No More Murderer’s Row: 
Tucked into the Senate’s 2006 defense authorization bill is an amendment that puts paid to burial in a national cemetery of anyone who’s convicted of a capital offense. (DR 09/26/05) And, wherever such an individual is buried, there will be no military honors. Senators were unanimous in their endorsement of the legislation sponsored by Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho).
Members of Congress from both parties expressed frustration and dismay over the abrupt and still-unexplained firing last month of Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh from his dual role as head of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency.