When first lady Laura Bush yesterday took the unprecedented step of speaking about Burma to reporters in the White House briefing room, she rebuked the Burmese military junta for going forward with a planned constitutional referendum this Saturday, which she said is designed to give the regime "false legitimacy."

Now that she's taken such a high-profile position on this issue, it begs the question: Is she going to be getting briefings Saturday on whether the referendum goes forward, as her daughter Jenna gets ready to tie the knot that evening?

— Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times