Daily Briefing: All By Himself?
• NovaksuggestsPlame's name may have come from a directory, meaning "he might well have figured it out by himself." However, the book did not indicate her affiliation with the CIA. [ NYT ]
• Bushcircumvents Senate and nominatesBoltonas ambassador to the UN. [ WP , NYT , WSJ , LAT , USAT ]
•Intelligence indicates Iran is a decade away from having the ability to make nuclear weapons; timeframe contrasts White House account. [ WP ]
•Democrats ask for documents from 16 cases in effort to decipherRoberts' opinions. [ NYT , WT ]
•Medicaid has added 13m recipients in 5 years; one in three Americans now receive government health care. [ USAT ]
• Bush's nominations designed to "reassert executive prerogatives lost under predecessor and limit public access to the internal workings of government." [ WP ]
•Administration's "reforms [of the UN] are well on their way to completion," says official. [ NYT ]
•"No clear winner" in fight overBolton, says professor. [ USAT ]
• Romneyunderlines his conservative resume with eye on '08. [ NYT ]