Briefing Book! Knowing Is Half the Battle . . .

- Oil: Borrow money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf? The Pentagon uses as much oil as the entire country of Greece. — Politico
- Castro: Is Fidel on the ticket? McCain campaign running Obama-Castro Ad. — Huffington Post
- War Criminals: Better than extreme makeover? Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic's disguise was low tech and effective. — The Lede
- Smoking: Can $500 million end smoking for good? Mike Bloomberg and Bill Gates team up to raise the price of cigarettes in poor countries. — Radar
- Gitmo: A Time to Detain Indefinitely? The feel-good Gitmo detainee trial of the summer. — 23/6
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