December 05, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: DOJ Posts, Bush's Israel Trip, Kabul Bomb

Congress. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., lashed out at the Bush administration for failing to appoint new people to fill top jobs at the Justice Department, preventing the Senate from filling lesser positions.

Administration. President Bush will make his first trip to Israel as president next month.

Iraq. U.S. officials yesterday released new rules for private security contractors operating in Iraq.

Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the new NIE suggesting Tehran is not actively pursuing a nuclear weapons program a "great victory" for his country.

Afghanistan. Thirteen people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a bus carrying soldiers in Kabul, marking the third such bombing in a week.

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Posted at 8:50 AM
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