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Blitzer Dismantles Rep. Boustany’s Assertions Of Progress In Iraq
Appearing on CNN’s Late Edition this morning, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), who recently returned from Iraq, asserted “some major improvements” are being witnessed in Iraq. Echoing claims made by Gen. David Petraeus, Boustany said “sectarian deaths are down.”Host Wolf Blitzer corrected Boustany’s assertion, citing Iraqi health ministry statistics that report Iraqi civilian deaths have been [...]

$50 billion:
Amount Iraq’s oil and electricity sectors still need, even after the $6 billion the United States has poured into them over the past four years. Even with this funding, the GAO estimates that “it could take until 2015 for Iraq to produce 6 million barrels of oil a day and have enough electricity to [...]

Couric Admits Her Rosy Report From Iraq Is Based On ‘What The U.S. Military Wants Me To See’
CBS News anchor Katie Couric is currently reporting from Iraq. Today she spoke to Bob Schieffer on CBS’s Face the Nation and largely reiterated Gen. Petraeus’s talking points on Iraq. She said that Petraeus believes there “really is a trend” of success on the security situation in Iraq and believes President Bush’s escalation “needs to [...]

Wallace Brings Up Moyers Dispute, Refuses To Acknowledge His Own Inaccurate Reporting
For the last several weeks, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace has attacked PBS’s Bill Moyers for criticizing Karl Rove for cynically invoking Christianity for political purposes while telling others that he is an agnostic. Moyers called Rove “a skeptic, a secular manipulator.”On Aug. 19, Rove appeared on Wallace’s show and responded Moyers. “I’m a [...]