SEN. MENENDEZ: I’M NOT STEPPING DOWN

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez says he will not step down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  Menendez over the weekend again deflected criticism of a relationship he has with a Florida doctor who is under a federal investigation.  Menendez took donations and flights from Dr. Salomon Melgen, and there are allegations that Menendez may have been involved with underage prostitutes supplied by the doctor; Menendez has flatly denied those allegations.  The New York Times ran an editorial saying that Menendez should be stripped of his chairmanship until his actions are reviewed.