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The first of these was the cancellation by First Lady Laura Bush of a White House Symposium on “Poetry and the American Voice” scheduled for early February 2003, once it was discovered that some of the invited poets were voicing opposition to Bush administration plans for an invasion of..

is the u.s. in a pre-fascist period?

Congress – both the House and Senate – took up the challenge posed by suspected spies and others. In September 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) subpoenaed 79 movie-industry professional in Los Angles to testify as to their membership in or support for..

states may vote on term limits

The states do not have the authority to impose term limits, said Morton Rosenberg, American at the Library of Congress. Only amendment, requiring two-thirds vote in both house of Congress and approval by three-quarters of the states, could clear the way for the term limits... ..

hussein focused arms race on rockets

While White House was fixated on Saddam Hussein's interest in procuring biological and chemical weapons, evidence uncovered by American investigators suggests that Iraqi president spent his final years power more determined to develop and deploy conventional ballistic missiles, hoping to..

what susan rice's white house promotion means

Obama administration is seeking to avoid the creation of terrorist havens Syria, because they would represent national-security threat to U.S and would require American response.. Politically, the administration has seen no upside to Libyan intervention, and in very White House, these..

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