We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system.
Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.
The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.
The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy.
Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier.
Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.
Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.