Congress recesses amid Democratic achievements

(Reuters) - Their top priority -- ending the Iraq war -- remains frustratingly unfulfilled. But the Democrats who took over in January were able to go home early on Sunday for a monthlong break having won more support in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for bringing combat troops home by early next year, marking a significant turnaround from last year.




Democrats also will be able to batter President George W. Bush and congressional Republicans for sticking with a war policy that droves of Americans increasingly oppose.


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Florida to introduce tough greenhouse gas targets

(Reuters) - Gov. Charlie Crist was expected to sign executive orders at
a global warming conference in Miami this week setting new
emissions targets for power companies, automobiles and trucks,
toughen conservation goals for state agencies and require
state-owned vehicles to use alternative fuels.




Florida would adopt many tough pollution standards set by
California and mimicked by other states, which have implemented
their own such regulations because Washington has failed to
pass national laws. President George W. Bush has also rejected
the international Kyoto agreement on reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.


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UPDATE 1-Bush to host Vietnam president in historic visit

(Reuters) - WASHINGTON, June 22 - President George W. Bush,
hosting Vietnam's president in a historic visit, will welcome
robust trade ties the United States has developed with a former
enemy but also will voice concerns on Hanoi's human rights
record.




Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet is making the first
U.S. trip by a head of state from his country since the Vietnam
War ended in 1975.


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