The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding confirmation hearings this morning for Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, the president's nominee to take over the fight in Iraq. Before the hearings, lawmakers asked Petraeus to identify the most significant mistakes that have been made in Iraq.
In the spirit of this thread, I will kindly refrain from any comment whatsoever at all…period…nothing…not one word!
Tony Snow: What we're going to do is to give you a detailed overview of the President's proposals in the State of the Union address.
Steve Hadley will lead off with a summary. Let me just give you a description of the address. It roughly breaks down 50/50, domestic and foreign policy. The President will have -- and I will allow Steve to characterize the foreign policy aspects.
Joel Kaplan, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, will run through the policy items, what you're going to find in the State of the Union policy initiatives book.
Dan Bartlett also will do some communications framing. We will have questions, and we have to be out of here promptly at the top of the next hour.
If you choose to read all the links I have posted, you can concentrate on the "scenery" through the speech.
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Are you running a State of the Union thread here on the Dose? The reason I ask is that I am certain the regular Live Thread will be trashed within 50 posts.
Thank you!
I did not realise members of the military had to go through Senate hearings - thanks for posting that
Thanks for the dose, Justa. You're getting really good at this, your work is appreciated. Also, you're to be congratulated on your restraint. LOL!