Marc Kaufman writes in The Washington Post: "Vice President Cheney said yesterday that the administration has no plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. .....
"In remarks to be broadcast today on Fox News, Cheney said the administration was reviewing its options at the prison 'on a continuous basis.' But he defended its track record, saying, 'The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people.'."
Cooney Quits
Agence France Presse reports: "A senior White House official involved in a damaging controversy over his deleting of dire climate change warnings from US government reports has abruptly resigned, but the White House denies his departure had anything to do with the flap.
"Philip Cooney, chief of staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, stepped down Friday without disclosing his future employment plans, announced presidential spokeswoman Erin Healy.
"'He has accumulated many weeks on leave, and so he decided to resign and take the summer off to spend some time with his family,' Healy told AFP.
"She added the resignation was 'completely unrelated' to the release of documents this past week that show Cooney had given a thorough editing to US government documents on global warming -- in what appeared to be an effort to make them look less dramatic."
Denver Three Update
Ann Imse writes in the Rocky Mountain News: "Three congressional Democrats used the word 'cover-up' Thursday in complaining about lack of results in the Secret Service investigation into the forced removal of three people from a presidential speech in March.
"The Secret Service and the White House both know, but refuse to reveal, the identity of the man who looked and acted like a Secret Service agent, and ousted the three from the president's Denver appearance solely because of a 'No more blood for oil' bumper sticker."
Domestic Week
In his radio address on Saturday, Bush tried to turn the nation's attention to domestic issues.
"Next week, I will talk about some of my plans to help American families achieve long-term economic security.
"On Tuesday, I will discuss Social Security reform with young people in Pennsylvania. .....
"On Wednesday, I will address the Energy Efficiency Forum here in Washington, and renew my call for Congress to act on the energy plan I proposed four years ago. .....
