Daily Briefing: 'Special aura about secrets'
•Democrats, includingDaschle, Reid, Gephardt, also received tribal donations throughAbramoff; scandal could harm both parties. [ WP ]
• Bushprepares to send dozens of judicial nominee to the Senate for approval. [ WP ]
• Woodward, BernsteinrushingFeltbook for summer release.Bernstein: "We're going to always be bound by this." [ NYT , USAT ]
•Pentagon, White House return watchful eye to Beijing. Expert: "For the past three and a half years, the U.S. has been focused on the war on terror, but now it's seen that it's time to move on to other issues. And this is driven by China." [ WSJ ]
• Bushbegins open-ended tour to promote Social Security: "I'm going to spend time talking about Social Security every week until something gets done - because that's my job." [ NYT ]
• BlairgreetsBushon Monday with requests to combat poverty in Africa and reverse global warming. [ WSJ ]
• BushnominatesRep. Christopher Coxas chairman of SEC; move is seen as pro-business. [ NYT , WSJ , LAT , USAT ]
• Feltfamily is besieged by media, but not talking. [ WP ]
• Clintontalks upHillary-'08: "I am quite confident she has not decided to do that, or, if she has, she hasn't told me." [ NYT ]
• Hillaryis welcomed in Hollywood; supporters includeAguilera, Johansson, Gyllenhaal. [ LAT ]
• Bush, Cheneyare still the top Republican fundraisers. [ WP ]
• DeanthinksBushhas a "dark, difficult and dishonest vision" for the country and says many Republicans "never made an honest living in their lives." [ USAT , WP , WT ]
• Sally Quinn: "There is always a special aura about secrets and about the keepers of those secrets. Washington has a culture of power, and the more power there is, the more secrets there are." [ WP ]