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March 2007 Progress Reports

• Ethics: E-mail Evasion, March 30, 2007
  President Bush has consistently attempted to weaken the Presidential Records Act, which was intended to open presidential documents to the public after a period of no more than 12 years.
• Iraq: Escalation's Reality, March 29, 2007
  Three months into the President Bush's Iraq escalation strategy, the American people have continued to lose "faith in [his] conduct of the war."
• Health Care: Surviving Cancer, March 28, 2007
  Less than a week after Elizabeth Edwards' announcement that her breast cancer had returned, the White House tells reporters that Press Secretary Tony Snow, too, has suffered a recurrence.
• MEDIA: The Media Know Best, March 27, 2007
  As Congress finally begins to take action and shed light on the executive branch, establishment media figures are aghast.
• Justice: The Most Loyal 'Loyal Bushie', March 26, 2007
  Attorney General Gonzales has steadily politicized the Justice Department, putting partisan administration priorities above the best interests of the American people.
• Election '08: What Happens In Vegas..., March 23, 2007
  Join the Progress Report in person or online for this Saturday's New Leadership on Health Care presidential forum in Las Vegas.
• Health Care: The Push For Fundamental Reform, March 22, 2007
  Presidential forum this weekend is meant to open the conversation on much-needed health care reform.
• Global Warming: A Hero And A Target, March 21, 2007
  Former Vice President Al Gore will testify to House and Senate committees today, bringing with him a demand for action to solve the climate crisis.
• Ethics: Wrong And Potentially Illegal, March 20, 2007
  Rove's spin cannot paper over the serious ethical and legal questions raised by the U.S. Attorney purge and the administration's subsequent effort to cover up its deeds.
• Iraq: Four Years of Chaos, March 19, 2007
  Four years after the Iraq invasion, the public is no longer sure what the president's "purpose" was for invading or when our troops will be coming home.
• Health Care: Shredding Children's Safety Net, March 16, 2007
  The United States spends more on health care every year than any other country, and yet nine million American children remain uninsured.
• Military: America's 'Immoral' Heroes, March 15, 2007
  Outrage against General Pace's remarks about gay men and lesbians in the military swells, hopefully adding momentum to the growing movement to pass legislation to finally allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly.
• Justice: More than Mistakes, March 14, 2007
  New documents "show an orchestrated effort to fire several U.S. attorneys, counter to Mr. Gonzales's previous assertions that the firings weren't instigated by the White House."
• Government: The Dark Ages, March 13, 2007
  President Bush's tenure has been a dark time for journalists. The administration has accused the media of aiding terrorists, declared that it has the power to prosecute journalists for publishing classified information, and consistently granted preferential treatment to right-wing outlets.
• Justice: Protect and Defend President Bush, March 12, 2007
  Attorney General Gonzales doesn't have anyone's confidence--the only thing that anyone seems to be able to count on is his intense loyalty to President Bush.
• Iraq: Beginning Of The End, March 9, 2007
  As House and Senate leadership finally releases plans for a binding resolution on Iraq, the White House issues a rare veto pledge from aboard Air Force One.
• Latin America: An Afterthought, March 8, 2007
  More than six years after promising to make a fundamental commitment to Latin America, Bush finally makes a trip to the region without real strategy.
• Administration: An Accountability Moment, March 7, 2007
  Scooter Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, was found guilty yesterday of lying about his role in the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
• IRAQ: Update On Plan A, March 6, 2007
  There is no Plan B in Iraq, according to a group of governors who met with Joint Chiefs chairman Peter Pace to discuss options if the escalation fails.
• Military: The Walter Reed Pattern, March 5, 2007
  There is evidence not of a few tragic isolated problems, but of systemic neglect that is nearly crippling the U.S. veterans' health system.
• Military: Ready for Repeal, March 2, 2007
  At a time when the military faces a readiness crisis, the Pentagon can ill-afford to dismiss two service members a day as it is doing under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
• Politics: Pushing Out Justice, March 1, 2007
  The Justice Department mixes politics with prosecution, firing eight well-respected U.S. attorneys and replacing them with partisan Bush administration loyalists.