Web Puts 'Dowing Street Memo' in Spotlight (mentions Conyer's hearing)

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the first story in the "nation" section. This is a good sign. Yay for the PI!

Web puts 'Downing Street Memo' in spotlight
Barely caused ripple in U.S. media
By DON MELVIN
COX NEWS SERVICE

LONDON -- The issue of the "Downing Street Memo," as it has come to be known -- and what it does or does not prove about the actions of the Bush administration before the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- burst suddenly into the open last week.

President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were asked about it at their joint news conference in London. The topic was raised by interviewer Gwen Ifill when Blair appeared on PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" show. Tim Russert, the host of NBC's "Meet the Press," asked Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman on June 5.

And tomorrow Rep. John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., and other Democrats will hold a hearing to consider testimony about the memo.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/228556_blairmemo15.html