As oil prices hit a record and gas prices climb, President Bush is acknowledging the pain but seems resigned to being able to do little about it.
Rising gas prices have heavy impact on poor
The federal government's main program for helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their homes and businesses, operated by the Small Business Administration, has been plagued by inadequate leadership and poor planning
A new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Children's Health Fund has found that many of the children whom Hurricane Katrina displaced are suffering physically and mentally, and their ordeal may have a long-term effect on their health. ... the finding of certain evacuees' poor health is an urgent reminder of the real problem: the Bush administration's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) warehouses too many of Katrina's underclass families in desolate "FEMA-villes," throwing up pre-fab ghettos in the guise of emergency housing.
The Army Corps of Engineers wasted money by failing to negotiate a reasonable price for 450 temporary classrooms it bought after Hurricane Katrina, a draft report by the Government Accountability Office said.
Defense officials have identified several servicemembers previously reported killed in Iraq.
Army Pfc. Robert J. Settle, 25, of Owensboro, Ky., died in Taji, April 19 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee. Settle was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Army Capt. Ian P. Weikel, 31, of Colorado, died in Balad, April 18 from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad. Weikel was assigned to the 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood.
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marcques J. Nettles, 22, of Beaverton, Ore., died April 2, when the truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad. Nettles was previously listed as "duty status whereabouts unknown." His body was recovered April 16. He was assigned to 1st Combat Logistics Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
A former top official of the Central Intelligence Agency has accused the Bush administration of ignoring intelligence assessments about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programs in the months leading up to the Iraq war.
First, Chad may collapse into civil war, chaos and banditry, like Darfur itself but on a much larger scale.
Second, the 200,000 refugees who fled Darfur and are living in U.N.-run camps in Chad may be specifically targeted for mass slaughter.
Third, the unrest may force international aid workers to pull out of Chad. Then the refugees will starve to death more gradually.
The U.S. has called on "all parties ... to reduce those levels of violence" -- which is a bit like suggesting in 1943 that Nazis and Jews alike cease hostilities. The U.S. and other major powers need to be much more forceful in shoring up Chad against the invaders.
If the current wave of bird flu turns into a human infection that is only as widespread and deadly as the one in 1968, the American health-care system will be severely tested, said Nancy Cox, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's influenza branch in Atlanta. ``Emergency rooms would be overflowing, doctors offices would be overflowing and hospital beds would be overflowing,'' she said March 20.
President George W. Bush's approval rating fell to 33 percent, a record low, dragged down partly because the president is losing support among rank-and-file Republicans, Fox News said.