Kissinger on Bush’s ‘secret plan’

Oh my. Henry Kissinger, who as Richard Nixon’s secretary of state learned something about secret plans, went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday to argue that Bush, too, has such a proposal. “I am convinced, but I cannot base it on any necessary evidence right now,” Kissinger told the senators, “that the president will […]

Senators strike deal, craft bi-partisan resolution on Iraq

For all the recent speculation and anguish over a non-binding Senate resolution against the president’s latest Iraq policy, it looked likely that nothing would pass. The Biden-Hagel-Levin measure had Democratic support, but most Republicans were hesitant, and a threatened veto was likely to work. A weaker Warner-Collins-Nelson resolution was seen as being overly tepid by […]