DoD SUSPENDS MILITARY "MEDIA ANALYSTS" PROGRAM: The Pentagon has suspended a public affairs program that has come under fire for using retired military "media analysts" as surrogates to get out its messages on the Iraq war, a spokesman confirmed April 28. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the program was undergoing an internal review following criticism that the retired officers offered Pentagon talking points as their own during the run-up to the Iraq invasion and thereafter. "It's temporarily suspended so we can take at look at some of the concerns," said Whitman. (Agence France Presse)