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Liveblog Mothership - GOoPer Senate Filibuster on Iraq

The Senate is debating the Levin-Reed Amendment to the defense appropriations bill which requires redeployment of troops out of Iraq within 120 days of enactment.

Harry Reid has requsted a simple majority vote on the Levin-Reed Amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill.

Reed is "Jack Reed" of Rhode Island a Democrat and Levin is "Carl Levin" of Michigan who is also a Democrat.  Worth noting as it is the Republicans who refuse to budge on our troop deployments.

Text of the amendment is here: S. 2766

Yesterday's testimony in front of the Senate Judicial Committee by former Deputy Attorney Jim Comey was stunning on a number of levels.

The most obvious was the made-for-Hollywood tale of Comey rushing to former Attorney General Ashcroft's bedside to thwart an effort by the White House to get Ashcroft's signature on a reauthorization of the controversial NSA wiretapping program. Salacious in its details, the testimony left many people with their jaws on the floor.

Also obvious, but not as sexy, were the questions raised by senators over the legality of the White House proceeding with the program without a DOJ signature for around two weeks while the program was tweaked to overcome objections raised by the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel. When pressed, Comey would not make an assessment as to the legality of this path taken by the administration.

Due to the classified nature of the program, Comey would not discuss some issues publicly and Senator Schumer called for the committee to have a closed hearing to explore other aspects further. Several threads can be unwound in that venue and all appearances are that the committee under the leadership of Senators Leahy and Schumer will make every effort to do so.

While searching for Regent University graduates within the federal government, I found several of them at a non-profit, the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI).

Coincidentally?, one member of the NFI staff, Heather D. (Thurman) Creekmore, shares both alma maters with Monica Goodling. Like Goodling, Creekmore received her undergraduate degree from Messiah College in Speech Communications. Creekmore received a masters degree in Public Policy from Regent University in 1998. Goodling is a 1999 alumni of the Regent University School of Law.

Heather D. Creekmore,
Director of Marketing

Prior to joining NFI, Heather was the Campaign Manager and Chief Fundraiser for two U.S. Congressional races, and the Director of Development for a $12 million dollar/year non-profit organization. Heather manages NFI's development, communications and marketing activities. She holds a bachelor's degree in Speech Communication from Messiah College and a master's degree in Public Policy from Regent University. Heather lives with her husband, Eric, in central California.