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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Judy Miller Walks, Will Talk  —  The NY Times confirms early accounts from Knight Ridder: … OK, Lewis Libby had been everybody's pick for months, so there is no surprise there.  But who knew the Times could execute so lovely a pirouette? … Why did it take so long for Ms. Miller to receive this waiver?
Editor and Publisher:
Judith Miller Out of Jail, Will Testify Friday  —  NEW YORK Judith Miller, The New York Times reporter who has been jailed since July 6 for refusing to identify a source, has been released, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on its Web site tonight.  The account was confirmed by The New York Times shortly after 8 p.m.
Editor and Publisher:
Statements by Sulzberger, Keller, Miller on Her Release  —  NEW YORK The New York Times' publisher, editor, and formerly jailed reporter all issued statements Thursday night after her release, with Judith Miller's grand jury testimony now set for Friday, they confirmed separately.
John Solomon / Associated Press:
Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe  —  WASHINGTON - After nearly three months behind bars, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released Thursday after agreeing to testify about the Bush administration's disclosure of a covert CIA officer's identity.
Murray Waas / whatever already!:
Miller released from jail; to testify regarding Libby very soon... Fitz to make his decision soon on whether to bring charges  —  After having spent more than 12 weeks in jail, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was freed today.  The news of her release aside, she will soon be debriefed …
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Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Journalist Freed to Testify in Plame Case  —  WASHINGTON — New York Times reporter Judith Miller, jailed since July 6 for refusing to reveal a confidential source, was freed Thursday after agreeing to testify about her conversations with the source.  —  Miller is expected to appear today …
Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
Miller Walks: The Plot Thickens
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   JUDITH MILLER WALKS
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
JUDY MILLER'S RELEASE
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Anonymousliberal / The Anonymous Liberal:   The Truth is Finally Revealed in the Leakgate Scandal
Washington Post:
Decline in Iraqi Troops' Readiness Cited  —  Generals Tell Lawmakers They Cannot Predict When U.S. Forces Can Withdraw  —  The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Top U.S. General Says Number of Capable Iraqi Battalions Drops to One  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Iraqi battalions capable of combat without U.S. support has dropped from three to one, the top American commander in Iraq told Congress Thursday, prompting Republicans to question whether U.S. troops …
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
PROGRESS IN IRAQ....I was channel surfing earlier this evening …
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Nancy Vogel / Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill Legalizing Gay Marriage  —  SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today vetoed a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in California, saying that although he believes gay couples are "entitled to full protection under the law," the bill would have wrongly reversed …
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Reuters:
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes gay marriage bill
Christopher Levenick / Weekly Standard:
The Conservative Persuasion  —  NOW THAT JOHN ROBERTS has been confirmed as chief justice of the Supreme Court, time alone will tell whether President Bush has made good on his promise to appoint judges in the mold of Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia.  After all, it is a curious …
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Tony Batt / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Money connected to Reid  —  Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictment of pastors  —  WASHINGTON — The money that led to the indictment this week of two Las Vegas pastors and the wife of one of them came from federal grants arranged by Sen. Harry Reid in September 2001, a Reid spokeswoman said Wednesday.
National Review:
Coming Soon: The Ronnie Earle Movie  —  For the last two years, as he pursued the investigation that led to Wednesday's indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Travis County, Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle has given a film crew "extraordinary access" to make a motion picture about his work on the case.
Daily Kos:
Bush Supporters of the Far Right: Cries from the Lake of Fire  —  At Blogs For Bush, which bills itself as the Whorehouse... er, "White House" of the Blogosphere, the ever effervescent Mark Noonan writes about the DeLay indictment: … Mark... may I call you Mark?
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Pick a Chick  —  Why we need more women on the Supreme Court.  —  A few weeks ago I suggested that race and gender should not be the only—or even the primary—filter through which we consider Supreme Court nominees.  I rejected the arguments that minority candidates serve as proxies for minority views …
CNN:
Bush's poll numbers up  —  Hurricane preparations, stabilizing gas prices help  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's standing with the public improved over the previous week as he made a highly visible effort to manage the consequences of the second major hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in a month, a new poll out Thursday found.

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