U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING DPB # 54 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2007 (ON THE RECORD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED) 12:44 p.m. EST MR. CASEY: Afternoon, everybody. I don’t have anything to start you out with, so go right to your questions. QUESTION: I don’t have anything to start with either.
I was intrigued by John McCain’s assertion on Bill Bennett’s “Morning in America” show that “there are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today.” As it happens, Brian Bennett, the TIME correspondent who normally sits in the office next to mine, is in Baghdad at the moment. In my [...]
I defer, once again, to the legal expertise of my colleague Reynolds Holding.
Because you asked: 1) A post about how DC’s social environment influences coverage and attitudes would be very long indeed. It might even be a book (or, I know, a novel!). For now, I’ll just say that I was being a bit snarky in the post below and that, as far as I know, neither [...]
This guy I know has a smart column in the Observer today: The D.C. pundits are swooning in chorus. Dr. Krauthammer, with much jowly regret, called for Mr. Gonzales to resign over his clumsy handling of the fallout from the controversy, but confidently dubbed the controversy proper a “pseudo scandal.” Time magazine columnist Michael Kinsley [...]
