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Democratic leaders, including House Minority leader Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California), spoke to reporters about their conference leadership elections, the Democratic agenda for the…

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about their agenda for the lame-duck session of Congress, the makeup of the 109th Congress, and the results of the 2004 elections. They also answered…

Committee members marked up proposed legislation that would improve intelligence gathering and dissemination, reorganize some intelligence functions under a new director of national…

Committee members and witnesses discussed the federal budget deficit and its impact on young people. They attributed growing deficits to President Bush’s “tax cuts without offsets,” which…

Mr. Greenspan testified about the state of the U.S. economy. In his remarks he said that the economy continued to improve slowly and was restrained by high oil prices. He also warned of the…

Senator Kent Conrad, D-ND, and Representative John Spratt, D-SC, spoke to reporters about recent projections that showed the year’s federal deficit would be the largest ever. They also…

Witnesses testified about the September 11 Commission’s recommendations on intelligence reform, with particular emphasis on the proposed changes to the Department of Defense. They discussed…

Witnesses testified about the final report and recommendations of the September 11 Commission hearings on terrorist attacks and intelligence failures surrounding the attacks. Among the topics…

Military officials testified about military tactics and strategies to detect and pursue terrorist organizations and cells in various countries harboring and sponsoring terrorists. Among the…

Sen. Conrad and Rep. Spratt spoke to reporters about the federal budget deficit. They described recent information that indicates the deficit for 2004 will be the largest in U.S. history. They…

Defense Department officials talked about military personnel needs, including troop rotations in Iraq and Afghanistan and mobilization of the Army’s Individual Ready Reserve. Rep. Hunter…

Mr. Wolfowitz and General Pace testified about operations in Iraq and the impending transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi authorities. Among the topics they addressed were the current security…