Washington insiders say that the White House plans to launch a new international space arms-control initiative that critics in the Pentagon and State Department have alleged will hamper America’s military activities in space.

Frequent rotations of U.S. troops into Iraq were criticized Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee, said troops deserve better than a revolving door of multiple deployments.

By ERICA WERNER WASHINGTON - Democrats on Saturday touted legislation to guarantee troops time at home between deployments to Iraq. In the party's weekly radio address, Rep.

By Lisa VorderbrueggenSTAFF Funding to help clean up an abandoned Mount Diablo mercury mine that has polluted an eastern Contra Costa County stream and reservoir is included in an energy and water appropriations bill passed this week. Reps.

By Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jul. 18--Funding to help clean up an abandoned Mount Diablo mercury mine that has polluted an eastern Contra Costa County stream and reservoir is included in an energy and water appropriations bill passed this week.. Reps.