Topic: U.S. Rep. Porter Goss

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Aug. 10, 2007.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Aug. 10, 2007.

Today is Thursday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2006 with 143 to follow.

West Virginia Republican Rep. Shelly Moore Capito was given a slot Monday on the panel that determines how legislation moves forward in the U.S. House.

Former Florida state legislator Connie Mack IV, has emerged victorious in a tough GOP primary for the congressional seat once held by his father. Mack, the son of former Florida Republican congressman and senator Connie Mack III, defeated state Rep. Carol

U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Tuesday named Rep. Jo Anne Davis, R-Va., to fill a GOP vacancy on the House Select Committee on Intelligence.

Former U.S. Navy Secretary John Lehman, now a member of the panel investigating Sept. 11, is reportedly under consideration to become director of the CIA.