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Ms. Cheney’s ambitions reflect a greater tension within the Republican Party as a younger generation feels less reluctance to challenge incumbents in the party, especially if they are seen as too consensus-minded or insufficiently conservative. snip What has startled some people here is not just the fact that Ms. Cheney is seemingly trying to nudge Mr. Enzi into retirement, but that she appears to be doing so with a hand from her father. snip Ms. Cheney’s broader line of attack on Mr. Enzi, though, may be that he is too willing to work with Democrats and not vocal enough in...

There's a debate coming up. Fred has made it pretty clear in the past that these little dog and pony shows don't do much for him as far as anyone getting any REAL chance to speak up and speak out. In fact, not so far back I mentioned his quote about accepting the fact that he needed to "be a good boy and stand in line and wait for them to throw me a fish just like everybody else." He continues to field the pot-shots about being lazy...that's fine-no one seems interested enough challenge his policy positions or his general...

Retreat Isn't an Option Liz Cheney January 23, 2007 Sen. Hillary Clinton declared this weekend, " I'm in to win." Anyone who has watched her remarkable trajectory can have no doubt that she'll do whatever it takes to win the presidency. I wish she felt the same way about the war. (excerpt) * America faces an existential threat. This is not, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi has claimed, a "situation to be solved." (excerpt) We will have to fight these terrorists to the death somewhere, sometime. We can't negotiate with them or "solve" their jihad. (excerpt) *Quitting helps the terrorists. ......

Saddam Accepted the American Ultimatum Before the US Invasion, According to Rights and Freedom International Monday October 30, 4:35 pm ET TORONTO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A former political adviser to Saddam Hussein's son said today that Saddam was willing to yield to all American demands before the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- but that the Bush administration refused his offers. The disclosure was made by Hossam Shaltout, a Canadian aerospace engineer, former American pilot, and founder of the peace organization Rights and Freedom International (http://www.rightsandfreedom.com), who said that war could have been averted, but Bush aides blocked his efforts...

THE war in Iraq is her father’s business but Elizabeth Cheney, the American vice-president’s daughter, has been given responsibility for bringing about a different type of regime change in Iran. Cheney, a 39-year-old mother of four, is a senior official in the State Department, which has often been regarded as hostile territory by Dick Cheney’s White House team. Nonetheless father and daughter agree it would be better for the mullahs’ regime to collapse from within than to be ousted by force. The question is whether democratic reform can be achieved before Iran becomes a nuclear power. That is the younger...

Yesterday saw the first Tee Ball game of the season on the White House Lawn. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings was the first base coach and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson acted as third base coach. President Bush yells "Play Ball!" as he places the ball on a tee to start the game and afterwards presents awards to the children taking part in the game. Today President Bush had a meeting in the Oval Office with the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the two leaders met privately to discuss regional security and diplomatic issues, afterwards they answered questions from the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, will become the second-ranking U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, the State Department said on Monday. Cheney, who previously worked in the department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and left to work on her father's 2004 re-election campaign, will become the bureau's principal deputy assistant secretary of state. This is the bureau's second ranking position and deputizes for the assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters Cheney would also serve as "coordinator...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), will become the second-ranking U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, the State Department said on Monday. Cheney, who previously worked in the department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and left to work on her father's 2004 re-election campaign, will become the bureau's principal deputy assistant secretary of state. This is the bureau's second ranking position and deputizes for the assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters Cheney would...

Abu Dhabi, Alittihad Daily, 3/26/2003 -- The UAE leading semi-official daily newspaper, Alittihad, reported today that a US government delegation has arrived in Amman, Jordan, yesterday in its way to Baghdad for negotiations with the Iraqi government about an immediate ceasefire A diplomatic source told Alittihad that the US government delegation included four leading members of Congress as well as Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of the US Vice President Dick Cheney, representing the US Department of State, where she works as an Assistant to the Deputy of the Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs.

<p>Vice President Richard B. Cheney's daughter is not going to be a human shield in Baghdad.</p> <p>"Neither daughter even has plans to travel to that region, let alone Iraq," a Cheney spokesman told United Press International.</p> <p>Echo of Russia Radio Saturday cited unofficial sources when reporting Mr. Cheney's daughter, Elizabeth, had stopped in Amman, Jordan, en route to "war-torn Baghdad."</p>

Babelfish translation of Radio Echo Moscow 9:08 PM March 22nd Russian TimeElizabeth Cheney In Jordan En Route to Iraq to Serve as a Human Shield Today, Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of Vice Presidnet Dick Cheney, arrived in Amman, the capitol of Jordan.It is very likely she will go to war torn Baghdad next.According to unofficial sources, Elizabeth intends to join with the members of the 'Human Shields'

Results as of 9:11 EST: Wieczorek leads Kacavas... With Manchester, Hooksett, Candia, Auburn, Londonderry, Hudson, Bedford and Litchfield in Wieczorek leads Kacavas by over 3,000. Wieczorek appears to be headed for victory.Story... National parties watching Executive Council raceBy KATHARINE WEBSTERAssociated Press WriterCONCORD, N.H. (AP) #151; The issues are local, but the national political parties are watching a special election in New Hampshire on Tuesday as a harbinger of the November congressional elections and even the 2004 presidential primary.quot;What spring training is to the baseball season, a special election like this is to the November elections,quot; said John Dowd, chairman of...