Gary Ackerman: “A strange narrative has taken root in some circles regarding Iraq.”

Today the Middle East is a very different region than the one I first encountered as a new Member of Congress in 1983.

Anything less is demeaning to the process and to ourselves as good, decent human beings.

We need two viable political parties in this country to make our democracy work.

To try to blame that on the administration is like me trying to blame President Bush for Pluto being thrown out of the list of planets.