Defense Secretary Robert M Gates vowed today to improve mental health care for service members, focusing the Pentagon's attention on a system described as deficient in dealing with such issues as psychological trauma and severe brain injuries resulting from the war in Iraq.
but the first step toward sanity may be below...
The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move the terror suspects there to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned.
The Senate Judiciary Committee authorized its chairman on Thursday to issue subpoenas to the Justice Department and the Executive Office of the President for documents authorizing the administration's warrantless surveillance program.
wow! how much mental health can i stand?
Of more pressing importance to lawmakers, however, is that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, and Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-WI, have issued an edict cutting the amount of money devoted to earmarks in half. Obey denied all earmarks when passing a wrap-up spending bill earlier this year.
what? more?
Senators reached agreement Thursday on a proposal to increase automobile fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon, the first significant boost demanded of automakers in nearly 20 years.
enough! enough! all this sound mind stuff is driving me crazy!
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