Team Torture Named

Senate armed services committee pulls no punches over torture policy allegations

"...A new report, entitled Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...to continue the work that I've done in the Senate to take care of our veterans. CLINTON: It was..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...• Debate began in the U.S. Senate over various proposals to reduce U.S. involvement in the..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature

Gay Place

Don't ask or tell them to stay in that stinky closet

"...Mullen, said this week in a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee. He said, according to a piece..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Gonzales and the WMDs

US Rep. Waxman condemns former AG over intelligence abuses

"...State Bar of Texas Alberto Gonzales. Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee put him firmly in the legal..."

Dec. 22, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Chronicle

NMD is a bad idea, says Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg.

"...likely following suit). The danger from Russia -- currently armed with about 3,900 warheads -- is much worse. Says..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...companies "aren't being sought out by people on the Senate [Armed Services] Committee or the Commerce Committee."..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech

Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies

"...Ron Wyden [D-Ore.] ... a member of the Intelligence Committee, said that the executive branch had come up with..."

May 31, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Obama Encourages DADT Repeal by End of Year

Despite McCain cockblock, vote likely soon

"...opposition to DADT, Levin, the democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he might let the bill..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Katie Tomasino

Texas Dems to DNC: Pick a Castro, Any Castro

State party suggests Joaquin, Julián to replace Wasserman Schultz

"...Joaquin Castro, to serve as the new Democratic National Committee chair...."

July 26, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters @ 3AM

Joe Biden and Chris Dodd rise above the other primary candidates in terms of achievement and hands-on experience in what a president needs to know

"...The president is commander in chief of the armed forces and is the only elected official empowered to..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Lege Notes

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

"...to study capital punishment has been left pending in committee. SB 544 would create the Texas Capital Punishment Commission..."

April 8, 2005 News Column

Lege Lines: Session Winners and Losers

As sine die nears, bills drop left and right

"...record, with continuing capitulation from the House to the Senate, and to radical conservative demands. The Senate got its..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Legislative Committees Take Shape

Lite Guv Patrick begins making appointments

"...Take Your Committee Seats..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...brings congressional hearings on the National Security Agency eavesdropping, Senate hearings on the Supreme Court appointment of Judge Samuel..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...time since Reconstruction, Republicans hold a majority in the Senate. More personally, the 67-year-old lieutenant governor has begun to..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Soldier's Heart

Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system unready to help them

"...the VA does not have many of the essential services veterans desperately need. "I don't know how many people..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Dan Frosch

Renewing the Rainbow

A Preview of the Gay / Lesbian Right Lobby Agenda for the 77th Legislature

"...crimes bill, which in 1999 flamed out in a Senate committee after sailing miraculously through the House. In weighing..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Union Local 1091; voluntary citizen mediators have offered their services, thus far without success. As of press time, the..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...including Dr. Austin Gleeson, Chairman of the Master Planning Committee, and others all spoke in favor of this project..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...try to address the inadequacy of emergency mental health services in the community. The funding lasts for a year..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Breaking news stories from Austin and elsewhere.

"...one not resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee issued a report blasting the CIA's prewar..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

He's Coming Back

Who gets punished when George W. Bush comes home to Austin after losing the election.

"...Not a sister or a wife, but my aunt, armed with a tape recorder...."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

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Warren Responds

"...Ricardo Guerrero, KOOP Programmer, former programming committee co-chair, member, Friends of KOOP Steering Committee..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...caves. I also saw that small teams consisting of armed troops and liaisons were going to spread out across..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column