Attorney General Held Firm on War Policies
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Time and again, Alberto Gonzalez returned to the theme that in a time of war the president has broad powers to protect the country.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard was defiant about his support for the war in Iraq despite a new report's finding that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the basis for the invasion.
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Dismissing charges that tactics used at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amount to torture, Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the military&#39;s coercion policies today in Indianapolis.
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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales assured Congress in 2005 that the FBI had not abused powers granted under an anti-terrorism law despite having received reports of potential violations, The Washington Post reported in Tuesday editions.
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WASHINGTON -- Despite continued criticism of his handling of the war in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld won strong backing yesterday from the White House and key Republicans in Congress.
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The general in charge of detention operations in Iraq defended his recommendation last fall that military police at the prison here work closely with military intelligence, saying that procedure is still being followed and is not resulting in abuse of prisoners.
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SYDNEY -- On one side is the incumbent, a conservative career politician who steadfastly defends his decision to send troops to Iraq.
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President Bush strongly defended his ideas about questioning and trying terrorist suspects and signaled that his resolve has not softened despite opposition by key G.O.P. senators.
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Australia will not alter its commitment to Iraq, the conservative government said on Monday, despite a poll showing an overwhelming majority of Australians believe the war has not reduced the threat of terrorism.
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But the defense secretary said that the U.S. was determined to insure that voting takes place as planned.
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Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he is opposed politics in Justice Department decision-making and plans to stay in his post to "fix the problems," according to testimony prepared for Congress.
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President Bush's choice for attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey, embraced some of the administration's most controversial legal positions yesterday, suggesting that Bush can ignore surveillance statutes in wartime and avoiding a declaration that simulated drowning constitutes torture under U.S....
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Prime Minister John Howard stood firm on Tuesday against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports two Australians were taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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The Attorney General didn't lose Congress' vote, but that doesn't mean he won much either
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In the cabinet shuffle after President George W. Bush&#39;s US election success on November 2nd, Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld was asked to stay in his post and he has accepted this &#39;request&#39;.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as  investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two  Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with  execution.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday defended the Bush administration's strategy for interrogating terror suspects, calling it legal and critical to "continue gathering information about our enemies."