According to a new Harris Poll, Americans now are more inclined than they were in the past two years to believe that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. However, Harris questions this changing attitude since, as it points out, news media have “widely reported” that no WMD have been found. Perhaps the pollsters failed to consider that the June 21 revelation by Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) that newly declassified material “proves” that WMD exist in Iraq has filtered out to the American populace.
The Air Force won’t finalize a new deal with Boeing for another 75 KC-46 tankers until some of the “deficiencies” with the refueler are resolved, new Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John D. Lamontagne told lawmakers March 4.