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Obama: "I am outraged"
Full text of Obama's press conference on the Rev. Wright. His comments "offend me, they rightly offend all Americans, and they should be denounced."
Apr 29, 2008
Barack Obama on the recession: "Government has a role to play"
"Our free market was never meant to be a free license to take whatever you can get, however you can get it."
Mar 27, 2008
Hillary Clinton on the economy: "We have a crisis of confidence"
"Our economic crisis [was] caused in part by ... a president and administration who failed to anticipate and continue to downplay the problems we face."
Mar 27, 2008
John McCain on the mortgage crisis: "Any assistance must be temporary"
"It is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers."
Mar 27, 2008
"Today, I weep for my country"
The speech given by Sen. Robert Byrd on the Senate floor on March 19, 2003, just prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- and John McCain's response.
Mar 19, 2008
Obama's speech on race
Responding to the "divisive turn" the campaign has taken on racial issues, the candidate calls for Americans to "come together and say, 'Not this time.'"
Mar 18, 2008
From inside Cuba, a young Cuban blogs Castro's exit
Yoani Sanchez, the voice of "Generación Y," uses the precious commodity of Internet access to describe her emotions at the "the unnamed one's" resignation.
Feb 20, 2008
Mukasey says waterboarding still not "concrete situation"
After dodging the question of waterboarding during his confirmation, Attorney General Michael Mukasey continues to avoid the issue now that he's in office.
Jan 31, 2008
Architecture of detention
Renderings of cells where a prisoner was held as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
Dec 14, 2007
"We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency"
On Monday, former Vice President Al Gore accepted his Nobel Peace Prize. Read his acceptance speech here.
Dec 10, 2007
"I do not define my candidacy by my religion"
Mitt Romney delivers a speech designed to reassure voters about his Mormonism. Read it here.
Dec 6, 2007
John F. Kennedy speaks about his Catholicism
Watch and read the JFK speech that current presidential candidate Mitt Romney seems to be referencing for his own speech Thursday.
Dec 6, 2007
The bill for Rudy Giuliani's love life
View some of the documents that set off a new controversy over spending for security details for the mayor, his ex-wife and his affair.
Dec 5, 2007
How the Bush administration played politics with FISA
Letters suggest that Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell put partisan politics ahead of good national security legislation.
Dec 4, 2007
NIE: Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago
A new report takes the wind out of Iran hawks' sails, suggesting that Iran has ceased work on nuclear weapons and can be negotiated with.
Dec 3, 2007
This time, we mean it -- American psychologists on torture
In a letter to President Bush, the American Psychological Association condemns the use of torture. What makes this time different from any other?
Nov 6, 2007
The Clinton Foundation's donors
Read Salon's compilation of certain donations to the William J. Clinton Foundation, and a list of those who have paid speaking fees to the former president, here.
Oct 11, 2007
Blackwater by the numbers
A congressional memo looks into the private security contractor's activities in Iraq, the State Department's responses and taxpayer costs.
Oct 2, 2007
What Ahmadinejad said
The Iranian president made a controversial appearance at Columbia University on Monday; read his remarks here.
Sep 24, 2007
Different general, different war, same words: Westmoreland on Vietnam, Petraeus on Iraq
The full transcript of Gen. William Westmoreland's Nov. 19, 1967, appearance on "Meet the Press" to discuss progress in Vietnam.
Sep 13, 2007
"The war as we saw it"
Two of the active-duty U.S. soldiers who wrote a controversial Op-Ed in the New York Times questioning the direction of the Iraq war died Monday in Baghdad. Here are their words.
Sep 12, 2007
Hagel: "Where is this going?"
Maverick Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel asks some tough questions of Gen. Petraeus during Tuesday's hearing about the war in Iraq.
Sep 11, 2007
Two clashing views on Iraq
A new Government Accountability Office report differs sharply from some of the administration's earlier assessments of progress in the war.
Sep 4, 2007
Is violence in Iraq really down?
In a letter to Congress, the National Security Network calls for the Bush administration to provide evidence for its claim that violence has diminished in Iraq.
Aug 30, 2007
Rove's round table
Karl Rove sits down to an interview aboard Air Force One after announcing his resignation.
Aug 14, 2007
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