., on trip to Iraq as staffer for Senate Foreign Relations Committee — I came across the systematic destruction of Kurdish villages, now considered to be the beginning of Kurdish genocide. ..…

He was quite deliberate, he was quite lucid and he was quite in articulating the basis for his actions, and they were in respect to Canada's policy and also in respect of his religious beliefs, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, describing the video, ers Monday after appearance before Senate..…

Joe Biden, the in the race, supported Iraq, and as chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee acted as its most effective and in Democratic Party.. ..…

Chris Cillizza, writing in Washington Post Why filibuster reform did not happen explained, The news of agreement that skirts around the edge of reforming Senate filibusters without actually, you know, reforming the filibuster will disappoint Democrats and leave old Senate hands saying. Let me..…

Joan writes, Christians and people of other religious faiths were gathered in Hart Senate Building to pray for peace, for end to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. ..…

Biden doubled down on his support for the war in a July 2003 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Biden said he 'voted to go into Iraq,' and he'd 'vote to do it again.' . ..…

In previous article, in some detail about how Biden had been calling for US of Iraq since 1998, pushed the authorization through Democratic-controlled Senate, and abused his role former UN inspectors, and other knowledgeable authorities opposed to the war. ..…

Biden's security record has not yet been front-burner issue among his rivals for Democratic nomination, except his vote in favour of the invasion of Iraq while in Senate has been denounced by U.S. ..…

Senate resolution limited the use of force to Iraq, made dismantling WMDs the justification for war, the importance of international support ... ..…

Brian Boquist, veteran who served Iraq, warned Senate President Peter Courtney that hell is coming to visit you personally... ..…

FOR Iraq War . . . Senator Joe Biden, who at the time was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voted for the resolution to authorize military involvement in Iraq. ..…

Joe Biden would be Democratic nominee to have voted for Iraq war, just as Chuck Schumer is the Senate Democratic leader to have done so.. ..…

During the summer of 2002, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, under Biden, had the opportunity to hear from any number of academics, former foreign service officials, United Nations personnel, and others specializing Iraq. ... By those actually familiar with, Had Biden allowed for additional..…

The frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination voted for the Iraq war. The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee voted for the Iraq war. The Senate minority leader voted for the Iraq war, like his two immediate predecessors as Democratic leader. ..…

In 2008 he said, Four years today, United States Senate voted to President Bush the authority to use force Iraq. ..…

But Biden continued to publicly back military action in Iraq for many months after the March 2003, U.S. ... Biden defended his position until November 2005, when, in a Meet the Press appearance, he stated that the war was a 'mistake,' and that the Senate gave Bush too much authority to Bush...…

Johnson's administration consistently misled both Congress and American people into that war, just as Bush administration misled us into Iraq.. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held classified hearing with military and intelligence leaders to gain support to defeat us, and..…

This, despite U.S being mired in the deepest economic crisis since Great Depression and losing Afghanistan and Iraq. The very first bill in front of Senate, for instance, was the innocuous 2009 Public Land Management Act-a conservation measure to secure two million acres of in nine..…

The fight against IS in Syria and Iraq got more attention, but only in the Senate, with four full committee hearings. ... Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “Plan to Defeat ISIS,” February 7, 2017, available at..…

To Avoid Repeating Catastrophic Mistake of Iraq Invasion, Senate Bill Would Forbid Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval... The Senate voted to let Bush attack Iraq.. The pair of them continue to fund U.S military occupation of Iraq to this day.. ..…

By top administration officials at congressional hearings this week, These restrictions to the plan negotiated with Lakhdar Brahimi, United Nations envoy, were presented in detail for the first time, culminating long and intense questioning at Senate Foreign Relations Committee at hearing on the goal..…

Though it did not explain in any detail how or why it judged the intelligence to be sound, the report concluded that the assertions by Bush and Blair about Iraq's attempts to acquire uranium were 'well founded.' . The other report came from the Senate Intelligence Committee. It generally..…

They continued to believe this, he found, despite a series of widely publicized reports that reached opposite conclusions, including a study by chief U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer finding no evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a report by the Senate Intelligence..…

Biden, chair of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Leslie Gelb, expert, have proposed five-point plan that would create ethno-religious federal regions Iraq, with Iraqi government distributing oil revenue. ... In September 2007, the Senate voted 75-23 to adopt Biden's..…

Iraq War While serving in Senate, Edwards voted in 2002 to authorize funding for Iraq, vote he has since called a mistake. ..…

Our friend Senator Rand Paul is blocking the in Senate until House language is restored to assist Iraq and Syria.. ..…

Our friend Senator Rand Paul is blocking the in Senate until House language is restored to assist Iraq and Syria.. ..…

WASHINGTON, D.C — Kurdish Iraq will become independent state the director of Defense Intelligence Agency told lawmakers.. Asked by member of Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday about Kurdish Regional Government's intention to move forward with referendum on independence after ISIS..…

Obama says his administration's military operations are sanctioned by two AUMFs, one approved by Congress in 2001 to fight al-Qaida Afghanistan and another passed in 2002 that authorized the use of force to destroy weapons of mass destruction Iraq.. GOP leaders in Senate will soon bring..…

Kaine and few others upset about Congress's seeming indifference to the war have their work cut out for them in renewing the in the face of largely negative developments Iraq and Syria.. In December 2014, Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to authorize Obama's against ISIS. ..…

Murphy is trying to include the ban on ground troops in U.S efforts to Islamic militants Iraq and Syria in Senate's $612 National Defense Authorization Act, bill that would authorize Pentagon spending in the next fiscal year.. ..…

With Obama administration seemingly reluctant to take direct hand in drafting authorization for military force against ISIS Iraq and Syria, Senate Foreign Relations Committee took first stab at thrashing out blueprint.. ..…

Jeanne Shaheen, the governor now running for Senate, expresses heartfelt support for Iraq and Bush tax cuts, before repeating the line, I'll stand with President Bush.. ..…

Lugar, too, has been pushing for in U.S approach to Iraq, saying in Senate that the costs and risks of continuing down the path outweigh the potential benefits that might be achieved.. ..…

As such, one of the report's key recommendations was that the United States diplomatically engage nations like Syria and Iran in trying to solve Iraq's problems. . ... Appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, she said that Iraq's government had invited Syria and Iran..…

WASHINGTON -- Saddam Hussein regarded al-Qaida Senate report says, ions President Bush has used to build support for Iraq. ... Democrats contended that the administration continues to use intelligence, ions of link between Saddam's and the recently killed al-Zarqawi, to justify..…

After prisoner abuse cases at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were revealed in 2004, the Senate Armed Services Committee was told that the tactics in question -- using dogs to frighten prisoners, making men wear women's underwear -- first were used at Guantanamo. . ..…

Hoeffel said Specter had made the wrong choices in supporting Bush's tax cuts and in not speaking out against Iraq.. Specter urged voters to return him to Senate for fifth term where he could put his experience and seniority to work for the state.. ..…

Congress, meanwhile, is moving toward a resolution giving Bush broad authority to use force against Iraq. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., predicted Sunday that lawmakers will support the president overwhelmingly. . ..…

In the tough diplomatic bargaining that lies ahead, United States believes that the resolution must include hard consequences for Iraq Powell told Senate Foreign Relations Committee... ..…

While some Democrats objected Sunday to the in its current form, none of the senators and representatives chosen for Sunday talk shows opposed the idea of military action against Iraq.. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, appeared on CNN and predicted..…

Specter said Senate action could strengthen Clinton's hand against Iraq in United Nations. ..…