Lynn Westmoreland News

Congressman Lynn Westmoreland ate his Thanksgiving dinner in Afghanistan, with members of the Georgia Army National Guard.

By Paul Kane Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, told a group of key congressmen Thursday that President Obama was engaged in a "thoughtful process" of deciding on his request for additional troops in the region.

One day into a fact-finding trip through Afghanistan, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said Thursday he's more convinced than ever that the United States needs to quickly and dramatically boost U.S. forces there.

They help determine how much of our paycheck we take home, how we pay for our retirement, and perhaps soon, how we get our health care.

The commuter rail crash that killed nine people and injured 80 here in June is about to reverberate through Atlanta and much of the rest of the country.

Pick of the day Obama told Afghan President Karzai that "he will be judged by his actions, not words," to which Karzai replied, "Ditto." soundoff@ledger-enquirer.com or call 706-571-8583. Limit comments to 35 words.

According to Rebecca Wodder, president of American Rivers, a recent court ruling has been made that says Atlanta has not been authorized by Congress to withdraw drinking water from Lake Lanier.

"I object. I object. I object ... " Rep. Tom Price, a Roswell Republican, repeated the line over and over, interrupting his Democratic counterparts every time they tried to speak.

Two Democratic members of Georgia's Congressional delegation voted against a major healthcare reform bill late Saturday.

Hundreds of veterans, family members, loved ones and officials of the Office of Veterans Affairs gathered in Newnan Friday as grand opening ceremonies were held for Georgia's newest VA Community-based Outpatient Clinic.

"I'm reading it right now and it has a great plot." That's how Democratic Ohio Congressman Dennis Kuchinich answered Monday when I asked him if he'd read his party's nearly 2,000 page healthcare reform bill that could hit the U.S. House floor for debate by the end of the week.

Congress' "spare the rod, spoil the child" routine with banks needs to stop. The Troubled Asset Relief Program may have bailed out the banking sector, but it has failed the American taxpayer.

Just because you can't or won't prove that you've created a charitable foundation, just because you've been fined $25,000 for failing to properly register that charity - " none of that deprives you of bragging rights.

Atlanta's mayoral candidates spar in the last debate before election day; only one Morehouse student remains in the hospital after a weekend bus wreck; Michael Jackson's movie dominates the box office and extends its stay in theaters.

Foreclosures in the metro-Atlanta area and bank failures throughout Georgia were the focus of a congressional field hearing at the state Capitol.

My friend Walt White is running for reelection next week for the City Council in Fayetteville.

Congressional delegations from Georgia, Alabama and Florida decided Wednesday to send a letter to the governors of the three states, urging them to meet - and resolve - the decades-long "water war." U.S. Rep.

Members of Congress from Georgia, Florida and Alabama agreed Wednesday to send a joint letter urging their respective governors to meet over a long-running dispute that threatens Lake Lanier's future as a water supply.

National Republicans met with two potential challengers to U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson on Wednesday as the GOP establishment continued to search for a candidate who can topple the outspoken freshman Democrat from Orlando .

Georgia has led the nation in bank failures and members of Congress are coming to town to hear about their effect.