First, they showed the latest U.S. soldiers (15) who died and pictures became available. Almost all were from Ohio. No surprise, but extremely heart wrenching.
You can see them here:
http://pbs-newshour.virage.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-newshour&template=template.html&query=honor+roll&keywords=honor+roll&category=blankYou can see almost all the soldiers who have been killed in Iraq, over 46 web pages worth of video here.
Second, Mark shields posited that the Bolton recess appointment was made easier for Bush after they were able to gauge the initial reaction to the nomination of Judge Roberts. IOW - Since there looked to be no real fight to develop over Roberts, it opened the door for Bolton.
Unfortunately, I think Shields is right here. Crap...
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