DNI Confirmation Hearing: Blair’s East Timor Record ‘Flat Wrong’

A big obstacle to retired Adm. Dennis Blair’s confirmation as director of national intelligence concerns his interactions with the Indonesian government as U.S. Pacific Command chief, when it came to East Timorese independence from Indonesia in 2000. Blair defended himself in an interaction with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) saying that More…

Dems Still Unsure How They’ll Reverse Bush’s ‘Midnight Regs’

Earlier this month, we ran a piece indicating that congressional Democrats have plans to reverse a controversial Bush administration rule that could limit women’s access to reproductive health services — but they’re not sure yet how they’ll do it.

The same is true, it seems, of the Democrats’ strategy More…