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cus has condemned a Senate fili­ William Pryor, judges with docu­
buster deal that broke a deadlock mented histories o f opposing the
over some o f President Bush’s rights o f African Americans and of
nominees for lifetime appointments hostility to a broad mainstream of
law and rights enacted by the Con­
to the judiciary.
The caucus strongly opposes a gress over the past 75 years.
“The only way to make a bad
deal that trades judges who op­
pose civil rights for a temporary deal worse would be for these
filibuster ceasefire, said Rep. Melvin judges to succeed in getting the 5 1
percent of the Senate votes they
L. Watt, D-N.C., CBC chair.
"This deal is more of a capitula­ will need for confirmation,” Watt
tion than a compromise,” he added. said. “We will be looking closely at
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front page Friday — a photo o f Saddam Hussein while under
U.S. custody and in his underwear. (AP photo)
Saddam Photos Heap
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(AP) - Tabloid photographs Fri­ Arabs and Muslims. Others, how­
day o f an im prisoned Saddam ever. said the humiliation is just
Hussein naked except for his white what the 68-year-old former dicta­
underwear promptedaU.S. military tor deserves. Hussein has been in
investigation and condemnation U.S. custody for over a year.
Regardless of any effect the im­
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President Bush said he did not think gency, they were certain to offend
the images would incite further anti- Arab sensibilities and heap more
scorn on an American image al­
American sentiment in Iraq.
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our rights.”
Among the final barriers to
Monday’s deal, according to offi­
cials in both parties, was finding
language flexible enough to satisfy
Democrats who wanted to say that
their right to filibuster had been
preserved while allowing Republi­
cans to say they could always go
back and seek a change.
In the end, the compromise said
senators would filibuster future
nominees only under extraordinary
circumstances.
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At least 620 people, including 57
U.S. troops, have been killed since
April 28, when Prime M inister
Ibrahim al-Jaafari announced his
new S hiite-dom inated g o v e rn ­
m ent. W a sh in g to n h o p es his
governm ent will eventually train
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securing Iraq, allowing the with­
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al-Zarqawi, had been wounded and
called on supporters to pray for his
recovery. The posting’s authentic­
ity could not be verified.
In the last two days, the military
announced that 13 American troops
have been killed since Sunday.
Those reports came as insurgents
carried out a string of explosions,
su ic id e a tta c k s and d riv e -b y
shootings around the country that
(AP) - Federal officials are scram­
bling to find a way to plug a legal
loophole that allows convicted rap­
ists and other high-risk sex offend­
ers to receive erectile-dysfunction
drugs paid for by Medicaid.
The issue was revealed Sunday
by the New York state comptroller’s
office, which said audits covering
the period of J anuary 2000 to March
2005 found 198 sex offenders in
New York received Medicaid-reim­
bursed Viagra after their convic­
tions. Their crimes included of­
fenses against children as young
as 2 years old. Comptroller Alan
Hevesi said.
“Now that this issue has been
brought to our attention, we are
certainly going to see what we can
do administratively, if anything,”
said Mary Kahn, spokeswoman for
the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
She said legislation may be
needed to address the issue. New
Y o rk 's tw o senators. C h arles
Schum er and H illary Rodham
Clinton, both Democrats, said they
would support such a bill. Schumer
said he will sponsor the legislation.
“Giving convicted sex offenders
government-funded Viagra is like
giving convicted murderers an as­
sault rifle when they get out of jail,”
Schumer said.