Joseph L. Bruno, Another One Under Investigation

    This man is the New York Senate Majority leader and he is one of the few men who has a tight grip on the state government in New York.

   On Tuesday, Mr. Bruno  said that he was being investigated by the F.B.I. who is looking into some of his business dealings.

   Mr. Bruno said that he has known of the investigation since last spring, which apparently surprised a few Republicans. A few said that they did not know of the investigation when they re-elected Bruno as the majority leader this past November.

   Of course, Bruno says that he has done nothing wrong.

 

A Soldiers Death on a Stunning Day in Iraq

By Anna Mulrine @ USNews

Posted 12/19/06
    Pentagon correspondent Anna Mulrine was traveling with soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division one recent afternoon north of Baghdad, in the hotly contested city of Baqubah, when a routine humanitarian mission turned deadly as their convoy was struck by a roadside bomb.                                                      

The critical moments before and after the explosion mirror the daily experience of soldiers throughout Iraq, who today are being killed in roadside bombs at a higher rate than at any other time during the war.

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