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bong: “Valerie Plame was covert. Valerie Plame had served our country covertly within the last five year [sic] prior to the disclosure of her identity. To suggest otherwise today, when the facts are now beyond dispute, is that extraordinary combination of delusion and dishonesty that will be seen by history as the darkest side of national security disasters of the Bush years.”
Bush will have to waive the Fed/State cost share
for New Orleans’ new redevelopment plan to work. And on that note, this editorial appears in tomorrow’s Washington Post.
how’s this for an offer?
U.S. DOS: Washington — Top U.S. defense and diplomatic officials again invited Russian participation in a newly developed air defense system in Europe designed as a safeguard against ballistic missile attacks from potential threats in East Asia and the Middle East.
Air Force Times: “The United States also looks forward to further discussions with the Russian Federation on bilateral cooperation and joint activity in this important field, including the potential sharing of technology and the development of compatible systems,” Ambassador Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
“Possible areas of partnership with Russia could include research and development of missile defense systems, sharing of early warning data, and exercises between our forces,” she added.
Vesti 24 editor responds to charges of mistranslation
RIA Novosti: “We are perplexed with the appearance of distorted information with reference to our channel,” Dmitry Mednikov said.He said the interview was translated by an Iranian embassy translator, and then it was “repeatedly referred to by world media.” Mednikov said it “must have been on that stage that the information was distorted.”
still more at Boston Herald
quote of the day
Joel Brenner: “The Russians are now back at Cold War levels in their efforts against the United States,” he said at an event hosted by the American Bar Association. “They are sending over an increasing and troubling number of intelligence agents.”
an analysis of the President’s budgetary proposals for FY ‘08
available for download at CBO
184 hours
ABC News: Japanese Set Record for Longest Concert
TOKYO Mar 31, 2007 (AP)— Japanese musicians overcame fatigue and a major earthquake to set the record for the world’s longest concert on Saturday, playing 184 hours non-stop in a program that ranged from The Beatles’ classics to Japanese traditional harp music.
Over 900 musicians aged 6 to 89 took turns performing in the 9-day marathon with breaks of no more than 5 minutes between acts at a small railway station in Hikone city, western Japan, according to organizer Kuniko Teramura, 51.
Andrew Cohen pins the Homer Simpson defense on Alberto Gon(e)zales
“You just cannot make this stuff up. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ former chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, spends much of his Thursday deflating his former boss’ story about the eight fired U.S. Attorneys and how does the Attorney General respond? By issuing a written statement late in the day that essentially says this: Yes, Sampson may have been keeping me in the loop on the firings after all but I wasn’t really paying attention (“never focused” was the exact phrase) to what he was saying.” [more at Bench Conference (WaPo)]
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