WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Only three U.S. Justice Department lawyers were briefed initially on the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping, a report released Friday said.

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Washington has been searching for excuses to occupy Iraq since the 1990s with its "liberation" ploy; would the Baath Party be brave to apologize like Bush?; openness is the secret to a successful democratic process.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Gen. James L. Jones, the national security adviser in President Barack Obama's administration, sees it as "a dress rehearsal for a Palestinian state." The experiment he engineered in the West Bank city of Jenin is what Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sees as "the place where the Palestinian state will spring up." Hope springs eternal.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker said Sunday that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., would be a good choice to fill the post he once held.

HOUSTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- It's unlikely charitable contributions for Hurricane Ike relief will even come close to providing what's needed, U.S. organizers say.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Thursday said the next Treasury secretary should be nominated immediately after the Nov. 4 election.

GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton got a bird's-eye view of Hurricane Ike's devastation in Texas Tuesday.