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The Week.(Column)
--At a big Madison Square Garden event, Hillary was booed, Bill was cheered. Win some, lose some.
-- Will the Arab street hate us for fighting in Afghanistan during Ramadan? Sure-but they will hate us for not fighting too. The cry about the sanctity of Ramadan is the dishonest mouth-warfare of the inflamed. Muhammed fought during Ramadan in 624. In 1973, Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during Ramadan, which also coincided with Yom Kippur-a twofer. In 1982, Iran launched "Operation Ramadan," an attack on Iraq. If one is willing to take lives in battle, then the cause must be of sufficient gravity to excuse relatively trivial profanations; or one has no good cause, ...
- HOUSE PASSES UNPRECEDENTED SPENDING INCREASES FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND...
- Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases July 9, 2009 700+ words
...Unprecedented Spending Increases for the State Department and Foreign Operations Contact...unsustainable. Specifically, Lewis and House Republicans objected to the $4 billion increase for the State Department and related agencies, including...
- Washington State House Republicans Seek Deals Using Gas Tax as Leverage.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 21, 2003 700+ words
...Business News Jan. 21--House Republicans said Monday they'd be willing...transportation projects by letting the state Department of Transportation issue permits...residents. Ericksen said House Republicans also want to abolish the Washington...
- House Republicans postpone vote on pro-Israel resolution.(NATION)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times April 27, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Ben Barber, THE WASHINGTON TIMES House Republicans yesterday delayed a vote on a resolution backing Israel...going to be helpful to our efforts at this time," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said yesterday. Asked if...
- SOLOMON SAYS HOUSE REPUBLICANS WON'T BACK TAX RISES.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) July 6, 1990 700+ words
...stand and considering additional levies. "Read my lips, House Republicans are not going to support the President if he does ask for...operate the federal government. "The Commerce, Justice and State department bill carried an appropriation of $2.5 billion more than...
- GOP ties Bosnia money request to FY '96 continuing resolution.(House...
- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily Foote, Sheila March 1, 1996 700+ words
...FY '96 more palatable to the Clinton administration, House Republicans are planning to attach to it DoD's supplemental funding...For example, he said, some of that money goes for the State Department, providing jobs for Bosnians leaving the military, and...
- CANF Accuses House Republicans of Acting to Weaken U.S. Policy Toward Terrorist...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 22, 2000 700+ words
...members of the House Republican Conference who are advocating the opening of U.S. commercial ties with countries on the State Department's list of countries that sponsor international terrorism. "It is unconscionable and it is unthinkable that certain...
- Contra Aid Offensive Fizzles Amid Contradictions; Briefings at State Department...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Lou Cannon; Tom Kenworthy March 16, 1988 700+ words
...Nicaraguan contras, State Department spokesman Charles...in the day at the State Department by two senior Army...two-thirds of House Republicans. "The fact of...briefings at the State Department. The briefing by...
- House Republicans Derail Budget Talks
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Eric Pianin; Ann Devroy December 21, 1995 700+ words
An uprising by angry House Republicans yesterday temporarily derailed...commitments on behalf of the House Republicans, Gingrich and Senate Majority...government shutdown. However, House Republicans, frustrated with the pace...