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The New York Times reported today that:

Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their fourth assessment report on the the present stage of climate change around the world entitled, "Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability." It provides a rigorous analysis of how climate change is affecting natural and human systems, what the impacts will be in the future and how far adaptation and mitigation can reduce these

Today, the Washington Post published an editorial attacking Speaker Pelosi's bipartisan delegation trip to the Middle East. In a telling sign, the poisonous editorial contradicts the Post's own reporting on the Speaker's visit to Syria.

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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) released the following statement in response to GOP criticism of efforts to standardize the grammar and use of terms in the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act:

Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha:

Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman writes to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan requesting emails stored on Republican National Committee servers related to the use of federal resources for political purposes. Full letter:

April 4, 2007

Mike Duncan

Chairman

Republican National Committee

310 First Street, SE

Washington, DC 20003

Today, Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey made the following remarks at a public forum at the University of Wisconsin in response to the President's attack on Congressional Democrats yesterday: