Category: joesph biden

Gossip Roundup: Judith Miller Free to Drink

• Washington Whispers: Jenna Bush speaks Spanish while teaching at the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in the Mount Pleasant area. . . Joe Biden tried "serving" to Angelina Jolie. . . John Kerry may motorbike with Richard Branson. . . Kathleen Willey Schwicker to release book attacking Hillary. [USN&WR]
• Cindy Adams: Judith Miller celebrated her release at the Americana Hotel in Sag Harbor. [NYP]
• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Crawford resident complains about Bush to Vanity Fair. [NYDN]

READ MORE: Personalities , angelina jolie , crawford , hillary clinton , jenna bush , joesph biden , john f. kerry , judith miller , kathleen willey schwicker , richard branson

Daily Briefing: Time to Recognize

• Bush calls for oil conservation: "We can all pitch in. People just need to recognize that the storms have caused disruption." [NYT, WT]
• Bush may endorse expansion of the military's responsibilities in responses to natural disasters. [NYT, WT]
• Congressional Republicans turn attention to unsteady oil market; proposals will likely become Energy Bill II. Bush: "The storms have shown how fragile the balance is between supply and demand in America." [WSJ]
• Republicans change rhetoric about fiscal policy, not the policy itself. [WP]
• Hundreds of anti-war protesters led by Cindy Sheehan are arrested in front of the White House; they lacked a permit. [WP]
• Bush hints next Supreme Court nominee will not be a white male. [NYT]

• Government likely ripped off by FEMA's no-bid and non-competitive contracts for rebuilding the Gulf Coast. [USAT]
• Anthony Lewis on how John Roberts would rule on libel: "He's not a fan of the press. He speaks of 'the zeal and insouciance with which the mass media assails public officials.'" [NYT]
• Justice Department and FBI are investigating the demotion of a federal prosecutor that delayed inquiry of Jack Abramoff three years ago. [NYT]
• Senate Appropriations Committee proposes $440b Defense budget. [WSJ]
• Republican-led congressional inquiry into Katrina-related failures begins today with testimony from Michael Brown. [WSJ]
• Frist says his stock sale was planned months before it lost value. [WP, NYT, USAT, WT]
• Potential '08 Democratic candidates decide on Roberts: Bayh, Clinton, Kerry, Biden will vote no; Feingold will vote to confirm. [LAT]
• Richard Myers: "The outcome and consequences of defeat [in Iraq] are greater than World War II." [USAT]
• Ben Affleck for Senate? Virginia Democrats dream. [WP]

READ MORE: 2008 , Ben Affleck , Pentagon , White House , anti-war protest , bill frist , budget , cindy sheehan , congress , conservation , evan bayh , george w. bush , hillary clinton , iraq , joesph biden , john f. kerry , john g. roberts , katrina , oil prices , richard myers , russ feingold

Daily Briefing: Wet Weekend

• Bush packs for Texas as Hurricane Rita approaches. [NYT]
• Senate Judiciary Committee approves Roberts by vote of 13 to 5. [WP, NYT, WSJ, LAT, WT, USAT]
• Defying White House calls to control spending, the Senate passes $100b bill for farm and rural development and approves $82.9b military bill. [WSJ]
• Department of Homeland Security is playing hands-on role in preparations for Hurricane Rita. [WSJ]
• Bush says pulling out of Iraq "would allow the terrorists to claim an historic victory over the United States" and "make that country a source of terror and instability. . . for decades." [USAT]
• Jack Abramoff bragged about his close relationship with Karl Rove, says Tyco executive. [WP]

• Biden, Hatch captured the confirmation hearings on their camera phones. [WP]
• Minority business owners in the Gulf Coast complain that no-bid contracts block them from Katrina-related contracts. [WSJ]
• Over 100,000 are expected at anti-war rally on Saturday; Sheehan set to speak. [USAT]
• Goss still faces uphill challenge at reforming the CIA. [NYT]
• SEC is interested in Frist's stock sale. [NYT]
• 43 countries have promised aid totaling $800m for Katrina relief. [WT]

READ MORE: CIA , Democrats , Republicans , Rita , White House , anti-war rally , bill frist , cindy sheehan , george w. bush , gulf coast , homeland security , iraq , jack abramoff , joesph biden , john g. roberts , katrina , orrin hatch , porter goss , sec , senate , texas , war on terrorism

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