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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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The Carpetbagger Report
CALIFORNIA YANKEE:
Never Back Down, Never Give In — President Bush has given …
Never Back Down, Never Give In — President Bush has given …
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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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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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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:
Hinrichs was Known to Law Enforcement …
Hinrichs was Known to Law Enforcement …
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WorldNetDaily:
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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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 …
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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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 .
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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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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.
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GOP and the City
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?
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 …