Okay,okay, okay... make that two aircraft carriers, seven billion dollars. Deal?

Plus a weekend in Vegas with JayLo.
The Mrs. here doesn't have to know.

Ah, the shameful art of diplomacy begins before the dead are even buried.

MADRID (Reuters) - The United States and Britain bargained with Spain's new prime minister Wednesday over his pledge to pull Spanish troops out of Iraq, hoping to salvage a faltering alliance.

Secretary of State Colin Powell and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were in Madrid with other world leaders and royalty to mourn the 190 victims of the Madrid train bomb attacks which triggered a voter revolt that brought Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to power.
-- Reuters.com

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