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Welcome to Sanity Island, where only adults are allowed. President Bush had a busy day today. He met with General Petraeus in the Oval Office to discuss the War in Iraq. President George W. Bush delivers a statement on the War in Iraq during a visit Monday, April 23, 2007, by Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of the Multinational Force-Iraq, to the White House. Said the President, "I will strongly reject an artificial timetable withdrawal and/or Washington politicians trying to tell those who wear the uniform how to do their job." With them is Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint...

Garcia regains Peru presidency in runoff RICK VECCHIO, Associated Press Writer Former President Alan Garcia staged a remarkable political comeback in Peru's runoff election, beating a retired army lieutenant to regain control of the country 16 years after his first term ended in economic ruin and rebel violence. Garcia's victory Sunday was a blow to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had endorsed Ollanta Humala, a political upstart many Peruvians saw as dangerous to democracy. "I want our party this time to demonstrate to the Peruvian people, who have called it to the highest responsibilities, that it will not convert the...