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Assembly salute to Wen Ho Lee put offAsian caucus cites patriotic group's 'inflammatory remarks' By Steve Geissinger, SACRAMENTO BUREAU SACRAMENTO -- An Oakland Tribune report triggered such an uproar throughout the state that the Asian legislative caucus -- and its Bay Area members -- announced Saturday it was "regretfully" canceling an Assembly ceremony honoring former accused spy Wen Ho Lee. The Asian caucus said it was "outraged" by a patriotic group's "inflammatory remarks in Friday's Oakland Tribune" story on the event, and the resulting plans by the Assembly Republican Caucus to fight the ceremony. The six-member Asian caucus, which...

Asian caucus to fete former accused spy New patriotic group upset with lawmakers honoring Wen Ho Lee By Steve Geissinger, SACRAMENTO BUREAU SACRAMENTO -- Asian lawmakers from the Bay Area and Southern California said Thursday their small caucus in the Legislature will honor former accused spy Wen Ho Lee with a "profile in courage" award -- a move that infuriated a new group formed in California to support the war on terrorism and U.S. military. Assemblywoman Wilma Chan, an Oakland Democrat, said the event -- to be emceed by actor Lou Diamond Phillips -- will appropriately honor Lee for...

WOW! COngressman Tom Tancredo (Left), U.S. Senate Candidate Howard Kaloogian (R) (Center), and KSFO AM 560 Talk Show Host Melanie Morgan (Right) Yesterday's rally against giving drivers' licenses to illegal aliens (as proposed by Democrat Gil Cedillo's SB1160 which Repub. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he supports) was a H U G E success. The rally planning had been going on for several weeks. It was set to take place Saturday, February 21st at the Burlingame Hyatt, where the California Republican Party Convention would be taking place. Since Governor Schwarzenegger has said he thinks giving drivers' licenses to illegal aliens...

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<p>Republican Howard Kaloogian's campaign for Senate is coming to a hot talk-radio show near you.</p> <p>The former San Diego-area assemblyman, who used the Internet and conservative talk shows to boost the successful recall effort against former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, is hoping to tap those same sources in his bid to challenge Democrat Barbara Boxer for the U.S. Senate seat she has held for the past 12 years.</p>