Democrat threatens ‘criminal charges’ if company checks for ID Theft

A Mississippi Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson in line to become chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has warned the nation’s largest uniform supplier it faces criminal charges if it follows a White House proposal to recheck workers with mismatched Social Security numbers and fire those who cannot resolve the discrepancy in 60 days.
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Iran tells Iraq ‘U.S. Troops Must Leave’

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei told visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani that US-led forces had to leave Iraq if security was to be restored in the violence-riven country.
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Pelosi defends al Qaeda, chastises Bush

House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters on Wednesday that she feels it is “sad” that President Bush continues to blame Iraqi insurgent violence on al Qaeda.
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What? I think my head is about to explode.
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The Flying Imams

Imams are terrorizing airliners by staging “pray-ins”! The media calls them moderate religious leaders when they actually have close ties with terrorism!
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Hastings, Harman Rejected for Chairmanship

The fight over the top spot on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has exposed the kind of factional politics that bedeviled House Democrats before they were swept from control in 1994. Harman, a moderate, strong-on-defense “Blue Dog” Democrat, had angered liberals with her reluctance to challenge the Bush administration’s use …
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