From: To: Bcc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Gregory Brown undisclosed-recipients:; [email protected] Fwd: Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.... 04/21/2013 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:18:50 +0000 Summerice_Melt In Antarctica Is At The Highest_Point_In_1,000_Years,_Researchers Sayiames_Grubaileuters_)4_15_20n.pd7; the_fastest_way_to_speedy_networks,_ignore_Uncle_Sam_Blair_Levin_&_Ellen_Satterwh ite_TWP April_16,_203.pdf; national-broadband-plan-executive-summary.pdf; Drug_Maers_Use_Safety_Rule_to_Block_Generics_Kwtie_Thomas_NYT_April_15,_2013 .pdf; The_gun_bill's_misdirection_Richard_Cohen_TWP_April_16,_2013.pdf; The Jobs_Crisis,_h_May_Not_Be_Breaking_News,_But_It's_Definitely_Broken_News_Ar ianna Hu ffington_HuffPost_04_16_2013.pdf; The ITIRA's Fraudjabrication_ofSecond_Amendment_Rights_Burton_Newman_HuffPo st_01_17_2513.pdf; Bitcoin_Is_No_Longer_a_Currency_Matthew_O'Brien_The_Atlantic_April_11,_2013.pdf; The_90%_Question_The_Economist_April_20,_2013.pdf; Texas_on_Fire,_Again_and_Again_Bill_Minutaglio_NYT_April_19,_2013.pdf DEAR FRIEND Reflecting on his legacy Former President George W. Bush described his tenure in the White House during an interview with the Dallas Morning News published last Sunday, saying that he was comfortable with his decision-making regarding the Iraq War and had few regrets. "I'm confident the decisions were made the right way," Bush explained. "It's easy to forget what life was like when the decision was made." The former president's comments come just weeks after an emotional observance of the loth anniversary of the Iraq invasion. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and other members of the administration who played integral parts in the war received heavy criticism over that period. Prior to the second Iraq War, the Vietnam War was widely viewed as the biggest disaster in American military history. Not only was the conflict poorly executed by America and its local allies, but domestic support