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If one reasonably fair-and-balanced Today Show interview is a fluke, could two be a trend? Back on January 15th, I reported on Katie Couric's interview with Ted Kennedy in which she had been remarkably tough on the senior splasher from Massachusetts regarding his speech on Iraq. This morning, it was Matt Lauer's turn to offer, dare I say it, a thoroughly fair performance in his interview of former chief US weapons inspector in Iraq David Kay. From a national security and political perspective, what was much more important than the tone of Lauer's questions was the substance of Kay's remarks....

U.S. Troops Lack Uniforms NewsMax.com Wires Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 FORT HOOD, Texas – The 16,400 troops of the Army's 4th Infantry Division might deploy for possible combat in green fatigues because they don't have enough of the sand-colored camouflage uniforms used in desert warfare. Preparations have been under way at the nation's largest Army post since Monday when orders were received. Maj. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, division commander, says his troops are ready for their assignment, although they are short on the uniforms. "We will deploy in our green fatigues because we don't have enough of the desert fatigues...