Buchanan: Bush Prosecuted for War Crimes?
Is he having Watergate flashbacks or is he on to something? Pat Buchanan tells John McLaughlin that the investigation into Bush-era interrogation policies could lead to the prosecution of the man at the very top, a scenario with which Mr. Buchanan is quite familiar.
Guess Who’s “Fine” with an Israeli-Palestinian Two-State Solution?
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have said he wants to see Israel wiped off the map, but in this remarkable moment with George Stephanopoulos, he says he’s also ready to accept a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
McCain: Torture Is Wrong, Let’s Move On
He’s probably the only Republican to have the credibility to make this argument a convincing one to Democrats: Sen. John McCain, appearing on Face the Nation, tells Bob Schieffer that it’s dangerous to get caught up in criminalizing the "bad advice" given to CIA ops, and that it’s just time to “move on” as a nation.
Summers Blames Credit-Card Companies for Sleep Problems
We’ve seen him yawning, we’ve seen him sleeping, now, finally, you can see Fox News ask him about it. Lawrence Summers, Obama’s top economic adviser, assures Chris Wallace that the president is not the cause.
100 Days? Who Cares?
Talk about a lost opportunity. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, appearing on Meet the Press, shrugs off the importance of Obama’s first 100 days, calling it a “Hallmark holiday” on which the president would want the public to reflect for “eight to 10 seconds.”
Gladwell Stretches Thesis to Solve America’s Education Crisis
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell tells Fareed Zakaria that one of the reasons we have such poor student performance in the United States is that we don’t embrace the value Asian cultures prize so much more highly than we do: hard work.
Woodward: Will Afghanistan Undo Obama?
Forget the economy, ignore the brouhaha over torture memos. Bob Woodward, appearing on Face the Nation with The Daily Beast’s editor in chief Tina Brown, says that of the “137 decisions or proposals” made by President Obama since his inauguration, the most critical is “doubling down” on Afghanistan.
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