Most Americans want us out of Iraq, so Secretary Gates announces... longer tours of duty! Also, examining why the military reached the breaking point.
Riiiiight. "The White House said Wednesday that it may have lost what could amount to thousands of messages sent through a private e-mail system used by political guru Karl Rove and at least 50 other top officials." (Leahy, being apparently somewhat computer-savvy, totally calls them on it.)
Good read: in the wake of the Imus scandal, where are the lines we draw on who can say what?
THURSDAY NEWS:
* "We need to ask ourselves: What does it mean for our country when the vice president's words lack credibility, but he still wields great power?"
* Analysis: four years later, and the gap between Iraq policy and practice remains wide.
* Mapping the violence in Bagdhad.
* Al Qaeda strikes in Algiers. Man, if only someone could declare war on them or something.
* Examining anti-Americanism overseas.
* Follow-up: Senator Johnson is returning to serve.
* Follow-up: prosecutors drop charges in the Duke rape case. Commentary by Andrew Cohen.
* Water detected on a distant planet.
* Ten questions with Chevy Chase.
On this day in 1861, the American Civil War began as Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
Famed author Kurt Vonnegut passed away.
castironskillet had a good quote here.