Staff / TruthdigJan 27, 2010
Democratic congressional leaders are hitting the pause button while they figure out how to press ahead -- if at all -- with comprehensive health care reform. The most conservative Democratic senators have made it clear they oppose budget reconciliation, but then the whole point of reconciliation is to avoid the votes of conservative Democratic senators. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2009
Did Bill Clinton shake something loose during his recent visit to Pyongyang? No, Kim Jong Il's overtures to his southern neighbors this week are the legacy of Kim Dae-jung, the former president and first modern South Korean leader to visit the North. Kim died Tuesday. He survived political persecution and attempted assassination to cross the neutral zone and step into history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 19, 2008
Sen. Joe Lieberman is back in the Democratic fold -- sort of. Sen. Harry Reid explained the outcome of his party's huddle on Lieberman's future role, and Lieberman expressed his relief, in a press briefing on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 8, 2007
If one were to ask President Bush to make sense of his strategy in Iraq, he would likely suggest that by providing stability, the Iraqi government could work toward reconciliation and an end to sectarian bloodletting, but according to several key Iraqi leaders, that just isn't going to happen. Better, they argue, to focus on the basics of governing and providing services that Iraqis continue to suffer without. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2006
Several Sunni-led insurgent groups have begun talks with the Iraqi government in hopes of starting cease-fire negotiations. The talks began in the wake of the reconciliation plan that the Iraqi prime minister presented on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 25, 2006
The Iraqi prime minister is set to unveil a national reconciliation plan that includes amnesty for insurgents, a timetable for withdrawal of allied forces, release of security detainees from U.S. and Iraqi prisons and compensation for some victims of coalition military operations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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