June 13, 2013

June 13th in US Political History Part VI


On June 13th in US Political History
Part VI

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On June 13th in  2005 The Supreme Court warned prosecutors to use care in striking minorities from juries, siding with black murder suspects in Texas and California who contended their juries had been unfairly stacked with whites.

On June 13th in  2006 President Bush, seeking support for Iraq's government and the U.S. war policy at home, made a surprise visit to Iraq to meet newly named Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and discuss the next steps in the troubled 3-year-old war.

On June 13th in  2006 U.S. Congressional investigators said that in the aftermath of Katrina fake aid victims may have cost taxpayers up to $1.4 billion.

On June 13th in  2006 In Washington DC Karl Rove’s lawyer said special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald would not bring charges against Rove in a 3-year-old CIA leak case.

On June 13th in  2007 A senior U.S. diplomat said NATO has intercepted Iranian weapons shipments to Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, providing evidence Iran is violating international law to aid a group it once considered a bitter enemy.

On June 13th in  2008 Iraq's PM Al-Maliki said that talks with the U.S. on proposals for a long-term security pact have reached an impasse over objections that Iraq's sovereignty is at stake. Al-Maliki told reporters in Amman, Jordan, that Iraqi negotiators had rejected U.S. proposals because they would infringe on Iraqi sovereignty.


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