June 01, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: Emissions Plan Reactions, Abducted Reporter, Iraq

Global warming. The climate change plan Bush unveiled yesterday has met with mixed reviews at home and from abroad. And in an interview with NPR, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin questioned the need to "wrestle with" global warming.

Mideast. A new video on the Internet shows an abducted BBC reporter for the first time since his capture on March 12 in Gaza. And the United States has confirmed that a missing California peace activist is the fourth U.S. citizen to be detained by Iran on suspicion of spying.

Iraq. Bush told Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at the White House yesterday that he is "fully committed" to the Iraqi government. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other top generals are backing Bush's claim earlier this week that the U.S. stay in Iraq could be prolonged like that of the post-war stabilization force in South Korea.

CIA. The intelligence agency is under assault this week, as former undercover agent Valerie Plame is suing over her right to disclose information about her previous job there and a Senate panel is seeking a legal review of its detention program for suspected terrorists.

TB scare. Andrew Speaker apologized in a TV interview this morning for exposing airline passengers to a dangerous strain of tuberculosis. Homeland Security officials are now investigating a border security agent's alleged negligence in allowing Speaker to enter the United States.

See Earlybird (subscription) for more of this morning's headlines.

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