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.
