Michael J. Totten: Anbar Awakens Part I: The Battle of Ramadi

RAMADI, IRAQ – After spending some time in and around Baghdad with the United States military I visited the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's notoriously convulsive and violent Anbar Province, and breathed an unlikely sigh of relief.

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Listening to Petraeus

The president had the courage to change course on Iraq. Does Congress?

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The Blotter: Second Bin Laden Tape Expected

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MoveOn.org Calls Petraeus a Traitor

Tomorrow--as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress--the antiwar group MoveOn.org is running a full-page advertisement in the New York Times under the headline: "General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House."

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Bin Laden Transcript

Osama is not happy with the Democrats:"People of America: the world is following your news in regards to your invasion of Iraq, for people have recently come to know that, after several years of tragedies of this war, the vast majority of you want it stopped.

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Truth Blackout:

Politics Of War: The surge is working, and now Iraq's leaders appear to have forged a political deal that could serve as a template for a lasting peace in the fractious country. What's that you say? First you've heard of it?

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The Measure of Progress

In another war, all this progress would be cause for bipartisan rejoicing.

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Al Qaeda Leader Bin Laden to Address Americans on Sept. 11

Terror leader Usama bin Laden plans to address Americans on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in a new video, according to a terror monitoring group.

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Schumer disses the troops

Schumer disses the troops

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Democrats Try Character Assassination On Petraeus

If anyone wants a lesson in how to lose a reputation for diligence, honor, and honesty, all they need to do is get confirmed by Congress for a vital role in American security.

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Obama's Mob-Tie' $idekick

September 5, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - A man who has long been dogged by charges that the bank his family owns helped finance a Chicago crime figure will host a Windy City fund-raiser tonight for Sen. Barack Obama.

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More Deadly than London or Madrid: Islamist Terrorists Planned Massive Attacks in Germany - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

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Couric: 'Significant' improvements in Iraq...

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NHS should not treat those with unhealthy lifestyles' say Tories

"It is inconsistent with the concept of the responsible citizen to imagine that it is realistic for citizens, having paid their taxes, to expect that the state will underwrite the health implications of any lifestyle decision they choose to make," the report states.

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Richardson: God wants Iowa first

Sioux City, Ia. - God's will is for Iowa to have the first-in-the-nation caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told a crowd here Monday.

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Why Liberals Are Turning on Ted Kennedy

"But don't you realize -- that's where I sail!" may stand as Kennedy's most self-incriminating quote.

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When Controversy Follows Cash

Some Fundraisers With Legal Issues Slip Through Campaigns' Vetting

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Has The Tide Turned In Iraq?

Kimberly Kagan makes a powerful case for a substantial change in fortunes in Iraq, and not just in the west.

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Colorado Student Files Lawsuit Over Commencement Speech That Mentioned Jesus

DENVER — A student who said she was told she wouldn't get her diploma unless she apologized for a commencement speech in which she mentioned Jesus has filed a lawsuit alleging her free speech rights were violated.

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Fundraiser Turns Himself In

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -- A top Democratic fundraiser wanted as a fugitive in California turned himself in Friday to face a grand theft charge.

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Harry Reid Surrenders - To The Republicans

LAS VEGAS -- Saying the coming weeks will be "one of the last opportunities" to alter the course of the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq.

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Democrats Turn From Big Donor Who's Fugitive - New York Times

From $62,000 for Gov.

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Terrorism Policies Split Democrats

A growing clamor among rank-and-file Democrats to halt President Bush's most controversial tactics in the fight against terrorism has exposed deep divisions within the party, with many Democrats angry that they cannot defeat even a weakened president on issues that they believe s …

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