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Congressional Democrats inched closer to holding Harriet Miers in contempt yesterday after the former White House Counsel reiterated her decision not to comply with subpoenas seeking testimony and documents related to the recent firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

The House Judiciary Committee is weighing what to do next but has few options other than moving to [...]

Posted by nytexan July 18th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Congress, Contempt, Conyers, GOP, Gonzales, Harriet Miers, Inherent Contempt, Judiciary Committee, News, Politics, President, RNC, Republican | Comments (6)

WASHINGTON, July 17 — President Bush’s top counterterrorism advisers acknowledged Tuesday that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden’s leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan had failed, as the White House released a grim new intelligence assessment that has forced the administration to consider more aggressive measures inside Pakistan.

The intelligence report, the most formal assessment [...]

Posted by nytexan July 18th, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, America, Bush, Cheney, GOP, Iraq, Lieberman, Middle East, Musharraf, National, Osama, Pakistan, Politics, President, War | Leave a comment