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Gone Fishing
I'm off to waterlogged Oklahoma to visit friends and family and attend the 50-year reunion of my high school class. I'll return to this blog on July 26. Thanks for your comments....
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Doug Feaver
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July 13, 2007; 7:00 AM ET |
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Drinking Executive Privilege
Sara Taylor is in the news for not saying much. There is little sympathy for Taylor from the overwhelming majority of our readers who have commented her situation. The former White House political director, called before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday as it continues to seek truth on questions about...
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Doug Feaver
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July 12, 2007; 10:17 AM ET |
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Iraq: Emerging Irreversibility
This morning Bob Woodward tells us about the day last November when the Iraq Study Group interviewed President Bush, CIA Director Michael V. Hayden and other key administration officials and received significantly different assessments of the situation. Bush said "A constitutional order is emerging." Hayden said "the inability of the...
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July 12, 2007; 8:52 AM ET |
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Golf and Good Deeds
Amidst articles about war and politics, it was pleasant this morning to read two good news stories, one about the Washington region's apparently strong commitment to volunteerism and the other about the success of Tiger Woods' AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional, which has both Wilbon and Boswell waxing ecstatic....
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Doug Feaver
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July 9, 2007; 9:07 AM ET |
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Iraq Deaths and Timelines
The news over the weekend and this morning suggests that politically, socially and militarily, things are not going well for the United States in Iraq. The most compelling story is from David Finkel. His narrative of a small, terrifying piece of war for 27 soldiers, has already generated strong comment...
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Doug Feaver
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July 9, 2007; 7:24 AM ET |
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