Just back from a trip to Iraq, Republican Sens. Kit Bond of Missouri and Olympia Snowe of Maine say they've seen remarkable changes in war-torn Ramadi but appear to differ on the long-term efforts to snuff out terrorism in the nation.
Pardon the rant, but it's absolutely untenable that in this day, in this age, in this millennium, a study such as this one provides some awfully antiquated-sounding findings. Media Matters (a progressive media organization) released a survey this week of female and minority talking heads and hosts on cable TV news shows, titled, "Locked Out: The Lack of Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Cable News Continues."
The head of Air Force Special Operations Command, Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley, told defense reporters Wednesday morning that any delay in funding would not begin affecting the command until August.
AP - The White House threatened on Wednesday to veto a proposed House bill that would pay for the Iraq war only through July a limit Defense Secretary Robert Gates said would be disastrous.
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that "we've got a long way to go" in reducing violence in Iraq in a trip punctuated by an explosion that shook windows at the U.S. Embassy, where Cheney was visiting.
AP - Nature's fury made life miserable Wednesday from one end of the nation to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest.
Standing in a muddy lot, President Bush today tried to bring comfort to the residents of tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kansas. "My mission today is to lift people's spirits as best as I possibly can," Bush said. "I bring the prayers and concerns of the people of this country to this town." The town of 1,600 will rely heavily on FEMA aid, whose officials vowed not to repeat the mistakes of Hurricane Katrina.
Every Wednesday is gallows day in Baghdad -- one that brings great fear, especially for a young woman on Iraq's death row who says she was tortured into confessing a role in the slayings of three relatives. According to Amnesty International, that's not uncommon in Iraq, where it says many confessions are coerced. "I am innocent," the woman told CNN.