“…Bring the War to a Close.”
I had begun to despair of our new Congressional leadership’s taking seriously the need to end the war in Iraq, but it appears that the Senate Majority Leader and House Speaker are officially urging the president that way. Although their letter to him is mainly concerned with opposing any new escalation, it contains key [...]
So Quit Asking
Wanna know who has visited the Bush White House? Tough luck. The Bush Administration has just made sure you never will, not even with a FOIA request:
The basic thrust is this: despite the fact that the Secret Service makes and keeps the visitor records, they’re not really Secret Service records (even though they’d [...]
Army of the Dead
The US Army erroneously included hundreds of deceased officers in its recent plea for soldiers to return to active duty:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Friday it would apologize to the families of about 275 officers killed or wounded in action who were mistakenly sent letters urging them to return to active duty.
The letters were [...]
