:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 12.20.2004 ::
:: "RE Rummie" ::
Bush Defends Embattled Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
Associated Press
President Bush defended embattled Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday, saying the Pentagon chief was doing "a very fine job."
ALSO
IRAQ: Now it’s conservatives who are raising doubts about the war in Iraq and one of its chief architects, Donald Rumsfeld.
Letter to the Editor
from The Santa Cruz Sentinel
President Bush is sounding less and less believable in his public comments about Iraq, and his secretary of defense is paying the price. Democrats have long taken aim at Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, especially after reports surfaced about the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
But now Republicans are taking aim at Rumsfeld as well: first Sen. John McCain of Arizona, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and the latest, Trent Lott of Mississippi.
At the center of their criticism is a charge that Americans heard from Sen. John Kerry during his campaign for the presidency: that America doesn’t have enough troops, and those troops don’t have adequate provisions.
And other conservative commentators are joining the chorus ...
we’d like to see Bush — or anyone else — explain publicly why the course we’re on in Iraq makes sense, and whether Rumsfeld is in a position to help achieve success.
So far, we haven’t heard it.
AND
Rumsfeld in condolence letter row
posted by me
:: 10:59:00 AM [+] ::
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