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Senate report: Iraq intelligence was wrong

July 16, 2004

Although 20 percent of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on Iraq remains secret, what was released July 9 sheds the cold light of day on the Bush administration’s intelligence used to support its first-strike policy...

New policies on Cuba create backlash

July 15, 2004

New regulations affecting Cuban Americans who go to Cuba to visit family there have backfired. The Bush administration is facing both divisions within the U.S. Cuban community and opposition in Congress. In early May, a Bush-appointed...

Cold numbers show heavy price of Iraq war

July 15, 2004 By Susan Webb

Nearly 900 U.S. troops killed, more than 16,000 ill and injured. Some 9,000-11,000 Iraqis killed and an estimated 40,000 injured. The bill to U.S. taxpayers: $151 billion and counting.

Billions for war, kids left behind

July 15, 2004

WASHINGTON – Reg Weaver, president of the 2.7-million-member National Education Association (NEA), touched off cheers from 11,000 NEA delegates and guests, July 4, when he accused the Bush administration of leaving millions of school children behind...

Economy, war heat up Ohio battleground

July 15, 2004

MASSILLON, Ohio – A standing-room-only crowd of 4,500 crammed into the Perry High School auditorium here June 25 to greet Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and to rally for jobs. Hundreds more waited outside, hoping for...