Another probe of American consensus, taken by CBS News last week, shows that the war in Iraq is the most important problem facing the country today by a wide margin. Of those surveyed, 24 percent considered the Iraq war the most important problem facing the nation today, while the economy and jobs followed distantly with 13 percent. About a month earlier, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll asking what should be the top priority for the federal government returned the same top two, but with markedly less separation. Twenty-one percent of Americans chose the war in Iraq, compared to 19 percent who believed the focus should be the economy.
The Air Force plans to have its new Integrated Capabilities Command stood up by the end of 2024, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said May 2, offering new details of one of the signature reforms announced by the service earlier this year. Allvin said around 500-800 Airmen will…