Cursor's Media Patrol - June 30, 2005

Bush reached a 'Career-low' TV audience for Tuesday's speech, and 'Troops' Silence at Fort Bragg Starts a Debate All Its Own,' while the vets at VFW Post 2500 say that "the support is gone. It's gone."

USA Today reports on foreigners in the U.S. armed forces who are "becoming citizens in record numbers" as "military petitioners are moved to the front of the citizenship line." Plus: A sojourn among 'Generation Chickenhawk.'

Knight Ridder journalist killed in Iraq 'likely shot by an American sniper.'

U.S. forces reportedly reached a downed helicopter after "fighting their way toward the crash site" against "a very strong and determined enemy" in an increasingly violent Afghanistan, where the Taliban promised to release a video.

A presidential directive to "consolidate the power" of John Negroponte "will almost certainly be met with reluctance," as the White House endorses 70 of the 74 recommendations made by the WMD Commission, though not the one calling for "accountability of individual intelligence units."