Archive: April 20, 2008 - April 26, 2008
Doug Feith Speaks Out
It must be exceedingly difficult being Doug Feith, the former policy chief at the Pentagon. Here he is last night explaining how he was right about everything regarding the Iraq war while everybody else -- Powell, Armitage, Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Franks, Bremer -- was wrong. -- Dana Milbank...
By Dana Milbank | April 25, 2008; 10:18 AM ET | Comments (18)
Mistakes were made. But not by him.
Mistakes were made. But not by him. Doug Feith, the No. 3 man at the Pentagon before, during and after the invasion of Iraq, has come in for his share of blame for the failures there -- in large part because he led the Pentagon policy shop that badly misstated...
By Dana Milbank | April 25, 2008; 1:01 AM ET | Comments (5)
What the Pentagon Is Hiding
Lt. Col. Billy Hall, one of the most senior officers to be killed in the Iraq war, was laid to rest yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. It's hard to escape the conclusion that the Pentagon doesn't want you to know that. The family of 38-year-old Hall, who leaves behind two...
By Dana Milbank | April 24, 2008; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
Hillary Loses by Winning
PHILADELPHIA -- Somebody, please make it stop. It's primary night -- again. Barack Obama is on the verge of eliminating Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic presidential nomination -- again. And Clinton -- her campaign broke and written off by the pundits -- wins. Again. This time it's Pennsylvania...
By Dana Milbank | April 22, 2008; 10:00 PM ET | Comments (9)
Bitter Before Bitter Was Fashionable
McKEESPORT, Pa. -- This town was bitter before bitter was fashionable. The Monongahela River Valley lost its steel mills in the '80s and, a quarter-century later, this sad town in the heart of the Mon Valley still hasn't recovered. Its downtown is a collage of crumbling buildings, and its once-proud...
By Dana Milbank | April 22, 2008; 7:23 AM ET | Comments (0)
