Here's an important story that got knocked off the front page as all eyes turn to the Middle East and watched the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, and proof through the night we've no plans over there.

The nomination of the Defense Department's general counsel, William J. Haynes II, to a U.S. appeals court is endangered by concerns about the truthfulness of testimony he gave at his confirmation hearing, senators said.

Their assessment came after the Air Force's judge advocate general, Maj. Gen. Jack L. Rives, disputed Haynes's assertion that he had consulted career military lawyers before recommending the use of physical and mental coercion to interrogate terrorism suspects."

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