Today appears to be a slow news day. There is, however, one piece of news that is still missing. The investigative report on CBS News. Originally promised shortly after the election, the document and the investigative team have not be heard from. There is speculation that at least five employees of CBS News will be terminated or moved following release of the report. These include Producer Mary Mapes and CBS News President Andrew Haywood. The prime target of the report, Dan Rather, has already received a golden parachute from CBS officials and will be exempt from any further action. If the report is ever released, you will see it here.
Here are some interesting items.
+President Bush awarded three individuals involved with bringing freedom to Iraq the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a U.S. citizen. Recipients of the award include Tommy Franks, retires general who led the initial war effort, former US Ambassador Paul Bremer, and former CIA chief George Tenet.
In a East Room ceremony the President praised these men for "having played an pivotal role in great events." Their efforts, Bush said, "have made our country more secure and advanced the cause of human liberty."
Shortly after the event, the elite media and left wing groups pounded the President for his choice of honorees. A left wing group called Not in My Name condemned the recipients and the President as war criminals. Chris Matthews on Hardball confused the Presidential Media with the military's Medal of Honor.
Bush's Medal of Freedom Recipients Hammered by Left -- 12/15/2004
+While he will not admit it formally, Sen, John McCain (R-az) is running for President in 2008. His recent interviews and stepped criticism of the Bush Administration and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld all point to the maverick senator's future plans.
McCain says that he will block every piece of legislation in the Senate unless his colleagues support his pet project of a national boxing commission. There are a great many issues the senator from Arizona could champion, a boxing commission is just not one of them.
Speaker, McCain duke it out
More later.
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