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It is no secret that General Tommy Franks didn't want to hang around Iraq very long. As Franks led the U.S. assault on Baghdad in April 2003, his goal--and that of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld--was to get to the capital as quickly as possible with a minimal...
The rush to Baghdad, critics say, laid the groundwork for trouble to come. In one prewar briefing, for example, Lieut. General David McKiernan--who commanded the land component of the coalition forces--asked Franks what should be done if his troops found Iraqi arms caches on the way to Baghdad...
Above the reporters and general public in the field seats, a handful of glass-fronted booths had been doled out to politicians and Washington insiders. Judiciary Chair Arlen Specter grilled Roberts on Roe v. Wade right from the start, as skybox onlookers such as former Solicitor General Ted Olson, former...
It was a reasonable suggestion since on the same day Chertoff first learned--from an NPR anchor in Washington--that there were thousands of people stranded, starving and in some cases dying in the New Orleans Convention Center, a story that had been all over the media that morning. Again...
YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE FROM DICK CHENEY TO TERESA HEINZ KERRY AND MARRIED TO A GUY WHO GETS CALLED THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE US. DOESN'T THAT COMPROMISE YOUR COVERAGE? I don't think so. It is a balancing act that many people in Washington perform...