At least according to Jason Leopold ; editor of the investigative on line news magazine  The Public Record .

In his detail piece, Jason looks at the track record of Halliburton in the Middle-East currently and when the company was headed by Dick Cheney.

In his new book, Scott McClellan says about the VP that he is so skillful at covering his tracks that he almost " never leaves finger prints ". Well, not this time around.

It certainly seems like it, and should have happen a couple of years ago.

Under the helm of Nancy Pelosi, congress voted  to cut off the endless pit of Iraq's war expenditure.

Further,  the dems want a new GI bill to be financed by a tax for people with an income higher than One million a year.

The troops would also benefit from shorter tour of duties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

After almost 8 years in office, and very little to show for in term of a renew peace process between Israel & the Palestinians, President Bush is going to the region to celebrate the 60 th birthday of the Jewish state. He will reiterate America's unconditional support for Israel.

However, in the twilight of his term, is it just a symbolic trip or can Pres. Bush get something practical accomplished?

President Bush's official heir cranked up his aggressive rhetoric , over the week-end, towards Hamas. Senator McCain stated: " I will be Hamas's worst nightmare..."

This type of counter productive stance remind us of the one made by President Bush when he told Iraqi's insurgents " To bring it on..." ,a few years ago.

When Ben and I talked last week to Maj. Todd Schmidt about his proposal that the U.S. encourage Western-style education in the Muslim world -- part of winning the "war of ideas" in the war on terror -- there was one clear hitch: Would the Muslim world accept U.S. education efforts? Schmidt's response: The U.S. probably needs to keep its fingerprints off the program and work through international institutions.