European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 122007 stars and stripes Page in in the states Mccain Mccain assails dems for Iraq timetable Lexington a Republican presidential contender John Mccain on wednesday called the fou year Iraq conflict Neces sary and just and accused Antiwar democrats including their leading White House Candi dates of reckless Ness Mccain struggling to reinvigorate his troubled presidential Campaign also criticized presi Dent Bush for initially going to War without a plan to succeed but the decorated War hero staunchly backed the commander in chiefs recent troop increase and said Bush is right to veto legislation that places conditions on the War bid to hang portrait of King in a Capitol fails to hang Cor Etta Scott Kings portrait in georgias Capitol died in committee on wednesday prompting the state lawmaker pushing the proposal to liken the move to Don Imus slur about the Rutgers University women basketball team if s just like calling mrs King a Nappy headed rep Roberta Abdulsalam told re porters after the hearing the comments came after the three member House special rules committee declined to move the proposal Forward from the associated press Bush considers naming War Czar report three retired four stars declined consideration for position the associated press Washington the White House is considering naming a High powered official to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and report directly to president Bush and National Security adviser Stephen Hadley the goal would be to improve the coordination of military and civilian efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan by different parts of the government the Washington Post reported that the White House has approached at least three retired fourstar generals in recent weeks but they have declined to be considered for the position National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said wednesday the White House has sought advice from a number of people but that no one has been offered the Job currently the most senior White House official responsible exclusively for the wars is Meghan Osullivan a Deputy National Security adviser who re ports to Hadley she has announced she is leaving present ing an Opportunity for the White House to rethink How it manages the wars the White House is looking into creating a higher profile Posi Tion that would Hare the single full time focus on implementing and executing the recently completed strategic reviews for both Iraq and Afghanistan Johndroe said this position would report directly to the president As Well As Steve Hadley and have representatives in the offices of the secretaries of state and defense in order to Speed up and make More efficient the implementation of these strategies presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino refused to say whether anyone had turned Down the Job i will stress to you that there have been no decisions about any possible change in Structure there has been no list of Candi dates that been narrowed Down if s an idea that is one very much in the making democrats poked fun at the White House for searching for an official to oversee the wars someone needs to Tell Steve Hadley that position is filled if s the commander in chief unless the decides become the delegator said rep Rahm Emanuel do late launch space shuttle Atlantis streaks into the sky in 2000 Nasa managers said tuesday that they were pleased with the Progress of Atlantis repairs but that the new launch Date would be no earlier than june 8 a nearly three month delay exp Acap head Calls for firing of Don Imus by David Crary the associated press new York Bruce Gordon former head of the a act and a director of lbs corp said wednesday the broadcasting com Pany needs a Zero tolerance policy on racism and Hopes talk show Host Don Imus is fired for his demeaning remarks about the mostly Black Rutgers Wom ens basketball team Hes crossed the line Hes Vio lated our Community Gordon said in a Telephone interview with heard have you o 7mont certificate limited time offer Gordon the associated press he needs to face the consequence of that violation Gordon a longtime telecommunications executive stepped Down in March after 19 months As head of the National association for the advancement of col ored people one of the Foremost us civil rights organizations he said he had spoken with lbs chief executive Leslie Moonves and hoped the company after re viewing the situation would make the smart decision by fir ing Imus rather than letting him return to the air at the end of a two week suspension beginning next monday Gordon said that As a matter of principle firing Imus should be an easy decision to make though he respects the right of lbs leadership to consider All factors including Legal and financial repercussions Imus triggered the uproar on his april 4 show when he referred to the Rutgers players As Nappy headed hos his com ments have been widely denounced by civil rights and Wom ens groups and two sponsors Staples inc and Procter Gam ble co have pulled their Advertis ing from the radio show because of the recent com ments that were made on the pro Gram it did prompt us to take a look at our decision to advertise on the program and we have decided to Stop advertising Staples spokesman Paul Capelli said tuesday night Imus has apologized repeatedly for his comments he also said that those who called for his fir ing without knowing him his Phil anthropic work or what his show was about would be making an ill informed Choice