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Bush Caves
On Iraq Benchmarks

Democrats renew insistence on stick
to accompany carrot

May 10, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an abrupt about-face, President Bush said today he will negotiate with Congress about including benchmarks for the Iraqi government in war-spending legislation. With discontent mounting on both sides of the aisle, he emerged from a Pentagon briefing on Iraq and Afghanistan and said, "It makes sense to have... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • war • benchmarks • funds • Josh Bolten • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • George W. Bush

Pelosi Threatens Bush Lawsuit

Speaker says House could take
president to court over Iraq evasion

May 9, 07 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi says the House could sue President Bush if he tries to circumvent provisions in its new Iraq appropriations bill. Bush has suggested he'll append a signing statement to the bill, a controversial practice that could let him treat parts of the law—like timetables on progress in Iraq—... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • signing statements • Iraq appropriations • House of Representatives • legislation • lawsuit • George W. Bush

Condi Sits Down With Syria

Rice talks with Syrian Foreign Minister about border security

May 4, 07 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of foreign fighters across the Syrian... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Middle East • Syria • US foreign policy • Condoleezza Rice • Iraq conference

Dems, President Get Serious
On Iraq Compromise

A day of pomp and American flags leads back to the drawing board

May 2, 07 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a day of partisan theatrics—what the Politico notes may rank as the Capitol's most celebrated sendoff for a doomed bill—work gets serious on a compromise war spending bill that may include benchmarks but no timelines. Bush meets with congressional leaders to begin formal negotiations today, even as... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • Senate • Senate Democrats • Trent Lott • Iraq war

Immigration Reform Back On
Bush Agenda

Even with Democrats more receptive, plan will be tough sell

Apr 9, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is making another run at immigration reform, armed with the hope that the Democratic Congress will be more receptive than his own party was last year. In Arizona today Bush will reintroduce a package that sounds suspiciously like his earlier attempt: increased border security, better enforcement of immigration... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • immigration • Congress • Democrats • illegal immigrant • border control • Arizona • reform • George W. Bush

Pelosi Is Doing Bush's Job

Someone had to.

Apr 6, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taylor Marsh defends Pelosi's visit to Syria on the grounds that if Bush won't talk to Assad someone has to.  It turns out that all Syria wants is some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.  And Marsh makes the case that this is a good thing for America to be doing. More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Syria

Pelosi Is a Felon

And We Mean It

Apr 6, 07 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mr. Turner, a lawyer and forme assistant secretary of state in the Reagan administration says Speaker Pelosi is a felon under a 1799 law known as the Logan Act.  Citing Marbury v Madison, perhaps the most cited legal case in American legal history, he says that Pelosi breached the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • law • Logan Act • constitution • Marbury v. Madison • felony

Israel Begs to Differ
With Pelosi Statement

PM's office distances itself from
speaker's promise of talks

Apr 5, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Israeli PM is backing off from Nancy Pelosi's suggestion yesterday that an Israeli-Syrian summit is in the offing. Pelosi told reporters that she had conveyed to  Syria's Bashar al-Assad a message that Ehud Olmert was "ready to engage in peace talks." Olmert's office quickly responded that it... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Israel • Middle East • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Bashar al Assad

Wooing Syria
Is Tougher Than Pelosi Thinks

Experts laud diplomatic offensive, warn of potential failure

Apr 4, 07 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal puts Nancy Pelosi's high profile visit to Damascus in perspective in a piece outlining the vexing complexity of relations between Syria and the U.S. A number of Pentagon and State Dept. counterterrorism officials support the  congressional effort  to moderate the President's hard line on Syria,... More »

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Iran • Nancy Pelosi • Syria • Bashar al Assad • George W. Bush

Pelosi Says Syria Is Ready for Peace Talks

House Speaker ends US boycott and meets with Syrian president

Apr 4, 07 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Syria is ready to resume peace talks with Israel, based on her meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, the BBC reports. Flying in the face of Bush's Syrian boycott, Pelosi and a congressional delegation are in Damascus meeting with top leaders. Bush said the visit undermined... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Israel • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Bashar al Assad • George W. Bush

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