Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Iraq debate strains bond of Congress' Vietnam vets
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007
Iraq debate strains bond of Congress' Vietnam vets
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When the Senate begins debating President Bush's Iraq policy, one focus
will
be on a group of lawmakers with special expertise: the ones who know
what it's
like to fight a war that has lost the support of the American public.
When a
Senate committee approved a resolution declaring the troop increase in
Baghdad "not in the national interest," all three Vietnam veterans on
the
panel - two Democrats and a Republican - voted for the resolution,
offering
riveting exchanges.
Hamas, Fatah declare new cease-fire; fighting continues
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Palestinian infighting raged in the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning despite a
cease-
fire declaration by warring Hamas and Fatah factions aimed at ending
factional
clashes that have left more than 60 dead in the past two months.
Prices at the pump stop falling
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The drop in fuel prices that has pulled gasoline to less than $2 a
gallon some
places appears to have halted.
Bernanke quietly guides economy
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During a break at the Federal Reserve's annual economic conference last
summer, the world's most powerful central banker sat quietly by himself
in the
expansive stone lobby of Wyoming's Jackson Lake Lodge, tapping away on
a
laptop computer as vacationers strolled by, unawares.
Shareholders force ouster at Cyberonics
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The board of Cyberonics, a medical device maker being investigated over
backdated stock options, gave in to the demands of dissident
shareholders and
replaced three directors, including Chairman Tony Coelho.
