New U.S. Iraq policy?

    A bipartisan commission has reached a consensus and will announce its decisions next week on the exit strategy from Iraq. I'll bet that will be some report since the Pentagon is working on plans to add a few more battalions to Iraq early next year . The extra combat engineer battalions of Army reserves, would total about 3,500 troops and would come from around the United States, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deployments have not been announced. MORE

 

Jefferson has to go!!

Will Voters Still Bet on "Dollar Bill"?
By Paul Kiel - November 27, 2006, 12:26 PM

In a little less than two weeks, we'll learn if the growing cloud of corruption allegations surrounding Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) will motivate his constituents to end his career before the Justice Department gets its shot to do the same.

On Saturday, December 9th, Jefferson's fate will be decided by a runoff election in which he faces Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter. Will voters be content to wait around for Jefferson's promised "honorable explanation" for why federal agents found $90,000 cash in his freezer?

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