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The papers report that in the first two days of the Iraq operation, there were no U.S. casualties, and that in Baghdad, officials are claiming that at least 25 Iraqis have died.
Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker is the lone dissenter, claiming the film possesses an "irreverent energy and a swaggering style that does its subject proud."
While claiming to "pass up the chance," you take it.
Howard Kurtz (NBC's Meet the Press ) guesses that the White House will continue its "stonewall" by claiming that Willey's allegations, which have been known for weeks, are old news and deserve no comment.
1) Yesterday's column asserted that since running a story about a Pakistani claiming to have inside knowledge of his country's nuclear war plans against India, USAT has not revisited the story even though both the NYT and WP have reported that the man is likely a fraud.