Quoted: As some of the leading presidential candidates trooped before the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City this week, there was one thing largely missing at the lectern -- veterans of foreign wars.

that's really interesting that the 2008 election will be the first since WWII that neither party will have veterans running for office. While the immergence of civilian candidates in my opinion is positive and more reflective of the today's American population, part of me can't help but wonder if maybe someone with front-line, military leadership, would be better suited as the Commander in Chief during this time of war. I don't mean the kind of military experience of current President Bush, more along the lines of McCain, Truman, Eisenhower, etc.

Quoted: Few stories have touched CNN.com users like that of 5-year-old Youssif, an Iraqi boy who had gone out to play on a January day when he was suddenly grabbed by masked men, doused in gas and set on fire.

Quoted: There are dozens of clubs just like this one the outskirts of Damascus -- a red light district built on the slender shoulders of little Iraqi girls in belly dancing costumes. The girls are nearly all Iraqi refugees forced into what U.N. relief agencies call “survival sex.” The reason why is cold math. There are 1.4 million Iraqi refugees in Syria. Syrian laws do not allow Iraqi refugees to work in Syria, which struggles to provide enough jobs for its own citizens. But Iraqi children can often slip under the law, especially if they work on the black market. They work to support their families. Many were traumatized even before they left Iraq, and had relatives murdered or kidnapped. Now they are forced into prostitution -- victims of war, victimized again every night.

this is illegal and utterly wrong in so many ways...how can this take place?? some of them are only 6 yrs old! outraged, frustrated...don't even begin to express my concerns.

Quoted: U.S. ties with Russia are ominously bad. Longtime diplomat Zbigniew Brzenski warns Washington to tread wisely in the days ahead

dude i've been saying this ever since US and Russia clashed on US Missile defense system in Eastern Europe...