I can only wonder what all the people who were criticizing Katie Couric last week for what they called a stunt to boost ratings are saying now that President Bush did his own Labor Day cameo in Iraq. Of course, his trip had nothing to do with ratings, right? Wrong. And as for the burden on the military, protecting a president is easier than protecting a celebrity anchor, right? Wrong. When a privately employed news anchor goes to Iraq to report, the primary responsibility for protecting her fall ...

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