Via The Corner, Senator John Cornyn hosted a hearing on the prosecution of incarcerated border agents.
CORNYN STATEMENT ON TODAY’S BORDER PATROL AGENT PROSECUTION HEARING
“WASHINGTON‚ÄîU.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Ranking Member of the Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship subcommittee, made the following statement after the conclusion of today‚Äôs hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee which examined [...]

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Could it?…..a Blanket Party during the “All Nighter?”
Heh…

What’s a “Blanket Party”? From Answers
“Used most often to “encourage” a screw up to mend his ways. While sleeping his platoon mates would sneak up on him or her, cover them with a blanket and administer numerous blows to the writhing mass. Not authorized and punishable [...]

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Don’t look now, but Bush’s poll numbers are rising.
“President Bush’s firm position on Iraq has firmed up his Job Approval numbers. For the fourth straight day, 39% of Americans say they approve of the way the President his performing his job. That‚Äôs up three percentage points from the ratings before the President‚Äôs press conference last [...]

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Via General Pace:
“In his most optimistic remarks since the U.S. troop buildup began, Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that Iraq has undergone a “sea change” in security in recent months, and that this will influence his recommendation to President Bush on how long to continue the current strategy.
After [...]

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Not exactly news:
“WASHINGTON ‚Äî One of two known Al Qaeda leadership councils meets regularly in eastern Iran, where the American intelligence community believes dozens of senior Al Qaeda leaders have reconstituted a good part of the terror conglomerate’s senior leadership structure.
That is a consensus judgment from a final working draft of a new National Intelligence [...]

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