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From our hotel rooms we can look over Shanghai, an enormous, world-class city of modern, architecturally innovative skyscrapers as far as the eye can see. There are cranes everywhere, and the city is getting ready to host the largest World Expo in history next year.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8:

Court upholds Prop. 8 but lets marriages stand

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/26/09

On this Memorial Day, we remember those brave Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for the safety and security of our nation, and take great pride in the service of our men and women in uniform, and thank them with deeds, not just words.

Speaker Pelosi and bipartisan leaders of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will travel to China during the Memorial Day District Week Period, focusing on opportunities that will help create clean, sustainable energy policies. Speaker Pelosi:

A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this year found that the Pentagon's 96 largest acquisition programs had cost overruns of $296 billion and were on average 22 months behind schedule -- $296 billion is more than the amount spent on salaries and health care for the entire American military for two full years.