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| U.S TROOPS KILL ZARQAWI |
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| Top Senate Republican accuses Vice President of seeking to undermine wiretap probe |
| "I was advised yesterday that you had called Republican members of the Judiciary Committee lobbying them to oppose any Judiciary Committee hearing -- even a closed one -- with the telephone companies," Specter wrote. "I was further advised that you told those Republican members of the Judiciary Committee that the telephone companies had been instructed not to provide any information to the committee, as they were prohibited from disclosing classified information. "I was surprised, to say the least, that you sought to influence -- really determine -- the action of the committee without calling me first," wrote Specter, who again threatened to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to testify. He added, however, that he hoped to avoid "a constitutional conflict between the Congress and the president." story |
| The Geico apology over lunch |
| Watch the original Geico - Caveman commercial that lead to this classic at my new web site CommercialCommentary.com |
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| In a letter to the vice president US Senator Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, accused Cheney of trying to dissuade members of the panel from agreeing to hold a closed door hearing on the program. |