Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. panel investigating Syria, says that rebels there may have used poison gas in conflicts with the Syrian military. The claim threw a curve in U.S. calculations in approach to the region, although the White House immediately cast doubt on her statement. On Sunday, del Ponte told Swiss-Italian [...]
White House: Atty Gen Eric Holder Will Not Be Prosecuted
June 30, 2012 | Posted by
Justice Department won’t prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt. While Republicans were gleefully congratulating themselves in their right-wing echo chamber about successfully pushing a contempt vote through Congress on Thursday, the White House was curtly dismissal that anything would ever come from the Congressional vote. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air [...]
