Clinton gets standing ovations from evangelicals

The presidential contender was the only candidate to speak at the AIDS summit.
LAKE FOREST – Many evangelical Christians have taken issue with Hillary Clinton for promoting abortion rights, gay rights and teen condom use, but you wouldn’t have known it from the standing ovation that greeted her at Saddleback Church this afternoon.
Although all leading presidential candidates [...]

Ex-NYC Mayor Koch: Giuliani Acted Improperly, Looks Like A Cover-Up

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani acted improperly and appeared to be covering something up when he charged the cost of his and his girlfriend’s security detail to obscure New York City agencies, former mayor Ed Koch told the Huffington Post.
On Wednesday, the Politico reported that in 2001, Giuliani transferred tens of thousands of dollars in [...]

Recession Signs Grow as Winnebago Leads U.S. RV Drop

 Winnebago Industries Inc., Thor Industries Inc. and other U.S. recreational-vehicle makers will probably say shipments fell in 2007 for the first time in six years, a sign the U.S. economy may be headed for a recession.For the past three decades, deliveries of motor homes and travel trailers have dropped before each decline in the U.S. [...]

Bill Clinton Says He Opposed Iraq War From the Outset

Former president Bill Clinton said on Tuesday that he “opposed Iraq from the beginning,” apparently glossing over the more nuanced views of the war he has expressed over time. Clinton made the remarks while campaigning for his wife in Iowa – a largely anti-war state for Democrats — as he expressed bitterness over getting a [...]

Powell Mum on Clinton Plan to Tap Him

Gen. Colin Powell was tight-lipped Tuesday when asked by ABC News if he is open to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s, D-N.Y., plan to call on him and other “distinguished Americans of both parties” who can, in her words, “represent our country well.”
“I have not seen what she has said. I don’t know the context of it,” [...]

Huckabee: The False Conservative

Who would respond to criticism from the Club for Growth by calling the conservative, free-market campaign organization the “Club for Greed”? That sounds like Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich or John Edwards, all Democrats preaching the class struggle. In fact, the rejoinder comes from Mike Huckabee, who has broken out of the pack of second-tier Republican [...]

Al Gore Returns to the White House

Forget the Mideast peace talks. A meeting that may require even greater diplomacy will take place Monday in the Oval Office, when President Bush receives America’s Nobel Prize winners — including his one-time rival, Al Gore. A lot has happened to both men in the seven years since the 2000 election.
The president has faced terrorist [...]

Iraq Shiite pol defends Iran against US

Iraq’s most influential Shiite politician said Sunday that the U.S had not backed up claims that Iran is fueling violence here, underscoring a wide gap on the issue between Washington and the Shiite-led Baghdad government.
A draft bill to ease curbs on ex-Saddam Hussein loyalists in government services also drew sharp criticism from Shiite lawmakers, [...]

Australia ousts center-right coalition

Rudd promised Iraq pullout and will sign Kyoto Protocols
Australians elected a Chinese-speaking former diplomat as their first new prime minister in more than a decade Saturday, embracing left-leaning Kevin Rudd as a next-generation leader who rates tackling global warming his top priority. The emphatic victory brought a sharp and mortifying end to the era of John [...]

20,000 vets’ brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally

At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA TODAY.
The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans Affairs, show that about five times as many troops sustained [...]