Lt. Gov. says Ky. pardons were strategic
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Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher pardoned members of his staff in the midst of a patronage probe to try to keep the investigation from incriminating anyone in the governor's office, Lt. Gov. Steve Pence told a newspaper.
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Even with the prospect of prison looming, former Gov. John G. Rowland remained a politician, emphasizing the positive.
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With a year under his belt, the governor of California said Monday he loves hard work, he&#39;s richer than the special interests, he loves his wife and his pet peeves include state legislators who are always trying to &quot;jam&quot; him.
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Dismissing charges that tactics used at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amount to torture, Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the military&#39;s coercion policies today in Indianapolis.
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The former governor talks to Virginians in video format, saying he wants to put the country "back on the right track.".
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Travel: Local governor urges residents to demonstrate against a military takeover.
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By Tom Holden, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 10--NEWPORT NEWS -- Regional leaders told Gov. Timothy M.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - When dozens of suspected  insurgents showed up for a "peace conference" in troubled  Baquba on Tuesday, they told the governor sponsoring it why  they would not lay down their weapons ahead of elections.
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An Iraqi prosecutor on Friday defended the death sentence ordered for a Saddam Hussein-era defense chief, saying Friday that the former general personally planned and supervised a military crackdown on minority Kurds that killed 180,000 people in the 1980s.
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 9--An influential lawmaker said Thursday he wants the state to review its use of incentives in luring companies to North Carolina.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky Democrats are looking to regain an advantage in the state Senate in Tuesday&#39;s election, while Republicans are fielding opponents in hopes of a greater House presence.
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The governor said his wife was questioning whether the job was worth the personal attacks that come with it.
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President Bush held out the possibility yesterday that he eventually may pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby as the White House sought to fend off Democratic outrage and conservative disappointment over the president's decision to commute the 30-month prison term of the vice president's former chief of...
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Jonathan L. Paton, who is running for his second two-year term in the Arizona House, is also preparing to deploy to Iraq.
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The world is upside down. A posse of Republican lawmakers who, when opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants, like to talk about how rules must be followed and how we shouldn't reward lawbreakers. They're now demanding that a pair of convicted felons be rewarded with a presidential pardon.
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Iraq&#039;s prime minister said Wednesday that several insurgent groups have shown a willingness for reconciliation, but that any amnesty for insurgents would exclude militants who killed American forces or Iraqis.
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The governor&#39;s plan to move up county tax collections next year could unravel what was supposed to be a smooth, noncombative wrap-up of a new state budget.