"Today is a much better start to the weekend for us, " he said.

BBC: Downbeat Mark Webber promises fight to the flag

And what is the situation today, Friday, heading into the weekend?

NPR: Western Wildfires Reach into Montana

If anything is going to happen it's not going to happen today or this weekend.

BBC: Peter Hain tipped to leave Labour frontline politics

News reports over the weekend said Mark McClellan is set to offer his resignation as early as today.

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But it is something that was discussed pretty extensively during the meeting today and it is something that Secretary Donovan is going to be working on both through the weekend but also into next week.

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