Daily Briefing: Jackson-Free Zone
•Republicans raised in $23m at $2,500 a pop for President's Dinner. [ WP ]
• Cheneyis committed to Gitmo: "My own personal view of it is that those who are most urgently advocating that we shut down Guantanamo probably don't agree with our policies anyway." [ WP , NYT , WT ]
•Republicans want White House to back popular, "voter-friendly" legislation. [ WSJ ]
•British memos "suggest that theBushadministration paid no less (and no more) heed to the concerns of its closest ally than it did to those of its own secretary of state." [ NYT ]
• Bushreaffirms commitment to relief for Africa. [ WP ]
• Bushmeets with "outspoken critic" of North Korea who wrote a book about serving 10 years in prison there. [ WP ]
•Senate apologizes for not passing anti-lynching law. [ NYT , WT ]
•Long-awaited energy bill expected to pass soon. [ LAT ]
•Beginning Friday,Ricewill visit Jerusalem, Ramallah, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Brussels, and London. [ NYT ]
•Giddy young conservatives find home with Heritage Foundation internships. [ NYT ]
•Old-school conservatives, ACLU unite to defeat Patriot Act. [ WT ]