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Reporter apparently sought critical remarks after speechAn ABC News reporter who apparently expected hurricane evacuees to criticize the president after his speech last night, instead heard words of praise for Bush and blame for local officials. Dean Reynolds, in the parking lot of Houston's Astrodome, spoke with black evacuees from New Orleans, but "not one of the six people interviewed on camera had a bad word for Bush – despite Reynolds' best efforts," said the Media Research Center in a report on the segment. "You talk about a major big media backfire, folks, this is it," commented radio talk host...

Presenter: Colonel Robert Brown, Commander of The 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Force-Northwest Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:00 a.m. EDT(Note: Colonel Brown appears via teleconference from Mosul, Iraq.) BRYAN WHITMAN (deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs): Colonel Brown, this is Bryan Whitman at the Pentagon. Can you hear me? COL. BROWN: I can hear you, Bryan. Can you hear me? MR. WHITMAN: I can hear you fine here in the Pentagon briefing room in the Pentagon. Thank you very much for joining this morning. We know that you're very busy, but we also know that you're about...

To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, , Sept. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush at the National Dinner Celebrating 350 years of Jewish life in America: National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. 6:55 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for the invitation to be here. My only regret is Laura is not with me -- I left her behind to do some diplomacy in New York City. (Laughter.) Bob, I want to thank you for your kind introduction. I'm...

RUSH: We're going to be talking about the first day of questioning of Judge John Roberts today. We have audio sound bites, some of the highlights from things that have occurred this morning. There aren't a whole lot. There are a couple of interesting things. The energy, now, this is unprecedented. It seems to me, it's been 19 years -- no, since 1992, about 13 years since we had a hearing on the Supreme Court justice, whatever. The hearings are going on. Judge Roberts is answering questions at this very moment. Ted Kennedy has left the room and is now...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Senator Leahy and members of the committee. Let me begin by thank Senators Lugar and Warner and Bayh for their warm and generous introductions. And let me reiterate my thanks to the president for nominating me. I'm humbled by his confidence and, if confirmed, I will do everything I can to be worthy of the high trust he has placed in me. Let me also thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of the committee for the many courtesies you've extended to me and my family over the past eight weeks. I'm particularly grateful...

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld is scheduled to deliver these remarks Sunday during a wreath-laying ceremony in observance of Sept. 11, 2001, at Arlington National Cemetery. Chaplain James May. Families and friends of those we are here to honor. We gather here, in this place of remembrance, to reflect on a day when terrorists--extremists--struck at the heart of a free people. A day when Americans lost mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and friends and colleagues. They came from different cultures, different races and different backgrounds. But what united them all was that they had hopes...

  For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 10, 2005 President's Radio Address      Audio      THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Sunday, our nation will observe the fourth anniversary of the September the 11th terrorist attacks. Every American has memories of that day that will never leave them. We remember the images of fire and terror at the Pentagon, in Pennsylvania, and in the heart of New York City. We remember the ruthlessness of those who murdered the innocent and took joy in their suffering. We remember the courage of the police and firefighters and rescue personnel who rushed into burning buildings to save lives,...

Mark Steyn on what DeTocqueville understood, what Blanco didn't, and the Democrats' march to 20% HH: We beging this hour with Mark Steyn, columnist to the world, on a week that is becoming exceedingly bizarre. Mark Steyn, welcome back. Always good to talk to you. MS: Good to talk with you, Hugh. HH: Mark, before we get to the specifics that I'm talking about, the media's meltdown, it seems to me that a lot of facts have come to light. What's your judgment of what went wrong last week in New Orleans? MS: Well, I think the question of what...

BRIEFING BY MAJOR GENERAL RICK LYNCH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, MULTINATIONAL FORCE IRAQ THE COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER , BAGHDAD , IRAQ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 GEN. LYNCH: Good afternoon, folks. Thanks for spending this time with me today. As always, I look forward to the opportunity to -- (off mike) -- with you our operations here in Iraq . Yesterday we witnessed a truly remarkable event as coalition forces rescued American Roy Hallums from an isolated farmhouse located 15 miles south of Baghdad . Mr. Hallums had spent 10 months in captivity. An Iraqi citizen was also rescued during...

Statement from President George W. Bush on the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist The Roosevelt Room 10:01 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Our nation is saddened today by the news that Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away last night. Laura and I send our respect and deepest sympathy to this good man's children, Jim, Janet, and Nancy. We send our respect to all the members of the Rehnquist family. William H. Rehnquist was born and raised in Wisconsin. He was the grandson of Swedish immigrants. Like so many of his generation, he served in the Army during World War II....

Transcript: New Orleans' Mayor C. Ray Nagin's Interview [September 2, 2005-verbatim] Mayor C. Ray Nagin lashed out at federal officials, telling a local radio station "they don't have a clue what's going on down here." The following is a transcript of the interview with WWL-AM. Listen to the mp3, courtesy of The New York Times MAYOR RAY NAGIN: I told him we had an incredible crisis here and that his flying over in Air Force One does not do it justice. And that I have been all around this city, and I am very frustrated because we are not able...

I searched and didn't see this anywhere, but I thought this was of interest. It is the WhiteHouse release of aid to Louisiana dated August 27, 2005. Obviously prior to hurricane Katrina. From the whitehouse.gov URL above: ------------------------------------------------------- Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretarySeptember 4, 2005 President's Statement on the Death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist The Roosevelt Room 10:01 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Our nation is saddened today by the news that Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away last night. Laura and I send our respect and deepest sympathy to this good man's children, Jim, Janet, and Nancy. We send our respect to all the members of the Rehnquist family. William H. Rehnquist was born and raised in Wisconsin. He was the grandson of Swedish immigrants. Like so many of his generation, he served in the...

THE PRESIDENT: Our nation is saddened today by the news that Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away last night. Laura and I send our respect and deepest sympathy to this good man's children, Jim, Janet, and Nancy. We send our respect to all the members of the Rehnquist family. William H. Rehnquist was born and raised in Wisconsin. He was the grandson of Swedish immigrants. Like so many of his generation, he served in the Army during World War II. He went on to college with the help of the G.I. Bill. He studied law at Stanford University. He graduated...

CONSTITUTION OF IRAQ PREAMBLE We the sons of Mesopotamia, land of the (messengers), prophets, resting place of the holy imams, the leaders of civilization and the creators of the alphabet, the cradle of arithmetic: on our land, the first law put in place by mankind was written; in our nation, the most noble era of justice in the politics of nations was laid down; on our soil, the followers of the prophet and the saints prayed, the philosophers and the scientists theorized and the writers and poets created. Recognizing God's right upon us; obeying the call of our nation and...

RUSH: I think what's going to drive this is once they get to the hearing stage and if these Able Danger people come out and they're credible and they've got the documentation, it's going to be hard to stop this, because the American people are going to want to know the truth and they're going to be outraged about it, and that could end up driving it. When I said the political class, I don't have anybody particularly in mind. I didn't mean to say it for that reason, and so I don't want to suggest that there is a...

RUSH: This guy from Livermore really had a good point, and I had to go through this pretty quickly, because we're running out of time in the previous hour. His point was this -- and this is all about the arrogance and the superiorist attitude of the people on the left, including many people in the media. His point was: "You know, 90% of the Washington press corps admits to being liberal but they then say that has no effect on how they do their jobs. 'Why, we are objective journalists. It has no impact on the way we do...

RUSH: A couple of things here on Able Danger: "Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter plans to hold a hearing on the Able Danger allegations and the larger issue of information sharing between the Pentagon and the FBI." Fox News has confirmed this. "Able Danger, the code name for a military intelligence unit that apparently learned a year before the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks that lead hijacker Mohamed Atta and other terrorists were already in the United States." So looks like Jamie Gorelick may have found her way back into the news. Senate and House hearings apparently will take...

RUSH: I mentioned in the last hour that the left is just unloading today on Judge John Roberts. Virtually every fringe lib group that you've heard of (and some that you haven't heard of) are issuing press releases and faxes and the American media is dutifully bending over forwards and backwards to give them the credibility that none of them have earned and deserve. Making them all sound bigger and more powerful and relevant than they are. Before we get to details of that, there's this today from the Los Angeles Times: "On High Court Vote, Centrist Democrats Caught in...

During an interview this afternon on The Big Story with John Gibson, Congressman Curt Weldon reiterated his scathing criticisms of the Pentagon and the 9/11 Commission. A transcript of the interview follows below.