European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes july 2007 in the states Bush ups Ante in fight Over firings by Laurie Kellman the associated press Washington president Bush invoked executive privilege monday to deny requests by con Gress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of the latest Power fight Between the legislative and executive branches of the Federal govern ment came As members of con Gress returned from a Holiday re an atmosphere of High ten Sion accompanied the resumption of work As a fight also loomed be tween majority democrats and some key republicans and Bush Over his Iraq War indicating its the White did offer again to make the former counsel Harriet Miers and onetime political director Sara available for executive privilege invoked to keep Elaides from testifying to Congress  interviews concern ing the which democrats say were politically in a letter to the Heads of the House and Senate judiciary pan White House counsel Fred Fielding insisted that Bush was acting in Good Faith and refused lawmakers demand that the pres ident explain the basis for invoking the you May be assured that the presidents assertion Here com ports with prior practices in Simi Lar and that it has been appropriately the letter retorted House judiciary com Mittee chairman John Conyers contrary to what the White Cindy Sheehan considers running f or Kelosis seat Pelosi by Angela Brown the associated press Texas Cindy the slain soldiers Mother whose attacks on president Bush made her a Darling of the Antiwar has a new target House speaker Nancy who announced in May that she was depart ing the peace said she decided to run against Pelosi unless the Congress woman moves to oust Bush in the next two i think All politicians should be held Sheehan democrats and americans feel betrayed by the demo cratic Leader we hired them to bring an end to the Sheehan said she will run As an in dependent in 2008 if Pelosi does not file articles of impeachment against Bush by july that when Sheehan and her supporters Are to arrive in after a 13day caravan and walk ing tour starting from the groups Sheehan Sheehan said she will run As an Independent in 2008 if Pelosi does not file articles of impeachment against Bush by july War protest site near Bush Craw Ford although Sheehan has never held Public she said she Al ready has the name recognition and would not have to run against Pelosi in a i would give her a run for her Sheehan Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said the Congress woman has said repeat edly her focus is on ending the War in she believes that the Best Way to support our troops in Iraq is to bring them Home safely and Daly july will be a month of action in Congress to end the including a vote to Rede ploy our troops by next who turns so on said Bush should be impeached be cause she believes he mis led the pub Lic about the reasons for going to violated the Geneva conventions by torturing detainees and crossed the line by commuting the prison sentence of former vice presidential aide Lewis Scooter House May it is the con Gress and the courts that will de cide whether an invocation of executive privilege is not the White House the democratic from Michigan Law maker said in a the Exchange monday was the latest step in a slow motion Legal Waltz Between the White House and lawmakers toward eventual contempt Congress if neither Side the matter could land in Federal presidents have used executive privilege to withhold information from arguing that aides will not give them can did advice if they know they might be called before Congress to testify on what they told the Fielding was responding to a deadline set by the democratic Patrick Leahy of ver Mont and for the White House to explain its privilege prove that the president personally invoked it and provide logs of which documents were being As Fielding refused to the committees have already prejudged the regard less of the production of any Privi lege Fielding in such we will not be undertaking such a even As a further accommodate privilege claim on testimony by former aides will not necessarily prevent them from appear ing under oath this As Jim the Salt Lake firefighters prepare to head to a Ridge above a Home during the Milford Flat wildfire on sunday near Cove Progress made against fire that killed Homeowner by Joe Kafka the associated press hot Over night rain and cooler temperatures slowed a wildfire that had raced out of a destroyed 27 houses and killed a Homeowner who went Back to try to save his belong a top fire official said Early the change in weather gave fire fighters a Chance to Shore up their fire though conditions could shift again for the state wild land fire coordinator Joe Lowe told Crews at a morning briefing held in Light this fire is not Over he Cau this fire could come Back to life the Blaze was started by Light Ning on and by monday it had covered an estimated 11 Square Miles just Southwest of hot on the Southern Side of the Black it was 20 percent contained and Crews expected to have it fully contained by a state Highway that cuts through the fire area remained closed Mon Day other fires blackened the land scape in Montana and Many also started by lightning and fuelled by dry Condi in addition to the death in South smoke from a Utah fire was blamed for two deaths in a weekend motorcycle and another Blaze still Active in Utah killed three people last Crews in californian Eastern Sierra Nevada gained ground against a fire that had charred at least acres in the Inyo National that fire was 55 per cent contained monday after cooler temperatures and lighter wind allowed firefighters to make their first real forestry officials full containment was expected by Carolyn de Rendell ordered a Range of Pennsylvania government services shut Down sunday budget dispute shuts Down the associated press the state museums didst open state Parks were closed to Visi tors at the height of the summer tourism and Many state ser vices were Idle because of a government shutdown that kept about workers off the de Rendell shut Down the Pennsylvania government late Sun Day Over a budget stalemate with the legislature that partly hinges on his Energy plan for the i sincerely Hope that this will be a on Day and i have reason for Rendell said at a news conference sunday though he declined to be More monday the shutdown set in As the partisan Battle of wills Between the democratic governor and republicans who control the Senate entered the ninth Day of the new fiscal lacking an approved state the state has lost the authority to spend Money on nonessential pennsylvanians discovered they  take Drivers License Highway maintenance and a Range of permitting and licensing functions were stopped or severely cur even the lights that normally illuminate the Capitol dome Are and state tourist attractions Arent among the key sticking Points in 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