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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 2004
Page
3
Finley reflects on a party disruption caused by a burglar while noting hurt feelings from friends and family. He jokingly counsels the blogger to move to Texas, arguing locals would miss them sooner and would respond more decisively. A Tuesday and Friday column note includes his email handle.
President Bush apologized for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers and said it is a stain on the nation's honor. He rejected calls for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation but criticized his handling of the controversy and said Rumsfeld would stay in the Cabinet. Republican critics questioned whether Rumsfeld could survive and were angry he did not brief the president about damaging pictures.
President Bush faces calls to resign Defense Secretary Rumsfeld as lawmakers doubt a $50 billion aid plan will cover war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan. An initial request of $25 billion for early FY2005 faces a slow process amid a record deficit and political fallout from prisoner abuse pictures.
In Najaf Iraqi and U.S. forces seized the governor's office as Shiite militiamen loyal to cleric Muqtada al Sadr fought back with mortars and small arms. In Baghdad a car bomb killed five civilians and a U.S. soldier near the Green Zone, wounding 25. An audio recording attributed to Osama bin Laden offered gold rewards for killing U.S. and U.N. officials in Iraq, including top figures like Bremer and Annan, with a rumored payout of 10,000 grams of gold.
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