Daily Briefing: These Boots Were Made For Talking

Sep 18, 2006

George Allen and Jim Webb "meet" Tim Russert. Divided on Iraq policy and footwear choice, they share hatred of French, love of chaw. [ WP , NYT ]
Project "BioShield" supposed to build stockpiles of vaccines, so far has only made headaches. [ NYT ]
National security adviser Stephen Hadley spent Sunday answering questions on TV, admitted, "Nobody knows what humiliating treatment is." [ USAT ]
DHS soliciting proposals for technology based border security solutions, everything short of "giant death-ray" being considered. [ WP ]
Pope puts 14th-century Byzantine emperor's foot in his mouth, issues "my bad" to Islamic world. [ WP , WP ]
Sweden votes out Socialist government, elects new center-right prime minister, who would still be considered far-left in US. [ NYT ]