In about 10 minutes the White House will hold a joint press briefing with Robert Gibbs and Thad Allen, in what is probably the start of a much more out front White House when it comes to the spill: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’s briefing, which normally comes in the afternoon, takes place at […]
We are starting to see some movement on the DADT front: Tomorrow, Congress will be holding its first hearing in 17 years on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the 1993 law that bars gay men and women from serving openly in the military. LGBT leaders expect that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will announce that while Congress […]
What is camp 7? The AP has uncovered that: Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded — a jailhouse so protected that its […]
It seems like a lot of top people say this, but will it ever happen? The chief of the U.S. military said Sunday he favors closing the prison here as soon as possible because he believes negative publicity worldwide about treatment of terrorist suspects has been “pretty damaging” to the image of the United States. […]
This is just horrible. Atrios has a piece up talking about how Republican Rep. Curt Weldon has decided to challenge his Democrat opponent, retired Adm. Joe Sestak, by questioning his choice in hospitals for their five year old daughter who is recovering from a brain tumor. Read the piece here – it shows you how […]
Last week Brownie was doing a “heck of a job” per Bush. This week apparently that job isn’t going so good and now he is being replaced as the head of the disaster in the Gulf. From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being relieved of his duties […]