Postponement of Release of “Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-2004” The release of “Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-2004” scheduled for May 5, 2004 has been postponed for technical reasons that have held up completion of the report. We will announce a new date for the release of the …
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Drafty
The chief of the U.S. Selective Service System has proposed registering women for the military draft, increasing the draft age to 34, and requiring that young Americans regularly inform the government about whether they have training in niche specialties needed in the armed services.
Politics
Israel’s Housing Ministry has funneled nearly $6.5 million to illegal settlement construction in the West Bank in the past three years, more than half of it to outposts Israel pledged to remove, the state comptroller said Wednesday. Four years into an embattled Bush administration, Colin Powell is hard at work at something he’s never had …
Thislife
Testosterone on This American Life. I love the show, this one is no exception.
News extravaganza
The Congressional Research Service says the Bush administration apparently violated federal law by ordering the chief Medicare actuary to withhold information from Congress indicating that the new Medicare law could cost far more than White House officials had said. The Bush administration is coming under fire for allegedly allowing political concerns to determine what it …