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Last night I finished the book:

Battleground Iraq : journal of a company commander by Todd S Brown; United States. Dept. of the Army.

This book isn't available online, but you can find it in many Federal Depository Libraries under the SuDoc number D 114.2:IR1. You can also purchase it from the GPO Bookstore. If you work in a library that has a significant number of high school students, I highly recommend this book. The author, Major Todd Brown, has done a great job logging his experiences as a company commander in Iraq from April 2003 to March 2004. Although it is published by the Army's Center of Military Studies, it is not a cheerleaders guide to our glorious victory. Neither is it the journal of someone who has turned against the concept of war. After reading the book I agree with the editor's assessment: -- Read More

British Columbia researchers who want to work with "sensitive" archival records -- including writers, journalists and university professors -- must now agree to random security checks of personal computers, offices and even their homes by the government.

Maarja Krusten Says Even a President who believes that he governed honorably may struggle with his past. Governance is complex and politics messy. Laws demand disclosure of what really happened. Judges, such as the one who recently ruled on President Bush's order, assume that the National Archives can carry out this mission. But because some disclosures can be painful for presidents, they resort to bullying to halt them.

An AP Piece takes a look at all the US Presidential candidates and their various positions on past records they may or may not have. They focus mainly on Barack Obama, who's been scolding Hillary Rodham Clinton for not hastening the release of records from her time as first lady. Obama says he hasn't got any. John Edwards says he will release the records from his single term representing North Carolina in the U.S. Senate. Clinton's papers, held at the National Archives and Records Administration, are being held.

Republicans across the country are encouraging voters to sign up for a "Clinton library card," a publicity stunt to highlight the dispute over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's White House records.