David Edwards

The architect of George W. Bush’s presidency triggered a protest to his visit to a Wisconsin university Thursday, drawing about 40 protesters carrying signs calling him a war criminal at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“We believe that before he speaks at this university for thousands of dollars, he should be put on trial for the [...]

Tareq and Michaele Salahi — the so called “party crashers” who managed to get through Secret Service security measures to attend a state dinner — told NBC’s Matt Lauer Tuesday that they have documentation proving they were invited to the White House state dinner.
Denying all wrongdoing, Mr. Salahi insisted that he and his wife were [...]

President Barack Obama is “probably the most threatened president ever,” says the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee.
Rep. Pete King (R-NY) told NBC’s Matt Lauer that he supported the idea that Tareq and Michaele Salahi — the socialite couple who gate-crashed a White House state dinner last week — should be prosecuted as [...]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) hasn’t heard President Barack Obama’s proposal for how to move forward with the war in Afghanistan, but he’s already saying that he will have a “real problem” supporting an increase of 30,000 or more troops.
Sanders told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Sunday, “You have to put Afghanistan into the context of what’s [...]

A U.S. journalist was grilled by Canadian border officials for 90 minutes Wednesday. Officials demanded to know if Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman was going to speak against hosting the Olympic games in Canada.
CBC has more details here.
Goodman said that she and her crew “were flagged right off the bat,” and that they “demanded her notes.”
She [...]