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Support the troops (but not their education)! The administration is fighting efforts by Democrats to provide 100% free schooling to Iraq war veterans. The bill, which resembles the original G.I. Bill, would cover all expenses, including tuition, boarding and books. Current legislations covers approximately 75% of the veteran’s tuition. Support the troops. (ABC’s The Blotter)

The troubles just keep coming for Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA). Doolittle is being sued by one of his constituents for spamming her email account. The woman claims that she received about 8,000 emails from Doolittle over six weeks. Via Dump Doolittle. (Sacramento News 10)

You know the scandal is official when someone makes a bio of the key players. Check out this one-stop shop for your background on your favorite corrupt Alaskan politicians. (Anchorage Daily News)

A Justice Department program that has ex-officers follow up complaints of lewd Internet content (read: a program where ex-cops surf pornography) has so far produced not a single prosecution, despite the fact that the program has received over 67,000 referred complaints. (NY Times)

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has slightly overbilled the government for the past five years in connection with a Defense Department joint strike fighter program. Lockheed has agreed to cut the Department a check for the missing $256 million. (Wall Street Journal)

Jurors in the Jose Padilla case will be instructed by the judge that a conviction should not be prevented even if Padilla “may have believed that the conduct was religiously, politically or morally required, or that ultimate good would result.” In doing so, the judge has effectively barred the defense’s strategy of “defensive jihad,” which is meant only to combat anti-Muslim aggression and does not advocate the harming of innocents. (Associated Press)

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