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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged — WASHINGTON - It was billed as a conversation with U.S. troops, but the questions President Bush asked on a teleconference call Thursday were choreographed to match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday's vote on a new Iraqi constitution.
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White House:
President Addresses U.S. Troops in Iraq in Video Teleconference — Fact Sheet: The President Participates in a Video Teleconference with U.S. Troops — THE PRESIDENT: Captain Kennedy? — CAPTAIN KENNEDY: Yes, Mr. President. — THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's good to see you. Thanks.
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
AP Response to Bush Teleconference Staged! — Now the AP has taken to attacking the president for supposedly "staging" a teleconference with soldiers... because they rehearsed in advance which soldier would answer which question. … When I first read that paragraph, my Skept-O-Meter™ went off like the Queen Mary's foghorn.
Drudge Report:
HIDDEN TESTIMONY REIGNITES MIERS FIRES — The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a copy of sworn testimony given by Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in 1990 in which she said that she "wouldn't belong to the Federalist Society" - a conservative and libertarian lawyers' organization - because it was "politically charged."
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — The Miers Testimony — President Bush last week expressed his confidence in the constancy of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, saying that "20 years from now she'll be the same person, with the same philosophy," as she is today. White House aides making the case for Miers …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Let This Leak Go — The best thing Patrick Fitzgerald could do for his country is get out of Washington, return to Chicago and prosecute some real criminals. As it is, all he has done so far is send Judith Miller of the New York Times to jail and repeatedly haul this or that administration high official …
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
A Polling Free-Fall Among Blacks — In what may turn out to be one of the biggest free-falls in the history of presidential polling, President Bush's job-approval rating among African Americans has dropped to 2 percent, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
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news24.com:
Bush popularity keeps dropping — Washington - Support for the majority Republican party in the United States is sagging as President George W. Bush's popularity continues to slide, according to a poll released on Wednesday. — A plurality of Americans, 48%, said they would prefer …
Gateway Pundit:
Chechen Terrorists Attack City, Airport; Hostages Taken! — Chechen Terrorists Attack Russian City of Nalchik in the most extensive terrorist assault ever carried out on a whole city ! — * At least 60 are reported killed in the clashes, including civilians! — * Putin orders a blockade on the city of Nalchik!
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Timothy Williams / New York Times:
British Playwright Wins Nobel Prize in Literature — Harold Pinter, the British playwright known for enigmatic plays such as "The Birthday Party" and "The Homecoming" and a well-known peace activist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today. — Mr. Pinter, 75, has also acted …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Another Katrina Media Myth Down The Drain — Remember the "toxic soup" that flooded New Orleans, the one that the media widely reported was so polluted that mere momentary exposure could burn the skin and create potentially mortal illness for Katrina victims?
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John DiStaso / Union Leader:
Granite Status: Windham's Coburn is stepping up — FRESHMAN REPUBLICAN state Rep. Jim Coburn of Windham is not a household name today. But who knows? A year from now, he may be. — While others continue to waffle, Coburn, 61, a former software company co-founder and president …
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rawstory.com:
Claim: Cheney's office opposed Miers nomination to court — RAW STORY — Veteran conservative columnist and pundit John Fund asserts in the Wall Street Journal today that the offices of Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales tried to block the nomination …
Jane / Armies of Liberation:
Chemical Weapons, Drug Smuggling, and Other Crimes of the Yemeni Dictator — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is scheduled to visit the United States in November for a round of meetings with President Bush and other high ranking US officials. As the representative of the Yemeni people …
Michael Yon / michaelyon.blogspot.com:
The Embed — I've returned to Iraq. — People ask how journalists get embedded. This seems a fair moment for synopsis of some firsthand experience. — The process begins with an application to the Combined Press Information Center (CPIC). This is simple to complete with emails.
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Dales / RedState.org:
Advice For Conservative Republicans — Subtitled, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." — When the President announced his selection of Harriet Miers as the nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, I snarkily posted a handy guide to the five stages of grief.
