Situation room

A summary of the current situations in the various subject areas covered in this Web log. Click on the icons to go to the respective topical blog pages.

Politics

110th Congress

U.S. Senate (Web site)
Post	Republicans	Democrats
Pres. PT	.	Robert Byrd
Leader	Mitch McConnell	Harry Reid
Whip	Trent Lott	Richard Durbin
Seats	49	49+2
U.S. House of Representatives (Web site)
Post	Republicans	Democrats
Speaker	.	Nancy Pelosi
Leader	John Boehner	Steny Hoyer
Whip	Roy Blunt	James Clyburn
Seats	202	232+1
"+1" refers to independents

Last updated: 16 Jan 2007

The Cabinet

Department	Secretary
Defense:	Robert Gates
State:	Condoleezza Rice
Treasury:	Henry Paulson
Justice:	Michael Mukasey
Interior:	Dirk Kempthorne
Commerce:	Carlos Gutierrez
Labor:	Elaine Chao *
Agriculture:	Mike Johanns
Health & Human Serv.:	Mike Leavitt
Housing & Urban Dev.:	Alphonso Jackson *
Transportation:	Mary Peters
Energy:	Samuel Bodman
Education:	Margaret Spellings
Veterans Affairs:	James Peake
Homeland Security:	Michael Chertoff *
* : Held over from first term.

Last updated: 11 Dec 2007

Virginia Government

(preliminary 2008)

Executive branch
Post	Name	Party
Governor	Tim Kaine	Dem.
Lt. Governor	Bill Bolling	GOP
Attorney General	Bob McDonnell	GOP
Virginia Senate
Post	Republicans	Democrats
Pres. Pro Tem		--
Leader	Thomas Norment	Richard Saslaw
Whip	Mark Obenshain, Frank Wagner	Mary Margaret Whipple
Seats	19	21
Virginia House of Delegates
Post	Republicans	Democrats
Speaker	William Howell	--
Leader	Morgan Griffith	Ward Armstrong
Whip	Kirk Cox	???
Caucus Chair	Sam Nixon	Brian Moran
Seats	53	44 + 3 ?
"+3" refers to independents

Last updated: 28 Feb 2008

Latin America

Latin American
Presidents & elections

Country	President	Next election
El Salvador	Saca	Mar. 2009
Panama	Torrijos	May 2009
Uruguay	Vázquez	Nov. 2009
Honduras	Zelaya	Nov. 2009
Bolivia	Morales	Dec. 2009
Haiti	Preval	2010?
Brazil	da Silva (!)	Oct. 2010
Ecuador	Correa	Oct. 2010
Colombia	Uribe (!)	May 2010
Costa Rica	Arias	Feb. 2010
Peru	Garcia	Apr. 2011
Argentina	Fernandez de Kirchner	Oct. 2011
Chile	Bachelet	Nov. 2011
Nicaragua	Ortega	Nov. 2011
Guatemala	Berger # (Colom)	Nov. 2011
Paraguay	Duarte # (Lugo)	Apr. 2012
Cuba	Raul Castro	???
Dom. Rep.	Fernandez (!)	May 2012
Mexico	Calderon	July 2012
Venezuela	Chavez (!)	Dec. 2012
(in turmoil)	(!) = reelected # = lame duck (Names in parentheses are presidents-elect.)

Last updated: 23 May 2008

Baseball

Clem's Baseball ~ Stadium construction

Contact

Terms

Stadium construction
Chronology of the contemporary era: 1986 - present

Home page >> Baseball home page >> Chronologies >> Stadium construction* Last updated:

* (This page itself is "under construction"; see note at bottom.)

1980s		1990s										2000s										2010s										2020s
1988		1990		1992		1994		1996		1998		2000		2002		2004		2006		2008		2010		2012		2014		2016		2018		2020		2022		2024		2026
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UC	1989: Skydome (Rogers Centre) (construction finished in early June)
UC		1990: Florida Suncoast Dome								(Tropicana Field)
UC			1991: Rate Field (Guaranteed Rate Field, U.S. Cellular Field, Comiskey Park II)
planning		UC			1992: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
planning			UC			1994: Progressive Field (Jacobs Field)
planning			UC			1994: Ballpark in Arlington (Globe Life Park, etc.)
-	planning			UC			1995: Coors Field
-		planning			UC			1996: (Olympic Stadium) 1997: Turner Field
-				planning			UC			1998: Chase Field (Bank One Ballpark)
-					planning			UC			1999: Oracle Park (AT&T Park, Pac Bell Park)
-					planning			UC			1999: T-Mobile Park (Safeco Field)
-						planning			UC			2000: Comerica Park
-						planning			UC			2000: Daikin Park (Minute Maid Park)
-						planning			UC				2001: American Family Field (Miller Park)
-							planning			UC			2001: PNC Park
-									planning			UC			2003: Great American Ballpark
-										planning			UC			2004: Citizens Bank Park
-												planning			UC			2006: Busch Stadium III (construction finished in late May)
-																planning		UC		2008: Nationals Park
-																planning			UC			2009: Yankee Stadium II
-																planning			UC			2009: Citi Field
-																	planning			UC			2010: Target Field
-																		planning			UC			2012: Loan Depot Park (Marlins Park)
-																							planning			UC			2017: Truist Park (SunTrust Park)
-																											planning		UC			2020: Globe Life Field
Oakland / Sacramento / Las Vegas Athletics:																																							UC
STILL WAITING ... Tampa Bay Rays: (?)
1988		1990		1992		1994		1996		1998		2000		2002		2004		2006		2008		2010		2012		2014		2016		2018		2020		2022		2024		2026
NOTE: For most stadiums, groundbreaking years are mere estimates. For most stadiums, construction continued through March of the year in which they opened. Two exceptions are Skydome / Rogers Centre (construction finished in early June 1989) and Busch Stadium III (construction finished in late May 2006). Construction on the future Las Vegas Athletics' stadium began in mid-2025; it is expected to be completed by March 2028.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: PNC Park (Pittsburgh, Aug. 2000), Citi Field (Queens, NY, Oct. 2008), Nationals Park (Washington, DC, Aug. 2007)

Last updated: 25 May 2026

War

U.S. war fatalities
in Iraq

Month	Monthly deaths	Cum. deaths
Mar. 2003	65	65
Apr. 2003	73	138
May 2003	37	175
June 2003	30	205
July 2003	47	252
Aug. 2003	35	287
Sept. 2003	30	317
Oct. 2003	43	360
Nov. 2003	82	442
Dec. 2003	40	482
Jan. 2004	47	529
Feb. 2004	19	548
Mar. 2004	52	600
Apr. 2004	135	735
May 2004	80	815
June 2004	42	857
July 2004	54	905
Aug. 2004	66	971
Sept. 2004	81	1052
Oct. 2004	63	1121
Nov. 2004	137	1258
Dec. 2004	72	1330
Jan. 2005	107	1437
Feb. 2005	58	1495
Mar. 2005	36	1531
Apr. 2005	52	1583
May 2005	79	1662
June 2005	77	1739
July 2005	54	1793
Aug. 2005	84	1877
Sept. 2005	48	1925
Oct. 2005	96	2021
Nov. 2005	83	2104
Dec. 2005	66	2170
Jan. 2006	61	2231
Feb. 2006	53	2284
Mar. 2006	30	2314
Apr. 2006	74	2388
May 2006	69	2457
June 2006	59	2516
July 2006	42	2558
Aug. 2006	65	2623
Sept. 2006	70	2693
Oct. 2006	100	2793
Nov. 2006	63	2856
Dec. 2006	105	2961
Jan. 2007	82	3043
Feb. 2007	81	3124
Mar. 2007	75	3199
Apr. 2007	102	3301
May 2007	121	3422
June 2007	98	3520
July 2007	75	3595
Aug. 2007	77	3672
Sept. 2007	62	3734
Oct. 2007	37	3771
Nov. 2007	35	3806
Dec. 2007	23	3829
Jan. 2008	40	3869
Feb. 2008	29	3898
Mar. 2008	37	3935
Apr. 2008	51	3988
May 2008	20	4008
June 2008	28	4036
July 2008	13	4049
Aug. 2008	22	4071
Sept. 2008	25	4097
Oct. 2008	13	4110
Nov. 2008	16	4126
Dec. 2008	12	4138
* so far

NOTE: Includes all deaths, caused by enemy forces or not. Excludes military personnel (currently 72) whose names have not been released because their next of kin have not yet been contacted.

SOURCES: strategypage.com,
GlobalSecurity.org,
Washington Post, Sept. 8, 2004