Continuing on the McCain Beat

The Senator supplied the WSJ [$] with five favorite recommended books about war and soldiers. I’ll leave it to readers to figure out what else they have in common (quotes are from McCain’s reviews): 1. For Whom The Bell Tolls By Ernest Hemingway Jordan “becomes disenchanted — not necessarily with his cause but with its [...]

In the Arena

From Jane Harman

Just got a message Jane Harman left on my voicemail last night: I apologize for not calling to tell you that I changed my mind. Your account of our conversation was accurate and I stand by what I said to you. We were faced with two miserable choices. I had those kids on the C-130 [...]

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A Withdrawal Plan?

This is fascinating. Let me deconstruct it: 1. The split in the Bush Administration on middle east policy is going public. First we had Steve Clemons’ report yesterday about the Cheney v. The World split on Iran. Now we have a split between the Secs. Def and State, the Pentagon brass, the intelligence community, and [...]