Correcting the record

In a Wednesday Page 1 story, members of a victim support group in Blue Hill referred to keeping secrets about their own pasts. Those secrets were about the actions of sexual offenders in their community or family lives.

In Wednesday’s Page One story on the U.S. Senate’s support of legislation seeking to force President Bush to end the Iraq war, some phrases that summarized the bill need clarification. The phrase “binding legislation” refers to the Senate bill’s requirement for a withdrawal of troops to begin within 120 days, among other things. The phrase “nonbinding timeline” refers to the fact that the bill sets a goal of March 31, 2008, for a complete withdrawal of troops, but does not require that goal to be met. The House measure passed last week includes a required withdrawal deadline for combat troops.