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From the Oversight Committee:

A proposed Committee report on the investigations into the death of Corporal Patrick Tillman and the capture of Private Jessica Lynch discloses important new details about the incidents, but could not resolve "the key issue of what senior officials knew" because "the investigation was frustrated by a near universal lack of recall." The full Committee will meet on Thursday to approve the report.

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From the Executive summary, on lack of recall from witness:

Congressman Chris Van Hollen of Maryland delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning. In his address, Rep. Van Hollen discusses Democrats' efforts to reduce the price of gas at the pump, including their call urging President Bush to free our oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He explains, "tapping America's rainy day oil supply isn't a long-term solution. We need to put in place a real energy policy -- one that frees us from dependence on foreign oil, uses American ingenuity and innovation to power our country with new clean technologies, and creates hundreds of thousands of new jobs while reducing climate change...but Americans who are hurting now can't just wait for the long term.

From the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming:

Markey: On Global Warming Decision, White House Hacks Slash While Planet Burns

Today's Climate Document A Shadow of Previous Drafts Reviewed by Select Committee