Bush Tracker Update

  • NYT: 10 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
    • Ten American soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed Friday in eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border, the United States military said Saturday.
    AfghanWar  
  • NYT: Ney(R) aide with Abramoff ties pleads guilty
    • A former top aide to Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring with the lobbyist Jack Abramoff to corrupt public officials and said gifts had been "corruptly offered to and accepted by" Mr. Ney.
    Corruption  
  • BBC: 1000+ people died in Baghdad in April
    • Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has called on Iraqis to help stop sectarian violence after figures showed it killed 1,091 people in Baghdad last month.
    Iraq  
  • NYT: HUD Secretary rejection of Bush critic
    • The administration's housing secretary sought to head off a furor today over his recent account of scuttling a government contract because the person who was about to get it was critical of President Bush.
    Cronyism  
    Corruption  
  • AP: Coin Dealer Asks to Change Pleas
    • A major GOP fundraiser accused in a state rare-coin investment scandal is asking to change his not guilty pleas on federal charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush's re-election campaign.
    Corruption  
  • ABC: Bush on NSA "Data Collection"
    • President Bush did not confirm or deny a newspaper report Thursday that the National Security Agency was collecting records of tens of millions of ordinary Americans' phone calls.

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