The Democratic Party, which gave America the proud legacies of men like Harry Truman and Henry "Scoop" Jackson, is poised to nominate for president a man who either doesn't understand the struggle against radical Islam or blindly went trolling for votes from a radical Islamic organization.

The three hours of testimony provided Thursday by National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice can be boiled down to a single statement: There was no "silver bullet" that could have prevented the terrorist attacks which killed more than 3,000 Americans on Sept. 11, 2001.

If there was one point Condoleezza Rice wanted to drive home during her testimony before the 9/11 Commission yesterday, it was that President Bush had been in office just "233 days" before the September 11 attacks.

Does the United States have a culture capable of winning a war against committed Islamists?

Democrat John Kerry on Monday voiced unwavering support for special U.S. ties with Israel and vowed to end "sweetheart relationships" with Arab countries like Saudi Arabia that he said funded terror.

A renowned historian and author of books and other materials about the Holocaust presented lectures Monday in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was Sunday.

"And let us bathe our hands in . . . blood up to the elbows, and besmear our swords. Then we walk forth, even to the market place, And waving our red weapons o'er our heads, Let's all cry "peace, freedom and liberty!"

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Some Democrats think the Bush administration may suffer from increasing public doubts about its anti-terror initiatives. Yet the Democrats are taking a risk if they merely sit around awaiting further revelations about Sept. 11.

In 1997-1998, I became aware of clearly observable warnings of hostile terrorist intentions against America, by Osama bin Laden.

U.S. Rep. David Scott noted at a local gathering for the National Association of Retired Federal Employees Tuesday afternoon that while he and President George W. Bush may have disagreements on some issues, he stands firm with the president on the top issue of this day and age...

INDEPENDENT SECTOR, InterAction, the Council on Foundations, and the Day, Berry & Howard Foundation today released a handbook to help nonprofits and foundations meet new U.S. requirements for preventing their funding or activities from inadvertently being used for illegal acts, such as terrorist activities.

Julie Chauvel disapproved of the U.S. decision to invade Iraq and still opposes the country's ``virtual political and economic domination of the world.''

At the Conference on World Affairs on Monday, Dave Conlin, Roger Ebert, William Hartmann and Mohammad Ja'far Mahallati addressed scientific reasoning and religious fundamentalism while trying to add understanding to humans' relationship to the universe.

Until the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid and its aftermath in the election of a Socialist anti-Iraq-war government in Spain, not much had been written in the establishment press about the countries fighting alongside the United States in the coalition forces.

The 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism urge the administration to reverse the decision to black out many pages of evidence and information contained in the report, released today, of the congressional investigation into the causes of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Day in and day out, George W. Bush reminds us that he is a war President and that he wants to make national security the central issue of this election. I am ready to have this debate. I welcome it.

At the conclusion of its second week, the war to liberate Iraq wasn't looking good. Not even in Washington. The assumption of a swift collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime had itself collapsed. The presupposition that the Iraqi dictatorship would crumble as soon as mighty America entered the country proved unfounded.

After September 11, both President Bush and his top national security adviser denied having any prior knowledge that Al Qaeda was planning an attack involving airplanes. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on 5/16/02, "I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile."

A now-defunct New Jersey firm that offered investments to wealthy Muslims, including housing developments in suburban Maryland, raised millions of dollars for what law-enforcement authorities describe as a "who's who" of international terrorists and Islamic extremists.

In the wake of Richard Clarke's well-supported assertions that the Bush Administration neglected counterterrorism in the face of repeated terror warnings before 9/11, the Bush Administration has launched a frantic misinformation campaign – often contradicting itself in the process.

Information in about 5,000 documents that detail the government's case against a Muslim cleric accused of hiding terrorist ties is so sensitive that merely discussing the papers in public could be a threat to national security, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Chairman Kean, Vice-Chairman Hamilton, members of the commission, good morning. I am pleased to testify before you and to reiterate my offer to be of help to you in whatever way I can.

Bush administration officials yesterday praised the efforts of the Saudi Arabian government in combating terrorism, rejecting criticisms that the desert kingdom was not doing enough to fight Islamist extremists.

Dispelling a theory raised by congressional investigators, the FBI has concluded that two Saudi men questioned about the Sept. 11 hijackers were not intelligence agents for their country or aiding the terrorist plot, officials said.

Networks reported that the independent Commission on 9/11 held its first public session on Tuesday and witnesses told of missed opportunities to capture or kill Osama bin Laden

Prior to testimony from Cabinet and former Cabinet witnesses, 9/11 staffers issued preliminary reports, which revealed that because detailed intelligence needed to strike directly at Osama Bin Laden was lacking, Clinton and Bush administration officials unsuccessfully sought a diplomatic solution.

Of all the lessons that could be drawn from the horrific events of September 11, the one that the Bush Administration has most readily digested is that America has a serious image problem in the Muslim world.

U.S. government officials March 24 praised Saudi Arabia for its commitment to stop terrorism and disrupt terrorist financing networks.

I expected to go back to a round of meetings examining what the next attacks could be, what our vulnerabilities were, what we could do about them in the short term.

The White House has refused to condemn comments from a senior Pentagon intelligence official who said Muslims worship an ‘idol’.