The Congressional Research Service has issued a study describing an emerging crisis in children's healthcare across the country, according to a story by Robert Pear in the New York Times.   California will begin cutting off 64,000 children each month beginning in January if the standoff between President Bush and the Congress is not resolved.

Reporting on a study released by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Walter Pincus of the Washington Post notes the overwhelming importance of government contractors in Iraq, largely because “the military did not foresee the need” for numerous support and security services that have arisen during ...