1. Obama’s Guantánamo Appeasement Plan
(Newsletter)

...n, President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo within one year. The Republicans, led by Senators John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Pat Roberts, immediately launched a concerted campaign to assail ...

2. Obama rules out smaller Afghan war
(News/Global)

..., Democrats and Republicans, said, 'Whatever decision you make, we'll support it,' basically," Reid said. But Mitch McConnell, the senior Republican in the senate, put it differently. "I thi...

3. Obama’s Guantánamo Appeasement Plan
(Editor/Editorial)

...n, President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo within one year. The Republicans, led by Senators John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Pat Roberts, immediately launched a concerted campaign to assail ...

4. 10 Republican Lies for Tax Day
(Mamblog/Default Category)

...#39;re talking about would receive an increase in their taxes right now." In February, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) regurgitated the long-debunked talking point:   &nbs...

5. Flatterer – a Congressman
(Opinions/Features)

...ress, 2005). Consider the last annual gala held by AIPAC where Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D. Nev.) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R. Ky) appeared as keynote speakers to an audience that included hal...

6. The Generals' Revolt (Part II)
(Opinions/Features)

...aq. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement." From across the political divide, Kentucky Republican senator Mitch McConnell told Fox News Sunday that during Rumsfeld's tenure the US had "w...

7. The Abu Ghraib photos and the anti-Muslim
(Opinions/Society)

...an of Tennessee, the Senate majority leader, told reporters. “Take our word for it. They’re disgusting,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority whip. California Democratic Senator Dianne ...

8. Letter to Secretary of State
(Editor/Letters)

...tos, Ranking Member, United States House of Representatives International Relations Committee  The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Chair, United States Senate Appropriations Committee  The Hono...

9. US 'considers indefinite detention'
(Archived/News/Global)

The White House is reportedly considering whether to allow the indefinite detention without trial of some of the detainees held at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay.

10. Guantanamo inmates may face US jail
(Archived/News/Global)

The US is considering holding Guantanamo Bay detainees who cannot be tried or sent to other nations on US soil, Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, has said.