump, laying the groundwork for a possible presidential run, invited nearly 100 Reform Party leaders to a get-acquainted session Monday in his first trip to California since forming a presidential exploratory committee. The billionaire developer held a news conference with his model-girlfriend Melania Knauss standing nearby and in sight of the famous Hollywood sign and downtown Los Angeles and Century City. ``I can only go by the gut at a certain point,'' Trump told about a dozen reporters at a news conference ...

THe Vote.Com online poll for the Republican Candidate's debate is showing Keyes as the the runaway winner - AGAIN!Go to www.vote.com to have your say.Keyes was clear winner in the poll on the last debate. 40,000 voted in that one, with nearly 20,000 voting for Keyes. Lets get some momentum here

GOP Rivals Promise Better Schools By GLEN JOHNSON The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - In their second debate in four days, Republican presidential candidates promised safer schools, lower taxes and a more disciplined foreign policy for Americans if they seize the White House from Democrats. ``My plan says less power to Washington, not more,'' said Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the front-runner. ``I'll keep `em out of it,'' Arizona Sen. John McCain said of Washington bureaucrats. The Monday night debate revealed few differences between surprisingly restrained rivals. Hours after a school shooting in Fort Gibson, Okla., left four students injured ...

Bradley, Gore Dueling Over Taxes By KEN THOMAS The Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Under siege by his Democratic opponent, Bill Bradley said Monday he is not proposing a tax increase but added: ``If you are a responsible official and you look to the future, you can't rule anything out.'' The presidential candidate, campaigning among Iowa senior citizens, tried to derail an offensive by his rival for the Democratic nomination, Vice President Al Gore, by asserting that their respective positions are the same on possible future tax increases. ``Nobody can predict the future of a trillion-dollar economy. I ...