$50-60B, tops, for Iraq war...remember that?

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Saturday April 23, 2005 · 11:23 AM PDT

2005/04/23 · 11:23

September 2002: White House economic advisor Lawrence Lindsey has the audacity to speculate that a war in Iraq might cost $100-200 billion. White House OMB Director Mitch Daniels disagrees, calling this "the upper end of a hypothetical". Lawrence Lindsey is asked to resign two months later.

January 2003: White House downplays reports of an estimated $50 billion to $60 billion price tag for a war with Iraq.

March 2003: Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz fend off demands by Congress for a budget estimate: "Wolfowitz deflected questions from lawmakers trying to pin down firm numbers for potential costs of a war and postwar efforts, saying, "I think it's necessary to preserve some ambiguity of exactly where the numbers are." Read More

Pentagon considers de-criminalizing sodomy

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Thursday April 21, 2005 · 11:16 AM PDT

2005/04/21 · 11:16

According to the NY Times, Pentagon General Counsel has proposed changing the Uniform Code of Military Justice to decriminalize sodomy except in cases of rape or with persons under age 16.

The Pentagon's principal deputy general counsel, Daniel J. Dell'Orto, described the department's proposal in a memorandum to Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia, who heads the Armed Services Committee, and Representative Duncan L. Hunter, Republican of California and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. The changes are expected to be discussed at a hearing on Thursday before the armed forces personnel subcommittee in the House.

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Saturday April 09, 2005 · 11:03 AM PDT

2005/04/09 · 11:03

During the first presidential debate on October 3, 2000 between Al Gore and George Bush, Jim Lehrer asked the Texas Governor whether he would overturn the FDA's approval of the abortion pill RU-486 if elected.

Guess what a very influential minority heard in his answer? Guess what the rest of us missed?

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