"You trusted me with taking care of your daughter and I failed you."

"We want to address a clear and firm message to Saddam Hussein," Dominique de Villepin told the lower house of parliament on Tuesday. But he repeated that force could only be used "as a last resort."

Bush's rating on foreign affairs is somewhat higher, with 58% approving and 35% disapproving. A slight majority of Americans, 52%, approve of Bush's handling of the situation with Iraq.

When Americans are asked about their confidence in the United Nations' ability to handle the current situation in Iraq, just 12% have a "great deal" of confidence, while 40% have a "moderate amount." Almost half, 47%, express little or no confidence in the United Nations' ability to deal with Iraq.

By a margin of 54% to 40%, the latest poll results show that Americans support invading Iraq with U.S. ground troops in an attempt to remove Saddam Hussein from power. When asked about the time frame for invading Iraq, six in 10 Americans say the United States should give diplomatic efforts more time to be effective, while one-quarter say the United States should invade Iraq immediately. Roughly one in 10 say the United States should never invade Iraq.

- CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll

San Francisco is trying to launch a $3.6 billion effort to repair, upgrade and expand the system through more than 70 projects that could take 13 years to complete. But the track record of the city, which has neglected major maintenance for years, makes its neighbors nervous.

Over the past 20 years, city politicians have shifted $670 million from water and electricity sales away from Hetch Hetchy maintenance to fund such things as health care for the poor and San Francisco's public transit system, city records show.

Here is a copy of an e- mail we sent last night after listening to this idiotarian statement about twelve times:

"We've just been watching the analysis of the Moose press conference about the capture of the snipers. Again and again, your analysts used the phrase "the most important thing is that the gun is off the street." This is absurd. The most important thing, obviously, is that the sniper or snipers are off the street. The gun is a tool completely incapable of offering any danger to anyone by itself. Thousands of law abiding citizens own such guns, which do no harm at all. We might expect such an analysis from ABC or CBS, but it's disappointing to hear it from Fox. Whether it is a clich? or not, the idea that humans rather than guns kill is a rationally demonstrable statement. Guns do not "discharge"; people pull the triggers."

- S. & E. Bodio, New Mexico

"We have the weapon. It is off the street."

- Chief Charles Moose

One newspaper report suggested that both Muhammad, 41, a convert to Islam, and Malvo may have been sympathetic to the Sept. 11 hijackers, although that was hard to confirm.
- - an MSNBC Report

John Allen Muhammad, who police say is a suspect in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks, is a twice-divorced, 41-year-old Gulf War veteran who converted to Islam 17 years ago.

[Felix Strozier] described Muhammad as a strong believer in Islam who attended the Million Man March. The Associated Press reported that a former neighbor of Muhammad's said he provided security at the march, which was organized by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Nation of Islam officials in Chicago had no immediate comment, according to the AP.
- CNN Report