Insiders applaud NFL's Roger Goodell's first year (BizJournals)
By now it's almost trite to write that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is all about the brand called the National Football League. As chief operating officer, before taking the top post a year ago, a framed magazine cover featuring America's top brands hung in his office....more...Capital Games (The Record)
THE HOUSE approved naming Jersey City's main post office after Frank J. Guarini, who represented the area in Congress from 1979 through 1993. He later became a real estate developer, with a number of projects along the growing Hudson River waterfront near where the post office is located....more... Anti-war protests cap week of Iraq debate in Washington (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Washington, Sep 16 (DPA) Anti-war protestors punctuated a week of political debate in Washington, gathering near the White House and marching toward Capitol Hill while war supporters held their own rallies....more... Spy chief stumbles through crash course on Washington politics (Southeast Missourian)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's spy chief is in the midst of a crash course on how to navigate some of Washington's most dangerous terrain: Capitol Hill. By many accounts, National Intelligence......more... Reports fault how VA treats PTSD (Contra Costa Times)
By Chris Adams MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs, which touts its special programs to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in returning soldiers, spends little on those programs in some parts of the country, and some of its efforts fail to meet some...more... Bush Awarded Purple Heart. No, Really. (Austin Chronicle)
File under "Rendering Irony Obsolete": WASHINGTON ? Bill and Georgia Thomas reported they were elated Monday when they met in the Oval Office with President George W. Bush to present......more... Rumsfeld Foundation to Encourage Public Service (Washington Post)
In a rare foray into public debate since stepping down as defense secretary late last year, Donald H. Rumsfeld blasted the recent advertisement by MoveOn.org against Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and decried the current state of political discourse in Washington for its "tendency to try to criminalize......more... Vets' PTSD care appears inconsistent (Pioneer Press)
WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs, which touts its special programs to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in returning soldiers, spends little on those programs in some parts of the country, and some of its efforts fail to meet some of the VA's own goals, according to internal reports obtained by McClatchy Newspapers....more... Ex-jurist in line to replace Gonzales (Los Angeles Times)
Bush is reportedly ready to nominate Michael Mukasey, a retired federal judge, as the next attorney general. WASHINGTON ? President Bush is preparing to nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal district court judge from New York, to succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as U.S. attorney general, people familiar with the president's thinking said late Sunday. ...more... |