October 16, 2007--Young officers have been offered big cash bonuses [up to $35,000] to stay in an Army struggling to retain them. The Marines, meanwhile, are trying to move out of Iraq and into Afghanistan, a more popular move where they could focus on America’s real enemies—al Qaeda and its allies, the Taliban—instead of trying to police a civil war. NYT A22
--Low in Polls, Bush Makes More Time for Friendly Crowds [in Rogers, Arkansas] NYT A20 he’s in deep doo doo now, folks…
--The first baby boomers applied for Social Security benefits. WSJ A1
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