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Mark K. Matthews, Orlando Sentinel - March 6, 2007

White House officials have agreed to release a confidential report by April 2 that details a federal investigation of NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb, congressional sources said.

The decision comes after more than two months of wrangling between Congress and an oversight group on whether federal lawmakers could have access to the longstanding Cobb probe.

Launched last year following complaints to the office of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., the inquiry reportedly was completed by the end of last summer and examines dozens of allegations against Cobb in his role as inspector general.

This trial provided a troubling picture of the inner workings of the Bush Administration. The testimony unmistakably revealed -- at the highest levels of the Bush Administration -- a callous disregard in handling sensitive national security information and a disposition to smear critics of the war in Iraq.

House Judiciary Committee to Investigate Deceptive Election Practices

(Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-M I) announced that the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing, entitled, "Protecting the Right to Vote: Election Deception and Irregularities in recent Federal Elections." The hearing will be held TOMORROW, March 7, 2007 at 3 pm in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building.

Mitchell to Hold Hearings On Longterm Needs of Walter Reed Patients

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell will hold hearings on reports of dilapidated conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and how those conditions could impact soldiers as they transition to their status as veterans Thursday, March 8.

Mitchell is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

"The care wounded soldiers receive in the weeks and months after their injuries have a direct impact on their future needs as veterans," said Mitchell.

WHEN: 3:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8

Unfortunately, the problems at Walter Reed seem to be a pattern of neglect. Americans have seen it time and again: the Bush Administration sending our troops to Iraq without proper equipment and training, delays and inaction for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and now revelations of an appalling gap between rhetoric and reality in how we take care of our troops and their families at home.