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...Gates never found Fallon to be straying, but certainly publicly he seemed to be straying." Fallon plainly knew the explosive potential of the magazine article; he called Gates last week before the Defense Secretary had seen it and warned him to "brace himself." Fallon told the Washington Post last Thursday that the article was "poison pen stuff" and called it "really disrespectful and ugly." In a statement issued Tuesday, he said "it would be best to step aside and allow the secretary and our military leaders to move beyond this distraction...
...debacle is far from over. On Thursday, the first batch of comments to reach Karen Thurman, the head of Florida's Democratic Party whose name is on the proposal, was negative. Democratic members of the Florida House of Representatives had already released a statement saying that they are "opposed to a mail-in campaign or any redo of any kind." On Wednesday, Geller reiterated that Florida's delegates be seated and released a poll of 600 Florida Democrats that found that one in four would not vote for the Democratic nominee for President if Florida was disenfranchised. "A Democratic nominee...
...were amplified by a sore knee that kept her out of practice on several occasions, throwing her off from her weekly routine.“Two weeks ago I was almost out for the whole week,” Kessler said. “I think I practiced on Thursday then tried to jump in and play two games...I really needed to get back into that routine, practice every day, practice hard, you know, get my confidence back and play the way that I’ve been playing so far.”Fully healthy, Kessler was back...
...envoy, Lt. Gen. William Fraser, arrives on Thursday in a bid to revive the "road map" peace plan, a cornerstone of which is a freeze on new Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. Olmert's move is bound to complicate Fraser's task. The White House's new envoy may be a military man, but his past experience is no preparation for the political minefield he is stepping into...
...Israeli decision comes just days after a Palestinian gunman killed eight male students and wounded eight others last Thursday at a seminary closely linked with the Jewish settler's movement. The government's announcement is seen as an attempt by Olmert to pacify the pro-settlement, rightwing politicians within his fragile coalition. Israel Radio reported that Olmert approved the settlement construction in the face of threats from the ultra-orthodox Shas party to pull down his government. Work will now restart on settlements in Givat Zeev, an ultra-orthodox enclave in the West Bank, and in the East Jerusalem neighborhood...