Billy Bob's Bulletins -- May 28 & 29, 2006

Took a couple days off. We had Bill and Jenny and Jon home for the weekend. You and your compadres were never far from our minds, though. It's Memorial Day, and for the first time in my life I have someone I know well in a war zone. Freaky deaky. Hope all is especially well with you today.

Anyway, here are some of the headlines from Sunday and Monday:

Sunday May 28:

Bringing It All Back Home (NYT) [Note to BB: I went back and forth on whether to include this. It's about re-entry problems faced by National Guard troops coming home from Iraq. You can decide whether this is something you want to read or not].

4 Iraqi Areas May Be Handed Over( LAT)

Marines Held in the Slaying of Iraqi Man
(LAT)

Iraqi Lawmakers Stalled on Ministries, in Accord on Safer Cars (WaPo)

The Price of Iraq (NYT Editorial)

Iran Chief Eclipses Power of Clerics (NYT)

Iran and Iraq to Join to Seal Border Against Insurgents (NYT)

Hastert: Unlikely Center of Latest Political Storm (LAT)

Constitutional Squabble May Have Earlier Roots (NYT)

Old Guard Faithfully Places Arlington Flags (LAT)

And finally, how's this for irony?

With Illegal Immigrants Fighting Wildfires, West Faces a Dilemma (NYT)


Monday, May 29: Memorial Day

Iraqis' Accounts Link Marines to the Mass Killing of Civilians (NYT)

Bloody Scenes Haunt a Marine (LAT) [The other side of the story; or some of it]

Iran's Drive to Nuclear Fuel Slows, Diplomats Say (NYT)

Frist Breaks With Others in G.O.P. Over Raid (NYT)

Three Op-Ed Pieces in today's NY Times you may find interesting:

G. I. Bills

The Troops Have Moved On

An Army of One