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(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham made a statement on the Presidential news conference Friday. Graham also released a letter addressed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking for clarification of the United States response should a situation arise involving a CIA paramilitary operative captured in Iran and placed on trial in that country. Graham's letter stated: "This is a time for thoughtful, reasoned discussions. What we do today will affect the nation not only in our current war but in future wars as well. "President Bush is sincere in wanting the tools necessary to protect the nation, including...

TAMPA - There was, perhaps, no better place to witness American-Islamic relations Saturday than from a comfortable seat in the lobby of the Tampa Convention Center. Outside the ballroom that would host the Council on American-Islamic Relations' annual Tampa banquet were olive-skinned men with beards and women wearing long dresses and burkas. They exchanged assalamu alaikums and cheek kisses. Flowing through the crowd of activist Muslims were those entering and exiting the Tampa Boat Show: light-skinned men in deck shoes and Hawaiian shirts and tanned women wearing capri pants and halter tops. Some were drinking beers, others pushing strollers. The...