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Can Congresslegally limit Bush’swar powers? You’dbetter believe it…How Congress Can Rein In Bush’s War Powers In IraqBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 22nd, 2007The Congressional Research Service (CRS) creates numerous fine…

The BushAdministration’snumbers on itsanti-terroreffectiveness aredead wrong.Internal Audit Reveals Justice Anti-Terror Data ‘Inaccurately Reported’By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 21st, 2007Bush Administration prosecutors have counted everything from immigration violations and marriage fraud…

The Illinois senator may have the people’s hearts, but can he  get the backing of the Democratic Party elite? Will Obama Now Show More Than Just Potential?By Cliff Montgomery -…

Many powers,including the BushAdministration andSaudi Arabia, arepushing their willonto Iraq.Why Should Bush Single Out Iran?By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 16th, 2007The issue of the moment may be the sudden increase…

It didn’t take long forlawmakers fromboth sides of theaisle to slide aroundthe new rules.Congress Finds Ways to Avoid Lobbyist LimitsBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 14th, 2007One of the first acts…

Is Bush seriousabout such cuts inhis own budget, orisn’t he?Veterans Face Consecutive Cuts In Bush BudgetBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 13th, 2007The Bush Administration plans to cut funding for America’s…

Why Iran may be thenext Mideast countryto be in thecowboy’s crosshairs.Is Iran The New Bush Target?By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 12th, 2007Perhaps precisely because of its hopeless blunders in Iraq,…

What happened to$12 billion dollars ofIraqi oil money?House Panel Questions Lost Cash Shipments To IraqBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 9th, 2007A U.S. House committee report on Tuesday questioned whether nearly…

The Panel flatly tellsthe administrationtheir plan is’fundamentallyflawed’.Science Panel Rejects Bush Administration Changes to Chemical RulesBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 8th, 2007Last year the Bush Administration’s Office of Management and Budget…

Will the BushAdministration heedthis definite proof ofglobal warming?Top Science Panel Says Global Warming ‘Unequivocal’By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 7th, 2007In a bleak assessment of the future of the planet, the…

Why doesland Securityseem to be ignoringthe very intelligencecommunity it needsmost?Advisers Say land Security Lacks Intel Community SupportBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 6th, 2007The Department of land Security (DHS) should push…

Why doesland Securityseem to be ignoringthe very intelligencecommunity it needsmost?Advisers Say land Security Lacks Intel Community SupportBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 6th, 2007The Department of land Security (DHS) should push…

How closely shouldAmericanembassies workwith the Pentagon?Are U.S. Embassies Becoming Semi-Military Posts In Counterterror Campaigns?By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 5th, 2007Is it wise for the Bush Administration to continue embroiling U.S.…

Why are so manyleaving the StateDepartment–andwhy aren’t theybeing replaced?State Department Losing Top TalentBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 2nd, 2007Something strange is going on at the Bush State Department.Every administration suffers…

Is the challengeintended to “waterdown the standards”of McCain-Feingold?Supreme Court To Revisit Campaign Finance LawBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 1st, 2007The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the landmark 2002 legislation…

But are top U.S.intelligence officialsdenying the truthabout other matters?Intel Officials Say U.S. Inclusiveness Dampens TerrorismBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st, 2007Though the U.S. is hardly immune to the grass-roots religious…

Bush’s SpecialForces areoperating incountries which areU.S. allies, andwon’t play nice withthe CIA.Are U.S. Military Spy Teams Out Of Control?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 30th, 2007U.S. Special Forces teams on foreign…

Will the new Armyleader help or hurtAmerican forces inIraq andAfghanistan?Bush Changing U.S. Military LeadershipBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 29th, 2007The heads of America’s top military personnel continue to fall, with…

A congressionalreport tells us whythe DefenseDepartment shouldnot be involved inthe spy game.Study Says Pentagon Should Not Conduct Covert OperationsBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 26th, 2007Why shouldn’t the Defense Department take…

We can glean a fewhints from China’sown report on thesubject.What Are China’s Military Hopes?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 25th, 2007Below are extracts from a report issued by the Chinese Information…

How can America’save Iraq’ whenIraqis won’t helpthemselves?Iraq Parliament Exists Only In NameBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 24th, 2007It usually doesn’t make the American corporate news, but these days the Iraqi…

How ‘big money’brought corruptionback to presidentialpolitics.Are Public Election Funds Becoming A Thing Of The Past?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 23rd, 2007America’s public financing system for presidential campaigns, a post-Watergate initiative…

A leading think-tanksays ‘Old Europe’could teach us a fewthings.Should America Reconsider The Welfare State?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 22nd, 2007The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), a liberal think-tank,…