President Bush, in Salt Lake City Monday, said that the nation owed it to the US forces who have died in Iraq (1,864) and Afghanistan (223) to “finish the task that they gave their lives for.” Bush’s remark re-affirms, in case anyone doubted it, that the President is paying no attention to end-the-war protestors.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.