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Seized Letter Outlines Al Qaeda Goals in Iraq — Al Qaeda's top deputy urged the leader of his Iraq branch in July to prepare for the inevitable U.S. withdrawal by carrying out political as well as military actions, and he lectured him that he risked being shunned by an Islamic world angered …
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Douglas Jehl / New York Times:Full Qaeda Letter to Iraq Ally Speaks of Group's Global Goal
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Hindrocket / Power Line:ZAWAHIRI'S ADVICE — During the summer, American forces …
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Associated Press:
Miller testified again before grand jury — New York Times reporter disclosed conversation with second source — WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Wednesday gave prosecutors details of a previously undisclosed conversation she had with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff …
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hughhewitt.com:
"A Lean and Hungry Look..." — From this morning's New York Times: … Very nice. Committee staffers are often very bright, and superb politicos, unless they are simply the grandchildren of rich donors. There are brilliant staffers, and there are copy machine staffers.
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Mark Levin: Where do I have to go to find her judicial philosophy? To a Chinese restaurant and crack open a fortune cookie? Where am I going to find her judicial philosophy? — As promised, here is the legal theater that was the Mark Levin interview earlier this evening on the Hugh Hewitt Show:
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush: Miers' Religion Key Part of Her Life — President Bush said Wednesday his advisers were telling conservatives about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' religious beliefs because they are interested in her background and "part of Harriet Miers' life is her religion."
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Mattias Karen / Associated Press:
Gore: I Don't Plan to Run for President — STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday he had no intention of ever running for president again, but he said the United States would be "a different country" if he had won the 2000 election, launching into a scathing attack of the Bush administration.
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Dave Graham / Reuters:
Schroeder quits government, blasts U.S., Britain — BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has led Germany since 1998, said for the first time on Wednesday he would not play a role in the next government, in an emotional farewell including broadsides at the United States and Britain.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Syrian Minister 'Commits Suicide', Foul Play Suspected — Syria's Interior Minister has reportedly 'committed suicide', Syrian state controlled media reports today. The story is fishy enough that many mainstream news outlets are making sure to put quotes around "committed suicide".
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Mark / Decision '08:
Blogger Conference Call, Ken Mehlman, RNC Chairman — I had the good fortune today to particate in a conference call with the great Ken Mehlman, RNC Chairman, regarding the Harriet Miers nomination. Here are some quick highlights, and I'll conclude with some final thoughts.
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Michelle Malkin:
REMEMBER THE COLE — ***scroll down for updates*** — Today is the fifth anniversary of the U.S.S. Cole bombing. Please take a moment to note the event on your blogs today if you have a chance. Stars and Stripes pays tribute to the 17 sailors killed in the terrorist attack …
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
The conservative crack up — The neocons develop an exit strategy — a political one — WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush may have no military exit strategy for Iraq, but the "neocons" who convinced him to go to war there have developed one of their own — a political one: Blame the Administration.
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Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
2008: Will Al Gore Be the Anti-Hillary? — It's still three years away but Hollywood is already starting to choose sides for 2008. And two very distinct camps have started to form: those backing Hillary, and those desperately searching for the anti-Hillary.
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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Bloomberg:
Bush Panel May Curb Tax Breaks for Homeowners, Health (Update3) — Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush's tax advisory panel, rejecting a fundamental overhaul, agreed to recommend limiting tax breaks for homeowners and employer- provided health-care benefits to help pay for repealing the alternative minimum tax.
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THE UNTHINKABLE. They came to honor the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank a little more heterodox and intellectually interesting than Heritage and AEI, as it dedicated its new digs in downtown D.C. at a jam-packed reception on Tuesday night. Irving Kristol, the founding father …
MSNBC:
Click here to save First Read to your list of favorites — Spending and the Bush/GOP agenda — Bush's tax reform commission currently plans to recommend that two of the nation's "most popular tax breaks - for home mortgage interest and employer-paid health insurance" …
USA Today:
CIA review faults prewar plans — WASHINGTON — A newly released report published by the CIA rebukes the Bush administration for not paying enough attention to prewar intelligence that predicted the factional rivalries now threatening to split Iraq. — Policymakers worried more about making …
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