April 26, 2007

Earlybird Roundup

In today's Earlybird (subscription):

War supplemental. The House narrowly passed a $124 billion war spending bill that calls for U.S. troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq by Oct. 1. President Bush is still expected to veto the measure, which the Senate will take up today.

Administration. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has indicated that she will not testify before members of Congress in an investigation into the Bush administration's pre-war claims. White House press secretary Tony Snow told CNN that he would return to work next week, one month after doctors detected cancer in his liver.

Iraq. A new United Nations human rights report cites abuses in Iraq's treatment of detainees. Gen. David Petraeus said yesterday that sectarian murders in Baghdad have dropped in recent months. And at least nine soldiers died in a suicide car bomb attack at a northern checkpoint.

Nation. New Hampshire is set to become the last New England state to approve same-sex unions today, and New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is planning legislation to shore up abortion rights in that state. Federal agents indicted 22 people on fake-ID charges in a Chicago raid yesterday.

Economy. The Dow closed above 13,000 for the first time yesterday.

World. Ahead of NATO talks in Oslo, Rice downplayed Russian concerns about a U.S plan to deploy anti-missile defenses in Europe. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin rejected speculation that he would seek a third term as president of Russia.

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