European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 23 stars and stripes Page 9 in the states subpoenas okd for Rove others House panel wants Public Over firings by Laurie Kellman the associated press Washington a House of representatives panel on wednes Day approved subpoenas for pres ident Bush political adviser Karl Rove and other top White House aides setting up a constitutional showdown Over the firings of eight us prosecutors by voice vote the House Judi Ciary subcommittee on Commer Cial and administrative Law decided to compel the presidents top Republican aides to testify publicly and under oath about their roles in the firings the White House has refused to Budge in the controversy stand ing by embattled attorney Gener Al Alberto Gonzales and insisting that the firings were appropriate White House spokesman Tony Snow said that in offering aides to talk to the committees privately Bush had sought to avoid the Media spectacle that would re sult from Public hearings with Pablo Martinez United states attorney general Alberto Gonzales right and White House senior adviser Karl Rove Are facing further scrutiny in the intensifying probe Over Federal prosecutor firings Rove and others at the witness table the question Treyve got to ask themselves is Are you More interested in a political spectacle than getting the truth Snow said of the overture tuesday that was relayed to Capitol Hill by White House counsel Fred Fielding publicly the White House held out Hope there would be no impasse if they Issue subpoenas yes the offer is withdrawn said White House spokesman Tony Snow they jul have rejected the offer Al li1v he added that the offer for interviews on the presidents terms not under oath on the record or in Public is final democrats dismissed the Over Ture in Large part because there would be no transcript the Senate judiciary commit tee scheduled a vote thursday on its own set of subpoenas with 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be Dishonour ably discharged he will also have to testify against others charged in the Case five soldiers were charged in the rape of Abeer Qassim Alana by and the killings of her her parents and her younger sister two previously pleaded guilty and said howards role was minimal Howard told the judge wednes Day he was left behind at a Check Point while four soldiers went to rape the girl Howard said he Only started to realize that someone had been killed after the soldiers re turned about 10 minutes later he said the four soldiers were in a hectic state and hyper Steven d Green who is accused of being the ringleader but was Dis charged from the military before being charged will be prosecuted in a Federal court in Kentucky senators drafts Bill to schedule Iraq pullout democrats have drafted a billion War spending Bill that would direct president Bush to begin bringing Home troops from Iraq with the goal of ending us combat mis Sions there in just Over a year the provision is similar to a Resolution the Senate narrowly rejected last week it failed on a 5048 vote falling 12 votes shy of the 60 needed to pass after Bush vowed to veto the legislation holocaust survivors get in payouts Washington More than million in previously unpaid insurance claims were awarded to 48000 holocaust survivors for harm they suffered during world War ii an International commis Sion said tuesday the International commission on holocaust Era insurance claims concluded its claims and appeals process after a worldwide outreach Campaign began in 1998 to ensure that insurance Compa Nies fulfilled their obligations from the associated press