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CAPITOL HILL - Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona is hosting a film screening at the Capitol for a Dutch lawmaker who claims that Islam inspires terrorism. Kyl is sponsoring the Thursday event for Geert Wilders, who was denied entry to London earlier this month because British officials said he posed a threat to public order.

The Senate immigration "bargain" is amnesty. No question. Since most Americans understand that, it is surprising when some of my fellow conservatives, like Sen. Jon Kyl (R.-Ariz.), claim that the bill is anything but amnesty. But if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. This entire drama strikes me as one that could be played out on the high seas. Our ship, the U.S.S. America, carries passengers and crew numbering more than 300 million. That number includes some 12 to20 million stowaways. The ship is skippered by Captain Bush. Ted Kennedy leads...

Last week's Palestinian elections, which I had the privilege to observe, were universally regarded as a great success. But they are only the first step in establishing real democracy for Palestinians. The question now is whether the victorious Mahmoud Abbas will use his mandate to turn the Palestinian Authority into a governing body that genuinely represents its people, and strive to lay the groundwork for negotiations with Israel that could lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. Some have called on President Bush to "seize the moment," and quickly broker some kind of a deal. But a better approach...

<p>Congress should make sure that President Bush's guest-worker proposal does not grant amnesty or U.S. citizenship to those now in the country illegally, says Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, who has vigorously sought upgraded security along the nation's southern border.</p>

WASHINGTON - Make no mistake, Sen. John McCain is likely to run for re-election in 2004. McCain, stunned Wednesday when told, wrongly, that Arizona's other senator was suggesting McCain will not seek re-election, declared, "I am most likely to run for re-election." McCain's statement is one of his most definitive yet about whether he'll seek a fourth Senate term. It was prompted by a wire service reporter's misunderstanding of what he'd heard Sen. Jon Kyl tell The Arizona Republic moments earlier in a hallway at the Capitol building. In fact, Kyl, had correctly noted to the newspaper, when asked about...