Quickhits

It's a spectacular day here, so it's just quickhits.

(World Tribune) Only 2 of 3 Iraqi battalions have shown up in Baghdad, and those are between 43 and 82% manning.

(AP) The 14 kidnapped policeman have been found dead. (The claim was that this was retaliation for the rape charge.)

(WaPo) The Secretary of the Army resigned today over the Walter Reed scandal. Reportedly Gates "resigned" him because he reappointed Lt. Gen Kiley who had ignored the complaints from 2004 to 2006. Kiley served one day and was replaced by Maj. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, Pete Schoomaker's brother. (I think it's in better hands now.)

(AP) "The Bush administration took a major step Friday toward building a new generation of nuclear warheads, selecting a design that is being touted as safer, more secure and more easily maintained than today's arsenal."

(WaPo) Elliot Cohen has been brought into a key position in Condi Rice's State Department. (The article offers praise because he disagrees with the administration. It doesn't make clear that he disagrees from the Neocon right.)

And, at CPAC, "Giuliani spoke of two former presidents who weren't afraid to buck public opinion in order to fight for their "ideas."" Reagan and Lincoln.

(Funny he didn't mention the current president, no?)