Here’s what we have this afternoon:
- Private Sector Adds 67,000 Jobs (WSJ) — OK, that sounds really good — ultimately, we obviously prefer that to more stimulus spending on gummint. But the rest of the report is mixed, and confusing (to me, anyway).
- Gates Sketches Afghan Combat Timeline (WSJ) — “(H)e envisions two or three more years of combat operations in Afghanistan before the U.S. transitions to an advisory role, a mission likely to last years more…”
- Odierno: We’re leaving Iraq a better country (WashPost) — But, the general said in an interview on his way out of the country, “It’s going to be three to five years post-2011 before we really understand where Iraq is going and how successful we’ve actually been in pushing Iraq forward.”
- Radical Islam is world’s greatest threat – Tony Blair (BBC) — I put it on my front because — well, because it has my man Tony in it. “He made the remark in a BBC interview marking the publication of his memoirs.” Tony always knew how to work the media.
- Earl Weakens But Still Packs Punch As It Heads North (NPR) — Hardly a hurricane any more, from the sound of it. We who remember Hugo scoff at Category 1…
- Haley criticizes Sanford, port situation (P&C) — “I want to bite the hand that feeds me; I want to bite that hand so badly…“
Something that doesn’t quite make my top six, but which I want to pass on in case it would help: Sheriff’s Department seeks help on missing teen (thestate.com).





