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Like Americans all across the country, I want to express my deep disgust with the despicable words used by Don Imus. What he said was indefensible, and hurtful. Such racist and sexist words have no place in our society. His words do not reflect the values of hope and opportunity that these outstanding young women represent, nor do they represent the aspirations of our nation.

This just in from Bloomberg:

Sallie Mae to Pay $2 Million to Settle Lending Probe (Update2)

Karen Freifeld, Bloomberg - April 11, 2007

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton today wrote a letter to the Secretary of Defense, expressing concerns about Army readiness and questioned the Pentagon about its preparations to fully train and equip the National Guard brigade combat teams which were recently alerted that they would deploy to Iraq later this year:

The Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced that it has scheduled a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield" on April 24th:

Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement, renewing their call for the President to work with Congress to ensure our troops receive the support they need, including a strategy for success:

After receiving an insufficient response from the State Department's Legislative Affairs office, Chairman Waxman reiterated his request today for Secretary Rice to testify later this month on President Bush's claims that Iraq attempted to procure uranium from Niger and other subjects: