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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Miers Is Asked to Redo Reply to Questions — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers suffered another setback on Wednesday when the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked her to resubmit parts of her judicial questionnaire …
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The Moderate Voice, Outside The Beltway, Campaign for the Supreme Court, Blogenlust and Balloon Juice
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Washington Post:
Senators Assail Miers's Replies, Ask for Details — The top two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday complained about the written responses they received from Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers this week, and warned her to expect tough questions from Republicans and Democrats alike …
Michelle Malkin:
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRIET — I have stayed away from the depressing and divisive subject of Harriet Miers for a few days. It was a healthy little respite. But things have taken yet another grim, embarrassing turn—and it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine that this nomination …
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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Vulnerable Miers might not survive — President Bush's agents have convinced conservative Republican senators heartsick over his nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court that they must support her to save his presidency. But that does not guarantee her confirmation.
Los Angeles Times:
Senators Reject Miers' Replies to Questions — Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court hits a new snag as lawmakers of both parties say she has not fully answered their written queries. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers, already troubled by a lack of enthusiasm on Capitol Hill …
David Stout / New York Times:Miers Hits Another Snag as Senators Fault Her Questionnaire
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Robert H. Bork / Opinion Journal:
Slouching Towards Miers — Bush shows himself to be indifferent, if not hostile, to conservative values. — With a single stroke—the nomination of Harriet Miers—the president has damaged the prospects for reform of a left-leaning and imperialistic Supreme Court, taken the heart …
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Edward Alden / Financial Times:
Cheney 'cabal' hijacked foreign policy — Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in the world, the top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed on Wednesday.
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Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson / Financial Times:
Transcript: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson — The following is a transcript of talk given by Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Mr Powell until last January. — Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson:The 1947 National Security Act. In other words, he thought it was a piece of legislation …
Washington Post:
Rove Told Jury Libby May Have Been His Source In Leak Case — Top Aides Talked Before Plame's Name Was Public — White House adviser Karl Rove told the grand jury in the CIA leak case that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, may have told …
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NY Daily News:
Prez Iraq team fought to squelch war critics — WASHINGTON - It was called the White House Iraq Group and its job was to make the case that Saddam Hussein had nuclear and biochemical weapons. — So determined was the ring of top officials to win its argument that it morphed into a virtual hit squad …
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Krempasky / RedState.org:
The Coburn Amendment: A Hill to Die On — We're a little behind Glenn and Michelle - but conservatives have a Hill to Die On - the Coburn Amendment to the Transportation, Housing, & Urban Development appropriations bill (HR 3058) — Make NO mistake - the establishment Republicans are terrified of this bill.
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RealClearPolitics:
Myths About Gun Control — Guns are dangerous. But myths are dangerous, too. Myths about guns are very dangerous, because they lead to bad laws. And bad laws kill people. — "Don't tell me this bill will not make a difference," said President Clinton, who signed the Brady Bill into law.
MSNBC:
There's something big coming in this city (Chris Matthews) — Here's an excerpt of what he had to say: — It's serious business. — It all begins with a big fight between the CIA and the White House, especially the vice president's office. Scooter Libby, his chief of staff, is also his WMD expert.
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Michelle Malkin:
ABLE DANGER: WELDON GOES BALLISTIC — ***see updates for audio and blogger reax*** — Watching C-SPAN right now. Rep. Curt Weldon is on the House floor blasting the Defense Intelligence Agency and vigorously defending Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer. He says he will resign from Congress …
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Guardian journalist abducted in Baghdad — The Guardian's Iraq correspondent, Rory Carroll, was last night missing after being kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad. Carroll, 33, an experienced foreign correspondent, had been conducting an interview in the city with a victim of Saddam Hussein's regime.
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Silent Running
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Support Choice, Not Roe — A very long time ago, I had a friend who had a girlfriend who became pregnant and did not want the child. By then my friend had disappeared and the young woman was alone — she was in fact from Germany — and asked me to arrange an abortion for her. With little thought, I did so.
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