From the AP: Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush’s authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the Iraq war. Officials said Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of the leadership had decided to strip from a major military spending bill a requirement for Bush to gain approval from Congress before moving

According to the DoD, both US soldier and Iraqi civilian deaths have declined significantly since the US surge took effect.  From KUNA: The rate of killings of US troops in Iraq has been on the decline, down by 60 percent, since the launch of the new security measures in Baghdad, according to statistics revealed by the Multi-National Force -Iraq Combined Press Information Centre. Only 17 members of the US military

From the AP: The Pentagon’s top general said Tuesday he should not have voiced his personal view that homosexuality is immoral and should have just stated his support for the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in an interview that has drawn criticism from lawmakers and gay-rights groups. The written statement by Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, did not apologize for his stance on

As of today, it looks like I’ll be heading to Las Vegas at the behest of Pajamas Media to cover the upcoming Democratic debate on health care, to be held at UNLV on March 24th.  I’d be interested to hear your ideas on what angle I should take, using either the debate, the post-debate press room session, or Vegas itself as the backdrop.  One idea I had was to interview

Behold!

Patterico has an important post up outlining the issue, including what was deleted by the LA Times to make the case for scandal. Meanwhile, “most ethical administration in history” player H-Rod calls for AG Gonzales’s resignation.  “[B]uck has to stop somewhere,” just so long as it’s not here. NYT op-ed pretends shock to make case for “political cynicism.” Unicorn Crashes Car, Pins Blame on Passenger Unicorn Forced Edwards to Vote

…and New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar does not care for it.  Not one little bit.  So much so that any notion of accuracy or honesty flew right out the window.