the most interesting part of this is the timing. next week is a huge week for this president in terms of dealing with mideast policy. the table will be set tuesday when he welcomes the king of jordan here to the white house. then on thursday, we ve just confirmed as well, the president will be laying out that speech that we ve been talking about, about mideast policy, about what is his reaction, what does he think the u.s. role is, trying to bring stability to the northeast and africa in light of all the nuimult in egypt. for george mitchell, the president s special mideast env envoy, to be leaving right on eve of all of that suggests some real problems right now with the mideast peace process. jay carney just had an off-camera briefing with reporters in which he was pushing back on the notion that this was a problem. he said, this president s commitment remains as firm as ever in terms of a commitment
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suicide bombers, one on a motorcycle, one on foot, targettarget ed cadets in northwestern pakistan. that happening today. the two explosions killed 80 people. the academy is near the border with afghanistan. now, sources say that bin laden s widows, they re not giving up a lot of information. the three women are described as hostile to their american questioners. the interview took place with pakistani intelligence officers in the room. and a source says only the oldest wife spoke. defense secretary robert gates says he is going to pump up security around the navy s.e.a.l. team that took out bin laden. gates says that the s.e.a.l.s are concerned about their safety and the safety of their families because details of the raid have been made public. rain today across the mississippi delta is only adding to the flood misery. the national weather service says the mississippi river is at the highest level ever recorded at natchez and the second highest at vicksburg. the river i