Daily Briefing: The Fight Is Not Over
•Red Cross chronicles practices "tantamount to torture" for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay; interrogations included "humiliating acts, solitary confinement, temperature extremes, use of forced positions." [ NYT ]
•Supreme Court declines to consider challenge to gay marriage in Massachusetts;McClellanrestatesBush's desire for constitutional amendment. [ NYT , USAT , WSJ ]
• Bushnames Kellogg CEOCarlos Gutierrez, a Cuban-American, as commerce secretary; sign of fresh start on economic policy.Ridge, Snow, Minetaexpected to resign. [ WP , WP , NYT , WSJ , LAT , USAT , USAT ]
•Election in Ukraine strains relations withPutinas administration balances support of fair democracy in Ukraine with support of Russia. [ NYT ]
• Bush"will be continuing to reach out to members" of Congress to pass intelligence bill, saysMcClellan. [ WP ]
•Supreme Court justices critical of validity of medical marijuana. [ NYT , WSJ , USAT ]
• Grassleytells FDA to protect whistleblower. [ WP , WSJ ]
•Civil rights groups call for complete examination ofGonzales' record, specifically treatment of prisoners in Iraq and Cuba. [ WP ]
•Four former Abu Ghraib detainees file accusations of war crimes againstRumsfeld, Tenet, others in International Criminal Court. [ WSJ ]
•Unions askRidgeto free Homeland Security employees from nondisclosure agreeement. [ WP , NYT ]
• Bushheads to Canada to heal relationship following Iraq disagreement and trade issues. [ USAT ]
• Edwardsexits Senate, tours North Carolina vowing "fight is not over. . . The battle I'm fighting is about building one country. It's not about blue states or red states." [ BG ]
•Congress backtracks on funding for National Science Foundation. [ NYT ]
• Powellwill visit Bulgaria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Morocco on final trip. [ USAT ]
• Cobb, Badnarikwant recounts in Nevada, New Mexico. [ WP ]