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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Chooses Miers for Supreme Court — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice — " /> Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, reaching into his loyal inner circle for a pick that could reshape the nation's judiciary for years to come.
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Bill Mears / CNN:
Bush expected to nominate Harriet Miers to Supreme Court — Miers currently works as White House counsel — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush is expected Monday to name White House counsel Harriet Miers as his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Associated Press:
Reports: Bush to Pick Miers for Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — President Bush has chosen Harriet Miers (search), White House counsel and a loyal member of the president's inner circle, to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (search) on the Supreme Court, a senior administration official said Monday.
ABCNEWS:
Who Is Harriet Miers? — Bush's 'Pit Bull in Size 6 Shoes' Has Distinguished Career — Oct. 3, 2005 — Harriet Ellan Miers is White House counsel and was formerly President Bush's personal lawyer in Texas. She first served in the White House as staff secretary and was deputy chief …
Washington Post:
Bush Names Harriet Miers to Supreme Court — White House Counsel Would Replace O'Connor — President Bush has chosen White House Counsel Harriet Miers as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. — Miers, who was Bush's personal attorney in Texas, was the first woman elected president …
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Analysis: Some Initial Thoughts — I really need to get down to the Court to argue but wanted to note my sense that the President's nomination creates a very interesting political dynamic - one that places the nomination in peril. The nomination obviously will be vigorously supported …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
A DISAPPOINTMENT — Harriet Miers, that is. I'm sure that she is a capable lawyer and a loyal aide to President Bush. But the bottom line is that he had a number of great candidates to choose from, and instead of picking one of them—Luttig, McConnell, Brown, or a number of others …
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Steve Dillard / Southern Appeal: I am done with President Bush: Harriet Miers? Are you freakin' kidding me?!
mirror.co.uk:
KEEP IT SEALED KEEP IT SECRET — EXCLUSIVE: Secret paper links Thatcher to freebies probe — A DOCUMENT linking Margaret Thatcher to a US corruption probe is so explosive civil servants have been asked to ensure it remains "sealed". — The 79-year-old former Premier …
Kim Sengupta / Independent:
Iraq war delayed Katrina relief effort, inquiry finds — Relief efforts to combat Hurricane Katrina suffered near catastrophic failures due to endemic corruption, divisions within the military and troop shortages caused by the Iraq war, an official American inquiry into the disaster has revealed.
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Yahya Barzanji / Associated Press:
Iraq's President Calls for PM to Step Down — KIRKUK, Iraq - Iraq's Kurdish president called on the country's Shiite prime minister to step down, the spokesman for the president's party said Sunday, escalating a political split between the two factions that make up the government.
