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Former officials on war powers act

reuters.com     6 hrs ago   78 related          

Jul 8 - A panel led by former Secretaries of State say the 1973 War Power Resolution is ineffective and that a new law should force the U.S. president to consult with Congress before going to war. The commission led by former...

Impractical and wrong in principle: former MI5 chief's verdict on Brown's 42-day plan

Gordon Brown's plan to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days suffered a big setback yesterday when the former head of MI5 condemned it as unworkable and all but accused Downing Street of playing politics with...

Panel demands US war power reform

bbc.co.uk     7 hrs ago   32 related          

President Bush's deicison to send troops to Iraq was very controversial Two former US secretaries of state have called for a change in the way America goes to war. James Baker and Warren Christopher want to introduce a new law...

Glasgow East byelection: Labour candidate puts leadership ambitions on hold to help Brown

guardian.co.uk     11 hrs ago   20 related          

Widely tipped as the frontrunner for the Scottish Labour leadership, Margaret Curran has put any ambitions she may have had of presiding over Holyrood on hold in an attempt to shore up Gordon Brown's position at Westminster

Congress Called on to Hold Dental Mercury Polluters Accountable at U.S. House Oversight Hearing

Congress Called on to Hold Dental Mercury Polluters Accountable at U.S. House Oversight Hearing WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a U.S. House Government Oversight Subcommittee Hearing today, a mercury watchdog...

BBC executives’ pay rises 17% to nearly £5m despite scandals

Mark Thompson, the BBC’s Director-General, and his nine most senior colleagues had their combined pay boosted by 17 per cent last year while they presided over a string of phone-in and fakery scandals. The income of the BBC’s...

Pentagon's new cluster bomb policy treads water

The Pentagon has announced that the US military will continue to use and export even the most unreliable cluster bombs over the next decade. The policy decision comes shortly after 111 countries agreed to a global treaty...

Brown will not quit if Labour loses seat

By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent Gordon Brown was forced to defend his leadership yesterday as Labour finally launched its campaign in the Glasgow East by-election, the result of which could determine his fate. Asked...

Changes to prosecution witness anonymity rules may not save trials

Prosecutions are at risk of not going ahead even if fast-track plans to allow witnesses anonymity in court are approved, the Director of Public Prosecutions said yesterday. Sir Ken Macdonald, QC, told MPs and peers that plans...

Labour MPs confident of law change to make abortion quicker and easier

By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor The Government is facing a defeat over demands by senior Labour backbenchers for the most radical liberalisation of the abortion laws since the Abortion Act was introduced 40 years ago....

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