May 16, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: Attorney Firings, Sarkozy, Wolfowitz

U.S. attorney firings. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales shifted some of the blame for the prosecutor firings to his deputy attorney general, saying yesterday that he relied on Paul McNulty to oversee the matter. McNulty resigned Monday.

Iraq. Hundreds of people have been questioned in the U.S. military's search for three missing soldiers who were kidnapped near Baghdad this weekend. Meanwhile, a car bomb killed or wounded about 100 people near a market in a Shiite neighborhood outside of Baghdad this morning.

World. New French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a "fight against the fear of the future'' as he was sworn in today.

War czar. Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, President Bush's nominee to become the new "war czar," is a skeptic of the "surge" plan.

World Bank. The White House "opened the door" yesterday to the voluntary resignation of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, the New York Times reports -- if the Bank's board would cease its efforts to oust Wolfowitz.

Congress. Blocking a Bush administration plan to allow Mexican trucks on U.S. highways, the House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a DOT pilot program that would restrict border access.

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