NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told a Philadelphia homosexual newspaper she would work to advance “gay rights” as president, including possibly signing into law a bill that would grant same-sex couples the legal benefits of marriage.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--In a statement that has left conservatives frustrated and bewildered, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- who twice vetoed bills that would have legalized "gay marriage" -- said April 11 he would oppose a proposed constitutional marriage amendment that would ban it.

There is talk that in May, California's Supreme Court may move the state toward full marriage, if not even granting full marriage rights for gays and lesbians outright.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's announcement last week that he would oppose a ballot measure reaffirming California's ban on same-sex marriage delighted gay-rights activists and infuriated social conservatives, who accused him of flip-flopping on the issue.

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual to serve in his Administration: Michele M. Leonhart.

April 16, 2007, brought the deadliest day of violence on a college campus in our Nation's history. The horrific crimes committed at Virginia Tech University filled our souls with sadness. One year later, we remember the victims murdered and wounded that day.

MS. PERINO: Let me start off just with a couple of comments about the President welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to America today. Tomorrow in his remarks, the President will say to the Holy Father that millions of Americans have been praying for his visit. He will also say to the Holy Father that the nation he will visit is a nation of prayer that welcomes the faithful. He will tell him that the hearts of the American people are open to the Holy Father's message of hope. And he will hear from the President that America and the world need to hear his message that God is love, that human life is sacred, that we all must be guided by common moral law, and that we have responsibilities to care for our brothers and sisters in need at home and across the world.

Chuck DeVore, Tom Harman support constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between one man and one woman. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday spoke against it.

SUMMARY: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says that he will fight attempts to amend the California state constitution to bar gay marriage.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says that he will fight attempts to amend the California state constitution to bar gay marriage.

RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 14 / Christian Newswire / -- During comments to a recent gathering of Log Cabin Republicans, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to oppose a constitutional amendment upholding marriage as only between a man and woman, stating "...it will never happen...I think we need a constitutional amendment so that foreign-born citizens can run for president, but not about gay ...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says that he will fight attempts to amend the California state constitution to bar gay marriage.

President Bush on Monday said, "I do want to say something about trade. There's big disappointment around this table about the action the Speaker took on the Colombia free trade agreement. This free trade agreement is good for American workers and it's good for American consumers. And this free trade agreement is in our national interests. Yet that bill is dead unless the Speaker schedules a definite vote. This is a unprecedented move and it's not in our country's interest that we stiff an ally like Colombia, and that we don't encourage our goods and services to be sold overseas."

"Colombia is one of our strongest allies in the Western Hemisphere. They are led by a very strong and courageous leader, President Uribe. He's taken courageous stands to defend our shared democratic values. He has been a strong and capable partner in fighting drugs and crime and terror. And he's delivering results. The Colombian government reports that since 2002, kidnappings, terrorist attacks, and murders are all down substantially, as is violence against union members." - President George W. Bush, 4/7/08

President Bush on Monday said, "I welcome you as stars on the football field, and I welcome you as soon-to-be sailors and Marines who have a major responsibility to protect the United States from harm and spread the great blessings of liberty so we can have peace. I cannot wait to be able to say to you someday, 'I'm proud to be your Commander-in-Chief.' And so I welcome you to the Rose Garden. I congratulate you on being fine football players. More importantly, I congratulate you on being patriotic Americans."

Today the President directed the Secretary of Agriculture to draw down on the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to meet emergency food aid needs abroad. With this action, an estimated $200 million in emergency food aid will be made available through the U.S. Agency for International Development. This additional food aid will address the impact of rising commodity prices on U.S. emergency food aid programs, and be used to meet unanticipated food aid needs in Africa and elsewhere.

Laura and I are saddened by the death of John Archibald Wheeler, one of America's greatest physicists.

President Bush on Monday said, "We're here tonight to commemorate the 265th birthday of Thomas Jefferson, here in a room where he once walked and in a home where he once lived. In this house, President Jefferson spread the word that liberty was the right of every individual. In this house, Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark off on the mission that helped make America a continental nation. ...With a single sentence, Thomas Jefferson changed the history of the world. After countless centuries when the powerful and the privileged governed as they pleased, Jefferson proclaimed as a self-evident truth that liberty was a right given to all people by an Almighty."

MS. PERINO: The President this morning spent time in his Cabinet meeting talking about his ongoing concern about people who are suffering in the world, especially when it comes to those that are hungry. The United States is the largest food provider for emergency food needed in the world. In fiscal year 2007 we provided more than $2.1 billion of food aid, reaching tens of millions of people worldwide. We usually provide about 45 to 50 percent of all emergency food aid every year.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a group of gay Republicans on Friday that an attempt to ban same-sex marriage by changing the state Constitution is a "total waste of time" and promised to oppose such an initiative if it qualifies for the state ballot....