Lunchtime Links

Republicans: Obama is too “distracted” by domestic issues to keep the country safe.

Looks like Dems will expedite health reform by forgoing a formal conference. Waxman confirms.

Here’s a good visual representation of America’s out-of-whack health care spending.

Griffith’s staff quits, with a peculiar message.

Krugman: The economic green shoots are really just a blip.

A historian suggests Bush should have used 9/11 to launch a Manhattan Project for energy independence.

Obama appoints a transgender woman to the Commerce Department.

Cory Booker uses Twitter as a call to service.

Flying is safer than ever.

Celebrities climb Kiliminjaro for charity.