Gossip Roundup: Alpha Woman Edition

•Reliable Source: Young neocon reportedly writes downbeat memo about life in Iraq: "Baghdadis have an uneasy sense that they are heading toward civil war. . . CPA is ironically driving the weapons market: Iraqi police sell their 'lost' U.S.-supplied weapons on the black market; they are promptly re-supplied.". . .Megan Mullallygets pierced in Dupont Circle. [ WP ]

•Under the Dome: BreauxonKerry'slist of lobbyist meetings: "That pales in comparison to the numbers I’'ve had.". . .Doddmay be jockeying for leadership post or the White House in '08. . .Goregets confused, drives into concrete divider. . .Deanwas popular among women on the mall. . . Group of gay-rights protesters escorted fromMusgrave'soffice by Capital Police. . .Hamiltonis searched by TSA: "I got a better exam there than I do at my doctor's." Security said, "I hate to tell you, but you’ve got an enlarged prostate.". . .Kissinger, McCarthylunch at the Palm. [ The Hill ]

•Heard on the Hill: Fundraising concert at the Roxy plans to includeBreaux, Edwards, Graham, Hollings, Landrieu, Nelson,andPryor. . . [ Roll Call ]

•Inside the Beltway: ClelanddefendsKerry,calls six Republican congressmen who served in the military "a bunch of chicken hawks who never went to war, never felt a wound, but are so quick to criticize a man who went to war and got wounded doing it." [ WT ]

•Rush & Molloy: Mary SteenburgenpresentsHillarywith "Alpha Woman" award: "Only someone not totally ruled by their insecurities could be friends with Hillary Clinton." In attendence,Walters, Couric, Star Jones,andNorthrop. . .Lewinskyselling tchotchkes at New York flea market. [ NYDN ]

•Liz Smith: Bette MidlergivenBushvoodoo doll. . .Caroline Kennedy Schlossbergat Michael's. [ NYP ]