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Darfur: The Search for Solutions
President Bush has threatened to expand economic sanctions against Sudan, but he's given the UN's new Secretary General more time for diplomacy. The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is more complex than it looks to westerners. Is it time for more peacekeepers? What about climate change? Also, new questions raised over the death of former football star Pat Tillman and, on Reporter's Notebook, from inside the Bush Administration, an investigation of Karl Rove. How far will it go?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush has threatened to expand economic sanctions against Sudan, but he's given the UN's new Secretary General more time for diplomacy. The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is more complex than it looks to westerners. Is it time for more peacekeepers? What about climate change? Also, new questions raised over the death of former football star Pat Tillman and, on Reporter's Notebook, from inside the Bush Administration, an investigation of Karl Rove. How far will it go?
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3 storiesPat Tillman's Brother Accuses Military of 'Intentional Falsehoods'
Tales of heroism in the Iraq war came under fire today at a House Oversight Committee hearing involving the death of football star Pat Tillman and the rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch. Both Tillman's brother, Kevin, and Lynch told the committee that the administration had deliberately misled the American public. Glen Lubold is…
Read the story6 minThe Search for Solutions in Darfur
In Sudan's Darfur province, a reported 450,000 people have been killed in the past four years and two million are now homeless refugees. Last week, saying that "the brutal treatment of innocent civilians in Darfur is unacceptable," President Bush announced a package of sanctions against the Sudanese government, led by President Omar…
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The latest investigation of the Bush Administration does not come from Congress but from inside the Administration itself. The Office of Special Counsel monitors low-level federal officials to make sure they obey the rules and don't engage in prohibited political activities. Now the agency's head, Scott Bloch, says he "will not leave any…
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