By Linda Feldmann
The Christian Science Monitor September 1, 2006 WASHINGTON - As the nation fights wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and seeks to keep the American homeland safe, another sort of conflict is heating up: a war of rhetoric.
Thursday, President Bush launched a series of speeches aimed at building support for efforts to combat terrorism and for the Iraq war. His address before the American Legion in Salt Lake City followed tough speeches this week by other top administration officials that characterized Iraq war opponents as "defeatists" and "appeasers," likening the threat of Islamic fundamentalist-driven terrorism to "fascism." With the death toll mounting in Iraq, Mr. Bush has moved away from trying to portray a sense of progress there to warning of the consequences of pulling out. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks - and a little more than two months before crucial congressional elections - Bush appears intent on framing all the wars as part of the larger war on terrorism. "They're playing to [an issue] that's one of the few things they've got going for them," says John Mueller, an expert on war and public opinion at Ohio State University. Bush and the Republicans made terrorism a winning electoral issue in 2002 and 2004, but it's not clear that strategy will work for them again. A majority of Americans no longer see the Iraq war as part of the larger war on terror, according to a CBS-New York Times poll released last week. |
By MATT GOURAS
Associated Press Aug 31, 2006 Summary: Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, whose recent comments have stirred controversy, says the United States is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who "drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night."
"The point is there are terrorists that live amongst us. Not only here, but in Britain and the entire world," said spokesman Jason Klindt. "Whether they are taxi drivers or investment bankers, the fact remains that this is a new type of enemy." |
By RACHEL ZOLL
AP Religion Writer Aug 31, 2006 After the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, distraught U.S. Muslim leaders feared the next casualty would be their religion.
Islam teaches peace, they told anyone who would listen in news conferences, at interfaith services and, most famously, standing in a mosque with President Bush. But five years later, the target audience for their pleas has shifted. Now the faith's American leaders are starting to warn fellow Muslims about a threat from within. The 2005 subway attacks in London that investigators say were committed by British-born and -raised Muslims, and the relentless Muslim-engineered sectarian assaults on Iraqi civilians, are among the events that have convinced some U.S. Muslims to change focus. "This sentiment of denial, that sort of came as a fever to the Muslim community after 9-11, is fading away," said Muqtedar Khan, a political scientist at the University of Delaware and author of "American Muslims." "They realize that there are Muslims who use terrorism, and the community is beginning to stand up to this." |
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Business Writer Thu Aug 31, 2006 WASHINGTON - The U.S. command in Baghdad is seeking bidders for a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for monitoring the tone of Iraq news stories filed by U.S. and foreign media.
Proposals, due Sept. 6, ask companies to show how they'll "provide continuous monitoring and near-real time reporting of Iraqi, pan-Arabic, international, and U.S. media," according to the solicitation issued last week. Contractors also will be evaluated on how they will provide analytical reports and customized briefings to the military, "including, but not limited to tone (positive, neutral, negative) and scope of media coverage." |
by James Bovard
August 30, 2006 |
By Joris Evers
CNET News.com August 29, 2006 Intel executive and security industry veteran Christopher Darby has signed on to become the next chief executive officer at In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel said in a statement Tuesday. Darby was vice president of Intel's middleware products division and has held senior positions at security companies Sarvega, which was bought by Intel, and @stake, which was acquired by Symantec. He will take the helm at In-Q-Tel on Sept. 18, according to the statement.
In-Q-Tel had been looking for a new chief executive since April, when former U.S. cybersecurity chief Amit Yoran resigned only four months after his appointment. In-Q-Tel is charged with funding and developing new technologies for the intelligence community. Yoran resigned for personal reasons. For its CEO search, In-Q-Tel retained the services of the executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles. |
By BARRY SCHWEID
AP Thu Aug 31, 2006 WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee does not plan to act on President Bush's re-nomination of an agency head accused of misusing government money.
A summary of a report by the State Department's inspector general, released Tuesday, said Kenneth Tomlinson misused government funds for two years as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. That's the agency which oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and other U.S. government broadcasting abroad. Tomlinson is accused of overbilling for his time and hiring a friend as a consultant. |
By ROBERT TANNER
AP National Writer Thu Aug 31, 2006 The nation's governors sought help Thursday from Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in their ongoing fight against proposals in Congress to give President Bush more control - and governors less - over the National Guard during disasters.
A letter from the two chairpersons of the National Governors Association, along with the two governors who head the group's work on the Guard, asked Rumsfeld to join the unanimous opposition of governors to proposed changes spurred by the chaos and delays in sending help that followed Hurricane Katrina. |
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