October 17, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: Wiretap Veto Threat, Diyala Drawdown

Administration. The White House yesterday threatened to veto legislation on the controversial wiretapping program up for a vote in the House today.

Congress. Members of the House are beginning to back off from a nonbinding resolution referring to the mass killings of Armenians nearly a century ago as genocide.

Iraq. U.S. troops will begin withdrawing from Diyala province in December.

Mideast. Egypt gave limited support to the peace talks Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is promoting in the region.

Media. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview aired last night that he didn't know about the reputation of a Minneapolis airport restroom where he allegedly solicited gay sex.

Campaigns. Democrat Niki Tsongas won a special election to take over the seat formerly held by her late husband in Massachusetts' 5th District.

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

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