Democrat raps joint chiefs chairman
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WASHINGTON -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid said yesterday that he had lost confidence in Gen eral Peter Pace and was happy to learn the four-star general will not remain chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reid also said he was concerned Gen eral David Petraeus might not be offering an honest assessment of the Iraq war.
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The incoming Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said yesterday that he will push to renew the military draft, as lawmakers in both parties sharpened their criticisms of the situation in Iraq and struggled for consensus and solutions.
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The Republican chairman of the  Senate Intelligence Committee blamed the White House and  Pentagon on Sunday for resisting intelligence reform and gave  the U.S. Congress a failing grade for not passing legislation.
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Stymied by Republicans on the Sept. 11 commission bill and a lobbying overhaul, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Friday to take away senatorsÃ¢ÂÂ August vacation time.
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard B. Myers, said Thursday that his public concerns about a sweeping intelligence overhaul bill had
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Leading Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged President Bush to consider changing the civilian leadership at the Pentagon, one week after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned against fascism and appeasement as he defended U.S. policies in Iraq.
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A Democratic US Senator on Thursday accused a senior Pentagon official of distorting intelligence information to back claims of links between Iraq and al Qaeda in the run-up to last year&#39;s US-led invasion.
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Senior Democrats ask former president to rein in his attacks on Barack Obama
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A top House Democrat yesterday criticized the Department of Homeland Security for not working aggressively enough to gather fingerprints of foreigners as they leave the country.
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House Republicans and Democrats traded accusations of improper politicking Wednesday as they sparred over a resolution commemorating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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A top House Democrat said that the State Department inspector general interfered with investigations into fraud and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned on Tuesday whether President Bush&#39;s choice to head the CIA was too partisan to be able to restore credibility to US intelligence services.
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Dutch lawmakers who recently visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison said they were offended by a testy exchange in Washington with a senior congressional Democrat.
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Leading Democrats who soon will  control the legislative agenda in the U.S. Congress rejected on  Monday a colleague's call for reinstatement of the U.S.  military draft.
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Â· Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down Â· Senate hearings would have been controversial
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Intelligence officials and Democrats yesterday sharply criticized the proposal to radically restructure US intelligence drafted by the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican.
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The Senate majority leader took aim yesterday at the top U.S. commander in Iraq, who until now has received little criticism from Capitol Hill over his statements or performance.