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"Early in the Clinton administration, it would have been comparatively easy to smash bin Laden's emerging network. Instead the arch-terrorist's strength, reach, and lethality were allowed to relentlessly build over the course of the eight Clinton years" - Richard Miniter It's impossible to adequately comprehend the whys and wherefores of this current "war on terror" until one grapples with the blatant mistakes of the Clinton years. And that is precisely what investigative journalist Richard Miniter has accomplished in his bestseller entitled, "Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror". Miniter is well equipped to examine the subject at...

Politics New Hapshire.com has learned that Representatve Dennis Kucinich (Democrat-Ohio) sent out a letter to Iowa labor leaders last week saying he will form a Presidential exploratory committee.Sources say that Kucinich will visit Iowa next week and possibly attend two labor conventions there.Politics New Hampshire doesn't have any record of Kucinich trips to New Hampshire.

"(snip)...Oregon Republicans, particularly the conservative insiders and public leaders of the party are all, it seems, ignorant of a simple premise known well to those who participate in sports. A win is determined by the score. Doing real good, but ending up with the lower score is called a "loss." In the case of politics, a "loss" means the other party is in charge of things. Which laws are passed and signed, which judges are appointed, how things are done at the various government agencies, and so forth.As of today, the Oregon Republican Party begins its 21st year of not...

Travis Co. health officials: Vaccines may be ineffective 08/13/2002 Associated Press AUSTIN - As many as 1,500 Travis County children and adults have received potentially ineffective vaccinations for polio, hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, county and Austin health officials said. Those people received roughly 6,000 bad shots as long ago as June 2000 at two East Austin clinics and one rural clinic in Jonestown. The problem was caused because some refrigerators used to store the vaccine were too cold. Health officials said no children were harmed by receiving ineffective vaccines. They added that it did not pose...

FBI, CIA back under microscope After lull in criticism, unshared data revive calls to dig, change 05/19/2002 By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - It's been a wild roller-coaster ride for the FBI and CIA since Sept. 11. Accused of massive intelligence failures immediately after the terrorist attacks, the agencies largely silenced critics with effective performances overseas and at home hunting down al-Qaeda cells, thwarting new attacks and helping topple the Taliban government that shielded Osama bin Laden. No more. Congressional anger is back with a vengeance, stoked by the revelation that President Bush was advised...