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President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy — Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center — Washington, D.C. — In Focus: Homeland Security — In Focus: National Security — Fact Sheet: President Bush Remarks on the War on Terror — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Bush Accuses Islamic Militants of Trying to Intimidate World — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush accused Islamic militants on Thursday of seeking to "enslave whole nations and intimidate the world" and charged they have made Iraq their main front. — "The militants believe that controlling …
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Washington Post:
Transcript: Bush Discusses War on Terrorism — President Bush, speaking at the National Endowment for Democracy Thursday, said that the United States and its allies have disrupted 10 al Qaeda plots since Sept. 11, 2001, including three plots to attack inside the United States.
CALIFORNIA YANKEE:Never Back Down, Never Give In — President Bush has given …
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:Bush: Radicals Seek to Intimidate World
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Outside The Beltway
Ryan Welton / channeloklahoma.com:
Norman Police Investigated Hinrichs — NORMAN, Okla. — Norman police confirmed Thursday that they ran a routine investigation of a 21-year-old University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up on campus Saturday night. — At a 2 p.m. news conference, Norman Police Department spokesman J.D. Younger …
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Islamic Terrorism in Oklahoma Likely — As more details become public about suicide bomber Joel Henry Hinrichs III, who blew himself up outside of a University of Oklahoma football game last Saturday, more and more evidence suggests that he may actually have been part of a larger plot.
Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:13 Plastic Bottles Found in Hinrichs' Car …
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bbc.co.uk:
God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers — This press release is embargoed until 2230 hours on Thursday 6 October. Before that time it is only available through the link which you have been sent. — President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told …
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This is what 'advice and consent' means — I eagerly await the announcement of President Bush's real nominee to the Supreme Court. If the president meant Harriet Miers seriously, I have to assume Bush wants to go back to Crawford and let Dick Cheney run the country.
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Robert Novak / Townhall.com:Bush's unpleasant surprise
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John Dickerson / slate.com:
Gods vs. Geeks — GOP evangelicals fight intellectuals over Harriet Miers. — The debate within the Republican Party over Harriet Miers has quickly devolved into a simple question: Is the nominee qualified because of her religious faith, or unqualified by her lack of intellectual heft?
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Drudge Report:
FBI FREEH UNLOADS ON CLINTON: 'CLOSETS WERE FULL OF SKELETONS' — Louis Freeh Speaks for the First Time About his Terrible Relationship with the President — Former FBI Director Louis Freeh says publicly for the first time that his relationship with President Bill Clinton …
John Solomon / Associated Press:
Rove Said to Testify in CIA Leak Case — Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner on National Review Online:
MIERS & STEINEM — Although I would have chosen differently, I've tried to give the president the benefit of the doubt on the Miers nomination. Having said that, I note a worrisome report in today's Chronicle of Higher Education. It seems that Miers was a key figure behind the establishment …
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Peter Schmidt / Chronicle of Higher Education:Supreme Court Nominee Helped Set …
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Associated Press:
Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference — Here is the text of former Vice President Al Gore's remarks at the We — Media conference on Wednesday in New York: — I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse .
Guardian:
Breaking America's grip on the net — After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments — Kieren McCarthy — You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the internet to be a grand affair …
Associated Press:
DeLay, Successor Blunt Swapped Donations — WASHINGTON - Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations that benefited both men's causes.
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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose — I was engaged in a bit of multi-tasking, so I wasn't listening as closely to the President's speech as I might have, on the theory I'd read it later, but here's my initial thinking: — I've argued before that during a time of war, one of the President's key responsibilities …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:THE SENATE HAS PASSED a bill setting standards for treatment …
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Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
The Battle For Mosul IV — Soldiers, Spies, and Sheep — Charles Ford and "Jeff" at the sheep market — They fled. It was all over the news. When the bullets flew, they fled. Leaving stations, abandoning posts, forgetting duties, hundreds of police fled.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The Miers Misstep — What was President Bush thinking? — It all depends on the hearings. — Barring a withdrawal of her nomination, it's going to come down to Harriet Meirs's ability to argue her own case before the Senate Judiciary Committee. If the American people decide she seems …
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Michael J. Totten:
Hezbollah: First Contact — I got the phone number for Hezbollah's press and propaganda office. So I called them. — (Ring ring.) — Hezbollah: Alloe? — Me: Yes, hello sir, may I please speak with Mr. Hussein ________? — Hezbollah: He is not here. — Me: Do you know when he will be in, please?
Roy / alicublog:
WHEN YOU'RE A SUBURBANITE, EVERY SOLUTION LOOKS LIKE A SUBURB. The Ole Perfesser tries his hand at transportation policy, and for reasons that should be obvious, it's all about cars and computers. Light rail's a non-starter, sez the Perf, because "the changing U.S. economy makes traditional commuting …
