-From ICasualties:
| U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: | 3379 |
| Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: | 6 |
| Total | 3385 |
-USA Today has an article on a new Army Hotline (800-984-8523):
Disputes with the Army over disability ratings, out-patient health care and misplaced medical records dominate the more than 700 complaints received by a new Army telephone hotline, public records provided to USA TODAY show.
There were far fewer phoned-in complaints than the Army anticipated after seven weeks. The hotline started March 19, shortly after the revelations of problems with care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
The largest portion of phone calls — more than 40% — related to issues that have triggered several investigations, commissions and task forces following news coverage about Walter Reed: the Army's disability process, out-patient health care and lost records.....
- Rush Limpballs is under fire for a racist song he plays about Barack Obama.
Raw Story and BBC News:
....Limbaugh has been playing a song called Barack the Magic Negro, to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon.
The right-wing talk show host defended himself by saying he is an entertainer and the song is a parody.....
This isn't a parody. It is racism.
