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Possible Changes To Vets Health Care Coming

During our veterans series in June, we talked a great deal about the kind of health care vets receive and the kinds of programs that ought to be in place. A panel commissioned by President Bush has reviewed the current system and made some recommendations.

Friday Roundup: So We'll Go No More A-Roving

Karl Rove got subpoenaed. The conga line forms to my left.

On The Record: Hall Nichols

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Hall Nichols, the Nacogdoches Democratic County Chair.

Dewhurst's Community College Gauntlet

What do you do when one of your main roadblocks to being Governor is reviled statewide for an unpopular veto? If you're David Dewhurst, you start running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Thursday Roundup: Gonzo Lies Again

So Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committe again just this Tuesday, and already he's been caught in another lie.

Congress: Not Doing Nothing

House Democrats had a busy day.

Speaker's Race: Appendix 1

It hasn't been what I would call incredibly hot news, but there has been some discussion in the last few months over whether Craddick was really allowed to do some of the things he did as Speaker during the session.

Wednesday Roundup: Alberto Is Watching You

Yesterday Attorney General Alberto Gonzales went before Congress — again — to testify about attorney firings, surveillance, and the pressuring of a bed-ridden John Ashcroft.

YDA Field Report: Emil Reichstadt Update

As Josh mentioned in one of the field reports on the Young Democrats of America conference last week, he and I did indeed run into Emil Reichstadt at the Dallas convention.

Iraq Plan "A" Redux

Late last week I noticed that some generals were going public with the idea that securing Iraq might take a little longer than the talk about the surge indicated — like maybe two years. This, obviously, was not the best news, but it indicated experienced opinion rather than an operational plan.