Cindy Sheehan's mother and Senator Harry Reid had strokes.

Obviously, I wish them quick and full recoveries

But how long until someone suggests that Rove is behind it?

When I was at West Point, there was a poster up that read "The history we teach was made by those we taught," and it had pictures of Grant, Lee, and Macarthur. Kinda cool, seeing that. A touchstone to the past. I never thought that those around me would be history makers.

Michael Yon is in Iraq, blogging away. Instapundit points to his dispatches quite often, where we get stories that you don't read anywhere else. Part of the reason for that he explains in today's dispatch. The link was at Instapundit, I dutifully followed. And read to the bottom, where I read this:

The operation has begun. The Commander of Deuce Four, LTC Erik Kurilla, was shot three times in combat yesterday in front of my eyes. Despite being seriously wounded, LTC Kurilla immediately rejoined the intense and close-quarter fight that ended in hand-to-hand combat. LTC Kurilla continued to direct his men until a medic gave him morphine and the men took him away. I was right there.

Full stop. I know Erik Kurilla - we were - are - classmates. As the commander of Deuce Four - a Stryker Battalion up in Mosul - he's gotten frequent mentions in Yon's dispatches. Yon's account doesn't surprise - that he was there in the thick of it, and that he was still leading his troops after being shot three times.

Godspeed Erik - I pray for the best.

No Task Too Great!

Occasionally, I know some legal types and reporter types read the stuff here. I am looking for some help on FOIA requests. Many months ago, I submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Energy, asking for the results of the tests of the mortars found by the Danish EOD folks. (About those here and here.) We saw the reporting that said that advanced testing said that these were not chemical filled shells. So the question remains, what was in those shells. So I asked for the test results. They were tested at Idaho National Laboratory, a part of the Department of Energy complex. Anyone have any resources that can be helpful, here?