Oct 12, 2006: Poll Shows Strong Shift Of Support to Democrats
Bush's ratings on the war in Iraq are among the lowest of his presidency, with 35 percent approving of how he is handling the situation and 64 percent disapproving (54 percent strongly disapprove). On terrorism, a majority (53 percent) said they disapprove of his performance. That is the lowest rating Bush has received on his signature issue.
Oct 4, 2006: Clock Ticking: US needs viable diplomatic strategy as North Korea threatens to test a nuclear weapon
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation warned that the threat from North Korea will only continue to escalate unless the United States pursues a more effective and viable plan to engage North Korea in negotiations that will lead to North Korea abandoning its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
Oct 3, 2006: Congressional Research Service report - War Costs Top $500 billion and Could Reach $808 billion by 2016
According to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report released September 22, when the Fiscal Year 2007 Defense Appropriations Bill is adopted this week, total war appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan and the Global War on Terrorism will reach around $507 billion.
Oct 1, 2006: Two Months Before 9/11, an Urgent Warning to Rice (The Washington Post)
On July 10, 2001, two months before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, then-CIA Director George J. Tenet met with his counterterrorism chief, J. Cofer Black, at CIA headquarters to review the latest on Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda terrorist organization. Black laid out the case, consisting of communications intercepts and other top-secret intelligence showing the increasing likelihood that al-Qaeda would soon attack the United States. It was a mass of fragments and dots that nonetheless made a compelling case, so compelling to Tenet that he decided he and Black should go to the White House immediately.
Oct 1, 2006: Secret Reports Dispute White House Optimism (The Washington Post)
Sep 24, 2006: NPR: Iraq War Fueling Terrorism, Intelligence Report Says (NPR)
All Things Considered, September 24, 2006 · A new assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies finds that the threat of terrorism has grown since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and that the war in Iraq has spawned a new generation of violent Islamic extremists. In other words, the Iraq war made the overall terrorism problem worse.
Sep 24, 2006: Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat (New York Times)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Sep 24, 2006: CBS Report: Iraq War Made Terror 'Worse' (CBS News)
(CBS/AP) The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has increased the number of terrorist groups worldwide and "made the overall terrorism problem worse," a U.S. intelligence official said in a secret study.
Sep 23, 2006: The October Surprise by Gary Hart
It should come as no surprise if the Bush Administration undertakes a preemptive war against Iran sometime before the November election.
Sep 18, 2006: Europeans Trying to Grease Wheels for U.S. Talks With Iran (Washington Post)
European efforts to get Iran and the United States around the same negotiating table are at an advanced yet sensitive stage, with a small number of remaining differences to be tackled this week when world leaders gather at the United Nations, according to several American, Iranian and European officials involved.
Sep 18, 2006: Iranian President Visits Caracas (Associated Press)
Iran's president visited Venezuela for the first time Sunday, firming up a close alliance with President Hugo Chávez that is helping Iran counter U.S. attempts to rein in its nuclear program.
Sep 18, 2006: IAEA Chief Urges Negotiations To Resolve Iran Nuclear Standoff (Associated Press)
The head of the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency urged Iran and six world powers to start talks on easing world concerns that Tehran could be seeking to make an atomic bomb.
Sep 17, 2006: "We Do Not Need Attacks" (Time Magazine)
On the eve of a visit to the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to TIME's Scott MacLeod about debating President Bush, pursuing nuclear energy and denying the Holocaust.
Sep 14, 2006: Bush Promises Indo-US Nuke Deal By Month-End (Hindustan Times)
The Bush administration has assured the Indian government that the US Senate will pass the legislation on the Indo-US nuclear deal this month, probably by the third week of September.
Aug 31, 2006: The True Iraq Appeasers
In his most recent justification of his Pentagon stewardship, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reached back to the 1930s, comparing the Bush administration's critics to those who, like US Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy, favored appeasing Adolf Hitler.
Aug 22, 2006: Gone To Pieces
Yesterday, President Bush told reporters that, though he is "concerned" about talk of civil war in Iraq, "We're not going to leave before the mission is complete" - meaning, until a stable and unified Iraq can defend itself. But it is time for the administration to face an uncomfortable reality: There is no longer any such thing as a single nation called Iraq.
Aug 18, 2006: Former Generals & National Security Officials Call On President To Reverse Course On Iraq & Iran
Calling President Bush’s “hard line” policies on Iraq and Iran failures that have undermined national security and made America less safe, General Joseph Hoar (USMC ret.), Lt. General Robert Gard (USA ret.), and Morton Halperin, former National Security Council staff, released an open letter signed by twenty-two colleagues urging the Administration to reverse course.
Aug 10, 2006: Missile Defense Fails to Provide a Reliable Defense Against Short, Medium or Long-Range Missiles
The recent missile launches by North Korea and Hezbollah's rocket attacks on Israel underline the extreme difficulty in defending against missiles of all ranges and the fact that despite more than 50 years of research, the United States has yet to deploy an effective and reliable missile defense system.
Jul 25, 2006: Our Corner Of Iraq
What is the mission of the United States military in Iraq now that the insurgency has escalated into a full-blown civil war?
Jul 7, 2006: The Illusion of Operational Readiness of National Missile Defense
The Pentagon's ground-based, mid-course missile defense system (GMD), formerly called by the more descriptive name National Missile Defense, is being developed and deployed to intercept one or a very few warheads launched by inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBM).
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