From Rove to Guliani's hair....

From the Progress Report:

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The Justice Department apologized for a Feb. 23 letter stating that Karl Rove did not play a role in the attorney purge. The Department "released new documents showing that [Gonzales's ex-aide Kyle] Sampson was the primary author of the letter, which was approved by the White House counsel," which itself "raises new questions of whether the Justice Department and the White House worked together to mislead Congress."

Insurgent attacks on Baghdad's fortified Green Zone have increased recently, with attacks "on six of the past seven days, once with deadly consequences." One State Department official also noted, "There are increasing attacks on the [U.S.] embassy."

Meanwhile, two hours after two truck bombs killed at least 85 people in Tal Afar yesterday, "a group of gunmen, including Shiite policemen, began going door-to-door and assassinated 70 Sunnis." The wave of revenge killings has continued this morning.

"Income inequality grew significantly in 2005, with the top 1 percent of Americans -- those with incomes that year of more than $348,000 -- receiving their largest share of national income since 1928. … The top 10 percent, roughly those earning more than $100,000, also reached a level of income share not seen since before the Depression."

The White House has undertaken a "bold, behind-the-scenes drive to advance a key domestic goal: immigration reform. ... The intense effort -- conceived by the president's chief political strategist, Karl Rove -- is intended to ensure that Bush will achieve at least one crucial policy victory in the last two years of his presidency."

Air Force Gen. Lance Smith yesterday said that if President Bush's escalation extends beyond the summer, "there is a 'high probability' that some Army units would have less than a year at home between combat rotations, further compressing the limited time to train and reconnect with families."

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is "holding up a popular bipartisan bill to crack down on cockfighting that was expected to pass easily in the Senate yesterday." House bill co-sponsor Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said that Coburn's hold "testifies to the powers of these shadowy forces that allow this illegal and barbaric scandal to continue."

And finally: We all know 2008 may see the first female or African-American president, but "few have focused on the related question": are we ready for our first bald president in modern times? With potential nominees Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, we may soon "hail a follically challenged chief executive." And thankfully, Giuliani's long-time "unpardonable comb-over" has been "transformed...into a more accepting and natural-looking sweep-back."

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