Daily Briefing: False Hypes Edition
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•U.S. lowers expectations so people are satisfied election was held; turnout and results are not the point. Former official: "I don't think they're thinking of a Plan B. What they have is permutations of Plan A: You go for elections, hope for the best and if it doesn't materialize, you go with whatever emerges." [ WP , WT , USAT ]
•White House told Congressional leaders not to limit extreme interrogation techniques.Collins: "The conferees agreed that they would drop the language but with the caveat that the intelligence committees would take up the issue this year." In poll, sizable majorities reject techniques. [ NYT , USAT ]
• Bushannounces testing of high school students is cornerstone of NCLB expansion: "My answer is, How do you know if a child is learning if you don't test?. . . Testing in high schools will make sure that our children are employable for the jobs of the 21st century." [ WP , NYT , WSJ ]
•240,000 U.S. residents are eligible to vote in Iraqi election; some U.S. cities will have voting booths available. [ NYT ]
• Kennedysays administration "falsely hypes almost every issue as a crisis." On Democrats: "We cannot move our party or our nation forward under pale colors and timid voices." [ WP , LAT , NYT , WT ]
•28 religious leaders urge dispatch of special envoy for peace in the Middle East. [ NYT ]
•Nondisclosure agreement dropped for DHS employees. [ WP ]
•Republican Representative saysBush's desire for guest-worker program will harm broader agenda.Hayworth: "It would just be sad for the president to tie his shoelaces together right out of the starting block." [ WT ]
• Shrumwill write and teach at NYU. [ NYT ]
•IsHadleystepping out of the shadows? [ WSJ ]