Daily Briefing: Utmost Restraint
As rockets fired by Hezbollah penetrated deeper south into Haifa, Israeli troops briefly entered Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases near the border. [ AP ]
The president is torn between supporting Israel strongly and hoping they'll show a little restraint. [ NYT , NYT ]
President Bush's foreign policy legacy may ride on how he handles this current middle east crisis, despite his apparent unpreparedness. [ Newsweek ]
Liberal think tanks and advocacy groups are rolling in the dough, thanks to a network of some of the richest donors in the country. [ WP ]
The wife of former State Department Asia hand Donald Keyser, currently under investigation for espionage, is a CIA officer currently working very closely with Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte. [ Time ]
Federal aid is arriving to taxpayers displaced by Hurricane Katrina, in the form of $10 billion cash. [ NYT ]
The Bush administration plans "sweeping changes in Medicare payments to hospitals." [ NYT ]
Joe Lieberman probably shouldn't have kissed the President. [ NYT ]
Some say the Israel lobby is too powerful in Washington. Others say that's antisemitism. [ WP ]
It's gonna be a hot week. [ WP ]