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Washington Post:
Deal in Iraq Raises Hopes For Passage of Constitution  —  Changes Attempt to Gain Backing From Sunni Voters  —  BAGHDAD, Oct. 11 — Four days before Iraqis are to vote on their country's proposed constitution, Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish power brokers reached a breakthrough late Tuesday …
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Thomas Wagner / Associated Press:
Latest Iraq Suicide Attack Leaves 30 Dead  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber killed 30 Iraqis at an army recruiting center Wednesday in the northwest as Sunni-led insurgent groups continued their deadly campaign to intimidate voters before a weekend referendum on the country's draft constitution.
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Dear Zarqawi: A Letter from Zawahiri, and a Constitutional Compromise
Discussion: CNN
Los Angeles Times:
Sunnis Accept Deal on Charter
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Wall Street Journal:
Focus of CIA Leak Probe Appears to Widen  —  The New York Times reporter who went to jail to avoid testifying in the CIA leak case was quizzed by the special prosecutor again yesterday and has agreed to return to the grand jury today.  —  Judith Miller's additional testimony comes as the endgame …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Special Prosecutor Again Queries Reporter
ReddHedd / firedoglake:   Why This Matters  —  The news is flying fast and furious this evening …
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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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
For President Under Duress, Body Language Speaks Volumes
Discussion: The Heretik and AMERICAblog
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:   No, She Didn't — But She Didn't Do What Dafydd ab Hugh Said, Either
Michelle Malkin:
MRS. BUSH & THE SEXISM CARD
Hindrocket / Power Line:
ZAWAHIRI'S ADVICE  —  During the summer, American forces in Iraq intercepted a long letter from al Zawahiri, al Qaeda's number two leader, to Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda's forces in Iraq.  Initially, only a few sentences were made public.  Zawahiri's letter has now been verified as authentic …
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Douglas Jehl / New York Times:
Full Qaeda Letter to Iraq Ally Speaks of Group's Global Goal  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 - A senior American intelligence official said Tuesday that a document obtained this summer by American forces in Iraq had provided the United States with "a comprehensive view of Al Qaeda strategy in Iraq and beyond" …
Austin Bay / realclearpolitics.com:
Zarqawi's Losing Strategy  —  Perhaps senior Bush administration officials thought establishing a democratic Iraq would be quick work.  In an essay I wrote for the Dec. 9, 2002, issue of The Weekly Standard, I described what I thought a very difficult path to peace:
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog
David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
Tax Panel Says Popular Breaks Should Be Cut  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 - President Bush's tax advisory commission indicated on Tuesday that it would not propose replacing the income tax with a national sales tax or a value-added tax, but would recommend limits in the popular tax deductions …
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Bloomberg:
Bush Panel May Curb Tax Breaks for Homeowners, Health (Update3)
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?
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Billmon:   House of Card  —  If Howard Fineman is right, and Andrew Card …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Check The Timestamps  —  I am fascinated by the new post on the Plame investigation by Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft.  —  However, I have a response so odd I can scarcely imagine how to present it without invoking the notion that someone at the Wall Street Journal, or somewhere, needs to see their eye doctor.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
DeLay Is a King Without a Crown in the House  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 - When the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee needed guidance on how to prepare for a series of tough spending and budget issues, he sat down with Tom DeLay.  —  Mr. DeLay was also on hand as the Budget Committee chairman held …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the Republicans Let It Slip Away  —  Watching the Republicans floundering over the past week, I can't help thinking of a school of beached whales.  The leviathans of the GOP have boldly swum themselves onto this patch of dry sand, and it won't be easy for them to get back to open ocean.

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