Day: June 5, 2008

A Marine intelligence officer has been acquitted of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings of 24 Iraqi men, women and children.

Mr. Moskos regularly advised policy makers, senators and generals on military matters, including coming up with the armed services’ “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay personnel.

Mr. Odom, a director of the National Security Agency in the Reagan administration, became an early and outspoken opponent of the Iraq war.

by Maggie Van Ostrand

Following up on a disturbing rumor, I asked the Obama people if the Senator would be asked to pay Hillary’s campaign debt and here’s their response:

Hillary’s Debt Will NOT Be Paid By Obama for America.

It is not legal to do so.

John McCain made the unusual suggestion that he and Barack Obama hold a series of town-hall-style campaign appearances together this summer.

As American commanders look to draw down forces in Iraq, the larger numbers of these aircraft promise to decrease the risk to ground troops.

The $3 trillion budget blueprint calls for more spending than President Bush requested for education, highway construction and other domestic programs.

Seven former health secretaries protested menthol’s special treatment in a tobacco bill pending in Congress.

Lenders have questioned an official’s investment in what turned out to be a fraudulent venture that took more than $54 million from shareholders.