Washington in 60 Seconds: 9/11 Memories, Afghanistan Doubts

Good morning, Capitolists! It's a somber anniversary in Washington today, with 9/11 memorial services planned. Here's what else is making news in Washington today:

* President Obama will speak at a 9/11 memorial service at the Pentagon this morning.

* Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, go to New York for a memorial service at Ground Zero.

* The House is out of session.

* The Senate is in session, but will have no votes.

* Eight years after 9/11, Reuters writes, Democrats are growing impatient over the progress of the war the terrorist attacks sparked. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a press conference, "I don't think there's a great deal of support for sending more troops to Afghanistan, in the country or in the Congress."

* At a closed-door lunch yesterday, Warren Buffet told Senate Democrats that rich Americans like himself need to be paying more in taxes. "It was interesting to see someone who is such an aggressive capitalist . . . saying we've got the scales way too heavily toward people who are very, very wealthy," Sen. Claire McCaskill told The Hill.

* Rep. Joe Wilson's "You lie!" moment didn't go over well with Nancy Pelosi, but the South Carolina congressman's constituents were not nearly as offended. One of them told The New York Times, "Yeah, it was rude, but somebody needed to say it."