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Woods Lends Support to Troops Overseas 26 March 2003 by Tiger Woods I have great respect for the men and women fighting overseas to protect our way of life in Iraq and other parts of the world. As the son of an Army officer, I understand the strength, courage and discipline required to successfully carry out their missions in hostile environments and feel tremendous pride they are representing us. Obviously, no one likes war. Our Congress and President tried hard to avoid the use of force, but ultimately decided it was the best course of action. I like the assertiveness...

Paris behind plans for a French CNN The French government is throwing its weight behind a new idea for the birth of an international television news network that would compete with CNN. For the moment, with no round-the-clock news station, France is not able to express its antiwar position in the way that the US expresses his pro war stance on CNN. This "CNN à la française" was first announced during the election campaign of the French President last year. The government recently made a call to accelerate its creation. The plans for the project should to be submitted before...

Greene, Columbia show support for Bush By Austin Graham and and Olympia Meola / Daily Progress staff writers March 20, 2003 STANARDSVILLE - Two Central Virginia localities have proclaimed their support for U.S. troops, with one aiming to balance out Charlottesville’s anti-war sentiment and the other poking fun at it. In a special meeting Wednesday, the Greene County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution in support of President Bush, Congress and military personnel in Iraq. Less seriously, perhaps, councilors in the tiny 50-person Fluvanna County town of Columbia voted 3-0, with one abstention, earlier this week to support Bush...

Let History Guide Senator McCain responds to Senator Byrd. EDITOR’S NOTE: These are comments Senator John McCain (R., Ariz.) made on the Senate floor on March 19, 2003. I observed the comments of the distinguished senator from West Virginia concerning the events which are about to transpire within the next hour or so, or days. I did not really look forward to coming to the floor and debating the issue. It has been debated. It has been discussed in the media. It has been discussed at every kitchen table in America. But I felt it would be important for me...

[CAPITALISMMAGAZINE.COM] In April 2001, a "blue ribbon" commission of highly accomplished and nationally recognized scholars reported its findings after a year-long investigation of the evidence for a sexual relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his house slave, Sally Hemings. The thirteen-member Scholars Commission agreed unanimously that the allegation of such a relationship is "by no means proven" and regretted that "public confusion about the 1998 DNA testing and other evidence has misled many people into believing that the issue is closed." With the exception of one of the thirteen commission members, the scholars' "individual conclusions range from serious skepticism about the ...