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After the Non-Binding Iraq Resolution, What's Next?
In the House of Representatives, the debate is over at last. The resolution opposing the President's increase of troops in Iraq is expected to pass later today. Since the President plans to ignore it, what happens next? We'll look at the options and the prospects for action that's "binding." Also, Italy will try 26 US citizens, most of them CIA, in a case of "extraordinary rendition" and, on Reporter's Notebook, why is the Bush Justice Department firing prosecutors?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIn the House of Representatives, the debate is over at last. The resolution opposing the President's increase of troops in Iraq is expected to pass later today. Since the President plans to ignore it, what happens next? We'll look at the options and the prospects for action that's "binding." Also, Italy will try 26 US citizens, most of them CIA, in a case of "extraordinary rendition" and, on Reporter's Notebook, why is the Bush Justice Department firing prosecutors?
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3 storiesAfter the Non-Binding Iraq Resolution?
With the Senate paralyzed this week, the Congress took up the issue of President Bush's increase of 21,500 troops in Iraq . Beginning on Tuesday, every Republican and Democrat got the chance to speak out on a two-sentence resolution declaring support for the troops but opposition to the increase or "surge." With the resolution expected to…
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Twenty-six US citizens, most of them in the CIA , have been ordered to stand trial in Italy. It's a case of "extraordinary rendition," in which an Egyptian cleric was seized on the streets of Milan and taken to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. The former head of Italy's secret service has also been charged. Stephen Grey is author of …
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