Columbia University Student Reaction to Visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

(Photos by Andrew Bast.)

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The Senate passed the $646 Billion Defense Department Spending Bill overwhelmingly, 92-3, with only Robert Byrd, Tom Coburn, and Russ Feingold in opposition. Tellingly, the Democrats running for office from the Senate all managed to miss the vote -- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chrsi Dodd, and Joe Biden.

Democrats had threatened to hold up the Defense appropriation until George Bush bent to their will on Iraq. Harry Reid had petulantly taken the bill off the table in July, attempting to hold it to the last minute in order to pressure Republicans to change course in Iraq. Instead, as the success of the surge became more and more apparent, Reid found the ground falling out from beneath him.

Oddly, no major newspaper on my feed list bothered to report this development.