Blueprint for disaster
Hours before Hurricane Katrina ripped into the Gulf Coast, flattening southern Mississippi and turning New Orleans into a deadly swamp, a team of emergency officials held a midnight telephone conference....
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Ex-officials say weakened FEMA botched response
Government disaster officials had an action plan if a major hurricane hit New Orleans. They simply didn't execute it when Hurricane Katrina struck. Thirteen months before Katrina hit New Orleans,...
To confirm or not to confirm?
Less than two weeks before the start of his Senate confirmation hearings, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Jr. picked up support and engendered opposition from two prominent groups Wednesday, while...
Judge meets his jury on Capitol Hill
In a highly scripted rollout, the White House launched its campaign Wednesday to place Judge John Roberts on the Supreme Court as liberal groups denounced his nomination and Democratic senators...
Liberals perceive pick as divisive
Liberal groups moved immediately Tuesday night to portray President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts Jr., as a divisive choice whose past advocacy for limitations on individual rights demanded a...
Withdrawal a setback for Bush
Bernard Kerik's surprise withdrawal of his nomination to head the Homeland Security Department was a setback for the White House that also throws a monkey wrench into plans to swiftly...
As partisan issue, shortage of flu vaccine is contagious
The flu vaccine shortage took on increasing life as a campaign issue Wednesday as Sen. John Kerry's supporters and other Democrats pressed their charges that missteps by President Bush have...
Security takes center stage
When the World Trade Center towers collapsed in hellish storms of dust and smoke, the nation's political landscape was transformed along with Manhattan's skyline. It has been more than a...
Terrorism fears spur resolve to tighten security
The Atlantic Ocean and dense marshland form a natural security barrier to Sea Island, the ritzy stretch of beaches where President Bush on Tuesday opens an economic summit of world...
LIMITED PRESENCE
Robb Rourke, 45, is a stay-at-home dad in Alexandria, Va., who believes that the U.S. military presence in Iraq will be limited. "Hopefully we will be out of there soon....