400 Metro Army Reservists Called Up

The mainstream media is repeating the Bush administrations deceiving mantra calling the war in Iraq part of the "War on terror" when in fact there has been no credible evidence suggesting that Saddam or Iraq played any roll in the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001. An administration can get a whole lot done when the MSM parrots your talking points.
Lomstradamus

Aug 5, 2005 3:28 pm US/Central
CBS News
(AP) Fort Snelling, Minn. About 400 soldiers from two Twin Cities area Army Reserve units are being deployed to join in the war on terror, the reserve announced Friday.

The soldiers are members of the 19th Materials Management Command and the 322nd Maintenance Company. Both units belong to the 88th Regional Readiness Command headquartered at Fort Snelling, Minn.

The Army Reserve does not typically specificy if their deployments are to Iraq, Afghanistan or other sites around the world.

Soldiers from the 19th will depart Sunday, while members of the 88th are scheduled to leave over the next two weeks.

The Army Reserve is holding briefings this weekend at the Army Reserve Center in Arden Hills, Minn. for the soldiers and their families to get information on finances, medical and legal information for the duration of the deployment.

Bush appoints Bolton as U.N. Ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush sidestepped the Senate and installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, ending a five-month impasse with Democrats who accused Bolton of abusing subordinates and twisting intelligence to fit his conservative ideology.
"This post is too important to leave vacant any longer, especially during a war and a vital debate about UN reform," Bush said. He said Bolton had his complete confidence.
Bush put Bolton on the job in a recess appointment - an avenue available to the president when the Congress is in recess. Under the Constitution, a recess appointment during the lawmakers' August break would last until a newly elected Congress takes office in January 2007.
Bolton was to be sworn in later Monday and go immediately to U.N. headquarters in New York to begin work, said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.