For the Record

‘‘English, math, history, science . . . when are we going to learn something practical? ‘‘

In Fox News poll, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.) tie at 45 percent apiece in prospective matchup . . . Bush: “The other party’s nomination battle is still playing out. The candidates are an interesting group with diverse opinions: for tax cuts and against them; for NAFTA and against NAFTA; for the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act; in favor of liberating Iraq and opposed to it. And that’s just one senator from Massachusetts.” . . . Bush: “If we’re to prevent the meaning of marriage from being changed forever, our nation must enact a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in America . . . Today, I call upon the Congress to promptly pass and to send to the states for ratification an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man and woman as husband and wife.” … In ABC News/Washington Post poll, 46 percent support constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and 45 percent oppose . . . National debt rises above $7 trillion. … In Harris Poll, 51 percent say government reports on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq were “deliberately exaggerated.” . . . CIA director George Tenet: “Even catastrophic attacks on the scale of 9/11 remain within al-Qaeda’s reach.” … “I give the effort overall real credit,” says Senate minority leader Tom Daschle on Iraq. “It is a good thing Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. It is a good thing we are democratizing the country.”

Featured Tags

Manage following

Marriage

Immigration

‘‘English, math, history, science . . . when are we going to learn something practical? ‘‘

In Fox News poll, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.) tie at 45 percent apiece in prospective matchup . . . Bush: “The other party’s nomination battle is still playing out. The candidates are an interesting group with diverse opinions: for tax cuts and against them; for NAFTA and against NAFTA; for the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act; in favor of liberating Iraq and opposed to it. And that’s just one senator from Massachusetts.” . . . Bush: “If we’re to prevent the meaning of marriage from being changed forever, our nation must enact a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in America . . . Today, I call upon the Congress to promptly pass and to send to the states for ratification an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man and woman as husband and wife.” … In ABC News/Washington Post poll, 46 percent support constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and 45 percent oppose . . . National debt rises above $7 trillion. … In Harris Poll, 51 percent say government reports on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq were “deliberately exaggerated.” . . . CIA director George Tenet: “Even catastrophic attacks on the scale of 9/11 remain within al-Qaeda’s reach.” … “I give the effort overall real credit,” says Senate minority leader Tom Daschle on Iraq. “It is a good thing Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. It is a good thing we are democratizing the country.”