Archive for 'Politics'

Iran challenge hits meeting on ailing nuclear treaty

1 May 2007

By Mark Heinrich
VIENNA (Reuters) - A meeting on how to rescue the faltering nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ran into early difficulty on Monday when Iran balked at plans to focus on non-compliance issues, fearing it would be singled out.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier said the NPT was suffering a “crisis of confidence” due to a lack […]

Senate OKs Iraq bill with timetable for pullout

27 April 2007

The $124.2 billion bill requires troop withdrawals to begin Oct. 1, or sooner if the Iraqi government does not meet certain benchmarks. The House passed the measure Wednesday by a 218-208 vote.
Mixed reactions
Across the Potomac River at the Pentagon, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, told reporters the war effort likely […]

Allowing Partisan Politics To Define America

15 April 2007

” It’s hard to embrace something when you don’t know where it stands.” I would say that is a true statement, but I don’t understand why it would be applicable in this context. Why would anyone want to embrace a specific political ideology (like ‘Republican’ or Democrat’) as opposed to having their own ideology based […]