ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE - AT 9:48 P.M. ET:  From AP: 

U.S. officials said Friday the State Department will spend about $1 million to renovate, reconfigure and furnish the Washington workspace of special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell and outfit satellite offices for him in Jerusalem and in New York, where he lives.

State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Friday that $27,000 has already been set aside to upgrade Mitchell's sixth-floor suite at the department's headquarters and that more money may be needed.

COMMENT:  You mean there isn't decent enough office space in Washington, New York and Jerusalem for this man?  At a time when Americans are hurting, and are outraged over bonuses at AIG, this is how they spend public funds?  And why are we, the American people, responsible for an office in New York, where Mitchell happens to live?

Does this administration have an absolutely tin ear, or what?  You couldn't make up a story like this.

March 20, 2009