Daily Briefing: Just Say 'No'
•Supreme Court agrees to hear case regarding the legality of military tribunals;Robertsis recusing himself. [ WP , NYT , NYT , USAT , WSJ ]
• Bush: "We'll aggressively pursue [potential terrorists], but we'll do so under the law. . . We do not torture." [ WP , USAT ]
•Democrats want to question administration policy-makers and speechwriters for inquiry of pre-war intelligence; subpoenas may be issued. [ WP ]
•Republican budget cuts unlikely to pass without restructuring.Rep. Ray LaHood(R-Ill.): "They are a long way away from getting the votes. Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, whatever -- for every person, there's an issue." [ WP ]
• Bush"put his credibility on the line" with last-minute campaigning forJerry Kilgore, making the outcome of the Virginia gubernatorial race "a referendum on his troubled presidency." [ WP , NYT , WT , USAT ]
•Troop-rotation plan could lead to a drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq in 2006. [ WSJ ]
• Bushgets along with Panama's president and endorses a widening of their canal. [ NYT , WT ]
•Army to issue new guidelines for interrogations; "acts of physical or mental torture are prohibited" and techniques will be approved from the "highest levels in the Pentagon." [ NYT ]
•Annual spy budget said to be $44b. [ NYT ]
•Friendship betweenArlen SpecterandSamuel Alitobegan 15 years ago. [ NYT ]
•$250m has been spent on the California special election; just a taste of '06 spending. [ LAT ]