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Karl Rove Refuses Subpoena

"Mr Rove is not required to appear in response to the Committee's subpoena. Accordingly, the president has directed him not to do so,"says White House lawyer, details.

Rep. Linda Sanchez, chairman of a House subcommittee, ruled with backing from fellow Democrats on the panel that Rove was breaking the law by refusing to cooperate — perhaps (perhaps) the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress, details

Congress knows the White House can run out the clock on the various investigations into the Bush administration. White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers have already been held in contempt of Congress - but even if Bush's Justice Department decides to prosecute those cases, his administration will be out of office before they are resolved. A contempt citation for Rove, which could come as soon as next week, would face the same sort of delay, details.

VIDEO: Rove Ignores Subpoena, Refuses to Testify

U.S., Czech missile deal
prompts Moscow warning.

US, Czechs finalize deal to place tracking radar southwest of Prague, heating up the Cold War.

Czech protest against US missile base

But Russia warned, "If the real deployment of an American strategic missile defense shield begins close to our borders, then we will be forced to react not with diplomatic methods, but with military-technical methods," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its www.mid.ru website

The plans remain unpopular in the Czech Republic, while the US has failed to reach agreement with Poland on placing other parts of the system there, details.

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Russia, Georgia Military Clashes. USA calls for peaceful resolution.
Georgian authorities insist they will bring both Abkhazia and South Ossetia back under central government control. New Russian President Medvedev Discusses Georgia Conflicts with Separatist Leader in Abkhazia, here
Sec. of State Condi Rice Calls for Peaceful End to Russia-Georgia Standoff, here ;		IN JUNE: Russia warned Georgia on 'provocations', here.
Russia rebuffs U.S. over Georgia mediation, here		EARLY JULY: Abkhazia closes border with Georgia after blast, here.
Why the Russia-Georgia Spat Could Become a U.S. Headache background.		THIS WEEK : Georgia urges west to step up pressure on Russia over dispute, here.
Russia, Georgia deny Abkhazia carve-up

Iraqi Officials Still Insisting on Timetable to Withdraw
Iraq wants departure of foreign troops “We will not accept a memorandum of understanding without having timeline horizons for the cessation of combat operations as well as the departure of all the combat brigades,” government spokesperson declared, details. A memorandum of ms-understanding? Washington played down calls from Baghdad for a firm withdrawal deadline, and stressed any decision to withdraw would be based on the ability of Iraqi troops to take responsibility for security and combat, details. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ready to oust US from Iraq green zone The highly fortified slice of American suburbia on the banks of the Tigris river, may soon be handed over to Iraqi control if the increasingly assertive government of Nouri al-Maliki has it's way. The U.S. was just getting ready to move into it's new Green Zone embassy, the size of Vatican City, the largest and most expensive embassy in the world, details.
	Maliki goes from shaking hands to assertive demands. Will the US accept the decisions of the Iraqi democracy they set up?
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Cheney’s Office Said to Edit Draft Testimony on Warming

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Cheney’s office removed statements on global warming from Senate testimony

“History will judge this Bush administration harshly for recklessly covering up a real threat to the people they are supposed to protect,” said Senator Barbara Boxer of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Mrs. Boxer insisted that the efforts last year by the White House constituted a “cover-up” and “censorship,” and she announced plans for more hearings. White House spokesperson implied it was merely a difference of opinion. More >>

This Week's Top Election Stories & Events

ATTACK ON US CONSULATE IN TURKEY
Six Dead in Gun Battle in Istanbul, outside of the American Embassy here.
THE BATTLE FOR TURKEY: Coup Plot Intensifies Ankara's Power Struggle, here ;
INVESTIGATORS LOOK FOR MOTIVE in deadly attack on U.S. Consulate, here.

Suspect in Turkish attack says he was only a driver, here.

Other Prime Time Issues

Fed generous loan aid to brokers may be extended, here
Government sponsored mortgage companies collapsing; battered shares plunge, here.
IndyMac seized as financial troubles spread, here.
Is Wall Street at fault for mortgage crisis? here.
Wall Street rating firms rip-off. here.
Dept. of Education aids student loan lenders but new loans scarce, here
Trailer graveyards haunt FEMA, here

Iran sends warning with missile test and other military acts

Nine missiles with 1,200 mile range fired in war games.

States this is response to threats from Israel and the 'war games' come a month after Israel conducted a military drill in the eastern Mediterranean, involving dozens of warplanes, (and there have been repeated threats of invasion from both Israel and the USA,) details.

Iranian shelling reported in northern Iraq

Iranian artillery shells rained down on villages in northern Iraq Wednesday where Kurdish rebels were thought to be operating, an area also attacked by Turkey, details

The region is a contiguous area that spread across Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey and the Kurdish rebels in those regions are fighting for an independent Kurdish state.

Israel, USA respond to Iran's Missile Test.

Sec. of State Condi Rice warns Iran that U.S. will defend allies

Significant Congressional Legislation
	Senate easily passes wiretap bill - Obama Slammed	Senate Medicare Measure Averts Cuts in Doctor Fees
	The Senate easily approved legislation Wednesday to overhaul government eavesdropping rules in terrorism and espionage cases and effectively granted immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in a secret domestic spying program. More>>	The legislation would reverse a 10.6 percent fee cut for doctors who treat patients under Medicare programs for the elderly and disabled. The Democrat plan would reduce payments instead to insurance companies that provide care through Medicare Advantage plans. Some Republicans said insurers would be forced to pare benefits. More>>

*Is It Really Good News. Pie in the Sky, a Charade, Ideas Destined for Destruction, or Is It Really Good News?*
	Ex-Secretaries Suggest New War Powers Policy	Billionaire Oilman Pickens Shifts Focus To Wind Energy
	The 1973 War Powers Resolution is ineffective, possibly unconstitutional and should be repealed, two former secretaries of state said yesterday in proposing new legislation to govern the war-making powers of the president and the Congress. More>>	Pickens' Plan would exploit the country's "wind corridor" from the Canadian border to West Texas to produce 20% of the country's electricity , replacing Middle Eastern oil with Midwestern wind, cutting cost, not polluting, and making the USA energy independent. More>>

This Weeks 'Viral Video Specials
The things people will do with obsolute technology, two years old, twice as slow as the latest new version and that had cost twice the money of the half-the-price current product. Some feel the same about Bush and politics.

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