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House Oversight Committee Democrats are panicking over comments President Donald Trump made Friday about reforming the U.S. Postal Service. While Trump has not established a specific plan, he criticized the Postal Service and talked about how it might be improved upon during the swearing in of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “We want to have a post office that works well and doesn’t lose massive amounts of money, and we’re thinking about doing that,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “And it will be a form of a merger, but it’ll remain the Postal Service, and I think it’ll operate...

In the late nineties some GOP leaders pushed to take over the CRP and local GOP county committees with a simple mantra: Ideology doesn't matter, what matters is the "nuts and bolts" of party building. Basically, the goods they sold said the party should focus on registering voters, GOTV etc.... Of course most were moderates (who would lose part campaigns if ideology was a factor) and their successful campaign culminated in the much-heralded CRP Parsky Commission reforms of 2001. Below are some thoughts I have about improving the CRP. I never bought the complete abandonment of ideology from the party...

RUSTAMIYAH, Iraq, May 26, 2006 – The man chosen to lead the Iraqi military's Center for Military Values, Principles and Leadership said he is "completely committed" to reforming the Iraqi armed forces. "We have witnessed five decades of hardships, and the Iraqi personality in general has changed enormously because of them," retired Army Maj. Gen. Nabil Abdul Kadir said. The general has 46 years of service in the Iraqi army. He has commanded at all levels from platoon through division, he said, and has maintained strict professional behavior in a time of turmoil and repression. The general came from a...

Not an expert by any stretch - but doesn't this look like Rita has headed back out over the Gulf and formed 2 smaller storms? Is the water warm enough for these storms to intensify? Not to mention there appears to be a tropical wave or depression coming up the same path as the last few hurricanes. Comments/Observations would be appreciated.

Why prospects for reforming health care look so dim Fri Jan 23, 6:27 AM ET Tucked deep within the promises and policies of his State of the Union address, President Bush uttered three words that speak volumes about Washington's paralysis in addressing the plight of the 41 million Americans who lack health insurance. In between his discourse on Medicare and his support for a low-income health care tax credit, Bush called for something called "association health plans." These plans allow small businesses to band together into national pools to negotiate discount health insurance rates closer to those available to big...