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Dafydd / Big Lizards:
No, She Didn't  —  UPDATE: Welcome, readers from InstaPundit, Michelle Malkin, Captain's Quarters, Patterico's Pontifications, JunkYardBlog, California Conservative, UNCoRRELATED, and Media Lies! … This post is not about Harriet Miers; she is merely cosmic background radiation.
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Michelle Malkin:
MRS. BUSH & THE SEXISM CARD  —  So, the First Lady pulled out the sexism card in her defense of Harriet Miers on NBC's Today Show.  —  Matt Lauer lapped it up.  —  Did the White House not inform Mrs. Bush that some of the most vocal criticism and questioning of the nomination comes from conservative women?
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
White House Pours More Gasoline On The Fire (Updated)  —  It's either feast or famine at the White House with the Harriet Miers nomination.  Given the chance to lay out a positive, substantial case for her nomination to the Supreme Court, the Bush administration has remained largely silent.
Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:
Laura Bush says sexism possible in Miers criticism
Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Sexism?  —  Laura Bush was interviewed by Matt Lauer …
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Libby Did Not Tell Grand Jury About Key Conversation  —  In two appearances before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name, Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, did not disclose a crucial conversation that he had with New …
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Editor and Publisher:
Miller Must Testify (Again) to Grand Jury on Wednesday  —  NEW YORK After meeting again with the federal prosecutor in the Valerie Plame/CIA leak case Tuesday, New York Times reporter Judith Miller must testify again before the grand jury on Wednesday.  —  The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald …
David Folkenflik / npr.org:
Reporter Miller, Prosecutor Have Tangled Before
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Murray Waas - Spotlight On Libby
Discussion: New York Times and Decision '08
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Erick / RedState.org:
What Did Andy Do?  —  I was going to write a juicy piece with lots of good quotes from White House sources, but in the past twenty-four hours I've gotten calls, emails, and instant messages requesting that I please not quote anyone.  What's going on?  —  Here's the story I was going to write …
Hotlineblog / Hotline On Call:
What Rove Said To Dobson  —  The secret stuff (which is bolded in the full entry) is that Rove first spoke to Dobson on Saturday and told him that Miers was high on the short list.  And second, that several prominent prospects had taken themsevles out of contention.
Associated Press:
Iraqis Reach Deal on the Constitution  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi leaders reached a breakthrough deal on last minute changes in the constitution Tuesday, and at least one Sunni Arab party said it would reverse its rejection of the document and urge its supporters to approve it in next weekend's referendum.
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Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:   SUNNIS REACH DEAL WITH SHIA AND KURDS
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:   Leaders in Iraq Agree to Change in Constitution
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:   Iraqi Leaders Reach Last-Minute Deal on Charter Revision
Washington Post:
Deal in Iraq Raises Hopes For Passage of Constitution
Discussion: OxBlog and The Washington Monthly
rawstory.com:
Report: Lawyers say investigation into CIA leak widens to probe 'broader conspiracy' around Iraq  —  RAW STORY  —  There are signs that prosecutors now are looking into contacts between administration officials and journalists that took place much earlier than previously thought …
Discussion: Mathew Gross and Oliver Willis
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MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Oct. 10th  —  Read the transcript to the Monday show  —  Guests: Tony Blankley, Tom Oliphant, Ed Rogers, Michael Wolff, James Moore  —  CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Tonight, is special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald building a case against Karl Rove, the architect of the Bush administration?
BREITBART.COM:
New York subway threat a hoax: reports  —  The subway terrorist threat that gripped New York last weekend was a hoax stemming from false intelligence provided by a normally reliable informant, US law enforcement officials were quoted as saying.  —  According to newspaper and television reports …
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Pierre-Antoine Souchard / Associated Press:
Ex-French U.N. Diplomat Taken Into Custody  —  PARIS (AP) - France's former U.N. ambassador has been taken into custody as part of an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the Iraq oil-for-food program, judicial officials said Tuesday.  —  Jean-Bernard Merimee, 68 …

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