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enhanced_deficit
12-13-2017, 10:37 PM
Stunning fall for a major player in the Iraqi Freedom war initiative.

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Hastert blisters France on Iraq war resistance

House leader also forecasts slashes in social spending

February 27, 2003|By Mike Dorning and Jill Zuckman, Washington Bureau.

WASHINGTON — Brimming with frustration over France's vocal opposition to U.S. war plans in Iraq, House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Wednesday urged "going nose-to-nose" with the European nation over its Iraq policy and a series of trade disputes, and recommended slapping bright orange health warning labels on some imported French wines.
During a half-hour interview with the Tribune, Hastert, an Illinois Republican, launched into a lengthy and passionate denunciation of French "obstreperousness" toward the United States and advocated giving no ground to objections raised by the longtime American ally.


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He also warned that the cost of the war--newly revised Pentagon estimates reportedly place it as high as $95 billion--will prevent Congress from increasing spending for some domestic programs, citing education and health research in particular.
"If you have to pay for guns, you can't pay for all the butter," Hastert said. "That's something that we're going to have to deal with."
The plainspoken but politically cautious Hastert often is a calming influence within the Republican congressional leadership. But his comments on France's Iraq policy reflect a rising anger toward France among Republican lawmakers that threatens to spill over into a variety of other areas in the two countries' relationship and could aggravate trade tensions.

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Morning Mix

Judge bars disgraced former House speaker Dennis Hastert from being alone with children

By Samantha Schmidt December 13

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. (Lake County Sheriff Department via AP)
Former House speaker Dennis Hastert must not be left alone with children unless another adult is present who knows that he paid money to conceal that he’d sexually abused teenage boys, a federal judge in Chicago ordered on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press (https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-12-12/judge-bars-ex-speaker-hastert-from-being-alone-with-minors).
Hastert, who admitted in 2015 to doling out hush money and lying about it to the FBI, is also barred from possessing pornography and using sex chat lines. The Illinois Republican left a federal prison in Minnesota in July after serving nearly 13 months of his 15-month sentence. He is now on supervised release.
U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin issued a number of other restrictions on the daily life of the 75-year-old. He must consent to the installation of monitoring software on his computers, covering all of the costs himself. He must hand over his phone bills or credit card statements when asked, and submit to a search of his home and belongings on demand, without a warrant, according to NBC Chicago (https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/New-Restrictions-Imposed-on-Hasterts-Supervised-Release-463748683.html). He also needs to get prior approval from the probation department before using any computer or other device with Internet access.

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