Rumsfeld Defends Pre Sept 11 Actions On Bin Laden
A federal panel outlined that diplomacy rather than force was pursued to stop Osama bin Laden before Sept 11, with Rumsfeld and Powell arguing killing bin Laden would not have stopped al Qaida. Bush supporters maintained actions wouldn’t have prevented the attacks. Clarke alleged warnings were ignored. The commission cautioned on risks of misreading intelligence and public opposition to large scale military action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clinton
Bush Administration
Osama bin Laden
Bush
United States
al Qaida
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Colin Powell
Federal Commission
bin Laden
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
Rumsfeld
World Trade Towers
Pentagon
Powell
U.S
New York City
Richard Clarke
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Clarke
al- Qaida
Commission
Congress
National Commission On
CIA
George Tenet
Clinton Administration
Sandy Berger
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
Madeleine Albright
Kerry
Albright
Defense
William Cohen
Africa
Lawmakers set September 11 hearing in Illinois
Local lawmakers from Southern Illinois back a public hearing to review the events leading up to the September 11 attacks. Durbin, Costello, and Shimkus discuss potential findings, Homeland Security's permanence, and how terrorism awareness evolved, with Clarke’s book cited in debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
U.S
Dick Durbin
Springfield
Congress
Capitol Hill
Durbin
America
Jerry Costello
D-Belleville
John Shimkus
R-Collinsville
Department of Homeland Security
George W. Bush
Bush
Richard Clarke
Reagan
Clarke
Shimkus
Caleb Hale
Medicare trust fund risks collapse by 2019 amid rising costs
Trustees warn Medicare could begin dipping into its reserves this year and, without changes, go broke by 2019 seven years earlier than expected due to rising health costs. The report notes the new drug benefit adds over 8 trillion in long term costs, while tax receipts fall and hospital costs rise. Democrats blame Bush tax cuts. Kerry accuses the White House of fiscal mismanagement while praising preventive care provisions in the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicare
Washington
White House
Congress
John Kerry
Bush
Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Kerry
George Bush
Rumsfeld seeks 2006 base closings with billions savings
Defense secretary certify to Congress that a new 2006 round of base closures could save about 5 billion in 2011 and 8 billion annually thereafter. Gen Myers notes Navy Army Air Force Marine Corps agree on excess capacity with Army at 29 percent, Air Force 24 percent, Navy Marine 21 percent. Commission to review closures by May 16, 2005.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Congress
Rumsfeld
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navy
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Pentagon
America
Man pleads guilty in rape murder at WKU dorm
Stephen Soules, 21, pleaded guilty to murder, rape and arson in the Western Kentucky University dorm attack that killed a freshman. He agreed to testify against co-defendant Lucas Goodrum, 22, who has pleaded not guilty. Soules faces life without parole plus concurrent sentences and 20 years for robbery, avoiding a possible death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Western Kentucky University
Stephen Soules
Lucas Goodrum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald Rumsfeld
Federal
Porderosa
Ponderosa
South Kings Highway
Cape Girardeau
E. Main St
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Elk Art
belle-Clair Fairgrounds Expo
Bt East
Belleville
Mori
Cal
S.urvay OP
W. Plaza Drive
Ste. Carterville
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!