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]

8:15 am July 17, 2006