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In an interview yesterday with the San Francisco Chronicle, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed the U.S. troop surge failed to accomplish its goal. She then partially credited the success of the troop surge to “the goodwill of the Iranians,” claiming that they were responsible for ending violence in the southern city of Basra. Asked if she saw any evidence of the surge’s positive impact on her May 17 trip to Iraq she responded: Well, the purpose of the surge was to provide a secure space, a time for the political change to occur to accomplish the reconciliation. That...

A local delegate has asked Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to re-think his appointment of the head of the Virginia-based Muslim American Society to the Virginia Commission on Immigration. Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, wrote to Kaine earlier today, saying he was concerned about the appointment of Dr. Esam S. Omeish, a Northern Virginia physician and the group's president, to the panel. The commission was created earlier this year to study the impact of illegal immigration on the commonwealth. The Muslim American Society has significant ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, a group founded in Egypt, Gilbert said. "It is unfortunate that...

George W. Bush is a lesson to us all. He tells us that no matter how stupid, ignorant, or greedy you are, you can get the most powerful job in the World. That drives me.. Take Kyoto. A global agreement to lower gases that have created global warming and weather instability. George, my hero, is the only leader in the World to say that he would have nothing to do with this agreement. There's ignorance! The poor people of Florida are currently feeling the consequence of this, but hey, there's money at stake here. Take stupid....The evil man (Osama) who...