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If we're going to be serious about treaty commitments, then we have to be serious about all treaty commitments -- the commitments where there's an actual invasion going on that legally requires US action, now, and not just those more-fun-to-chat-about hypothetical future invasions. Which are safer to discuss politically, of course, because no US troops are currently demanded for the cause. In the meantime, the unchastened neocons choose to selectively forget that the United States made security guarantees to Ukraine, promising to protect it in case of Russian invasion, and we have chosen to ignore those obligations. And I don't...

Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 03/28/2007 Pelosi and Reid Call on President to Work with Congress to Chart New Course in Iraq Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today sent the following letter to President Bush objecting to delaying the needed funding for our troops by vetoing the emergency supplemental spending bill, and urging him to work with Congress to ensure our troops receive the support they deserve. The text of the letter is below: March 28, 2007 The President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: Last...

Jeffords has say on EPA director WASHINGTON -- Sen. James Jeffords, I-Vt., will be given a public platform to condemn the Bush administration's recent controversial changes to air pollution laws during the impending confirmation hearing of a new Environmental Protection Agency chief. As the ranking minority member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Jeffords is cast as the lead foil to Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, President Bush's nomination to succeed Christine Todd Whitman as EPA administrator. Jeffords, a Republican Party defector rewarded by the Democrats with their top spot on the environment committee, led the chorus of Democrats...