Wednesday's Daily Brief: Obama Mideast Trip: U.S. Officials Set Low Expectations For President's Journey

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

	WORLD Afghanistan, U.S. Reach Deal On Troop Withdrawal
	CRIME Colorado Department Of Corrections Chief Shot Dead
	POLITICS Dying Iraq Veteran Eviscerates Bush, Cheney On War's 10th Anniversary
	MEDIA WATCH: Bachmann Tries To Flee CNN Reporter
	CELEBRITY Michael Jackson's Kids Want To Exclude Paternity Evidence In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

BLOG POSTS

	Sen. Ben Cardin: Syria Drives Middle East Instability We just passed the second anniversary of the Syrian uprising that began in March 2011 and the situation inside Syria and in the region is reaching catastrophic proportions. This must stop.
	Matthew Dowd: The Fundamental Problem for Republicans The Republican brand and many of its candidates are seen as intolerant throwbacks to a time gone by and not compassionate to where people are in their lives.
	Lisa Belkin: The Retro Wife Opts Out: What Has Changed, And What Still Needs To Until we find that new path, women (and men) who can afford to step off the existing path, will continue to do so. And we will have the cover story equivalent of "Groundhog Day" -- as each new cohort finds itself conflicted for the first time.
	Jon Wortmann: Take a Two-Minute Vacation You've heard for years that we only use a percentage of our brains. Not at all true. What's true is that we don't know how to consciously use our brains to take advantage of our best experiences and use them to make every 24-hour period happier and healthier.
	Grover Norquist: Right and Left Unite to Bring Privacy Protections to Digital World The Fourth Amendment -- the one that is supposed to keep the government out of your mail and outside your door -- is one area that can unite grownups of the left and right.