• Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq AP

• Iraq Body Count

• Bombs rock Baghdad Calgary Sun

• Iraqi forces probe general's "strange" killing Reuters AlertNet, UK 

• Al-Jazeera Airs Tape of 3 Hostages in Iraq CBS News

• US Is Seeking Better Balance in Iraqi Police New York Times 

• Iraqi President Postpones Parliament Move AP

• Tillman's father not expecting answers CNN

"At least in India Bush was greeted by thousands of people waving American flags. They were on fire." --Bill Maher

Bush Plays Nuclear Baseball

The five countries that the NPT (Nonproliferation Treaty) officially designates as "nuclear states"—the United States, Russia, China, France, and Britain—have stopped building new nuclear weapons. India currently has about 150 atomic bombs, only slightly fewer than China, France, and Britain. (Pakistan and Israel, the two countries besides India that haven't signed the NPT, have about 75 and 200 respectively. North Korea, which signed but later abrogated the treaty, may have a handful.)

• Jeb Bush has ambitious agenda for final year Bradenton Herald

• Abramoff's Florida Sentencing May Force Details of Cooperation Bloomberg

• Tom DeLay Faces Primary Voters for First Time Since Indictment Bloomberg

• S. Dakota Legislation to Ban Most Abortions Washington Post

• Patriot Act Includes Crackdown on Meth Use AP

President Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. The president said he heard it was a good place for an embattled leader to disappear into the mountains." --Tina Fey
 

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested yesterday that her Republican enemies have targeted her simply because of her gender, hinting that Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman's recent claim that she was too "angry" to be elected president was political sexism...Clinton went on to say Mehlman's recent comments about the former first lady's temper were a "badge of honor," adding, "There are lots of things that we should be angry and outraged about these days."
 

"According to the internet ... Cheney was having an affair with the woman he was hunting with and that she fired the shot that hit the lawyer and Cheney took the blame to protect her, which sounds possible until you realize that means the woman would have to be having sex with Dick Cheney." --Jay Leno

Bush got on the videoconference to boost morale, not collect information, McClellan said, and he left before it ended for a previously scheduled press event at which he made a statement on the hurricane.

"Some have twisted the facts to fit a story line," McClellan said. "He was not there to participate in the full briefing. He was there for that purpose: to lift their spirits."

 

"President Bush said today his plan to fight terrorism is simple and straightforward -- go after the evildoers, track them down, find out where they're hiding and then sell them our seaports." --Jay Leno

"I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast
partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world." —George W. Bush, mistakenly identifying Pakistan as an Arab country, Islamabad, Pakistan, March 3, 2006

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The Washington Times' Insight magazine is reporting that Dick Cheney will resign in the year 2007. Cheney himself said he's going to leave when shooting guys in the face just isn't fun anymore.-- Jay Leno