From Iraq withdrawal to pardon for Door's Morrison...

From American Progress:

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A CNN poll finds that most Americans (72%) say they are closely following the ongoing dispute over timetables for Iraq withdrawal. "Six in ten think that they would wind up siding with the Democrats in this dispute; 37% say they are more likely to take the President's side."

The New York Times writes that the selection of comedian Rich Little as headliner for the White House Correspondents Association dinner this weekend is seen as "a symbol in the liberal blogosphere for what its members consider the proclivity of Washington reporters to give Mr. Bush and his administration a pass."

"The World Bank's board of directors is scheduled to convene tomorrow and may try to figure out what to do about calls that the bank's president, Paul Wolfowitz, resign because he gave a big raise and promotion to his girlfriend, Shaha Riza."

Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) will name an independent panel to conduct "a very thorough after-action review" of the events surrounding Monday's mass shooting at Virginia Tech. "The idea is to do this after any significant incident," Kaine said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

The House yesterday passed the Taxpayer Protection Act, to protect taxpayers against "identity theft, deceptive Web sites and loan sharks." It also makes it "easier for taxpayers to retrieve property lost as a result of a wrongful Internal Revenue Service levy and directs the IRS to notify lower-income people that they qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit."

Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq has requested changes that would break down that firewall between the military's public affairs office and "Pentagon efforts that use deception, propaganda and other methods to influence foreign populations."

"Under criticism for poor treatment of injured soldiers, the Pentagon announced new measures Tuesday to provide more health screenings, improve its record-keeping system and simplify an unwieldy disability claims system."

And finally: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is "seriously thinking" about granting Doors singer Jim Morrison a posthumous pardon for his "1970 indecent exposure and profanity convictions stemming from a Miami concert the year before." "He died when he was 27. That's really a kid, when you think about it, and obviously he was having some challenges. There's some dispute about how solid the case was," Crist said.

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