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Washington Post:
Bush Aides Brace for Charges — Grand Jury May Hear Counts in Leak Case Today — The prosecutor in the CIA leak case was preparing to outline possible charges before the federal grand jury as early as today, even as the FBI conducted last-minute interviews in the high-profile investigation …
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CNN:
CIA leak probe has Washington waiting — No announcements expected today — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity could hand up charges as early as today, but Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is not expected to make any public …
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The All Spin Zone
CNN:
Poll: Few doubt wrongdoing in CIA leak — Neighbor, former official questioned with grand jury set to expire — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Only one in 10 Americans said they believe Bush administration officials did nothing illegal or unethical in connection with the leaking of a CIA operative's identity …
Caroline Daniel / Financial Times:
Indictments in CIA leak 'about to be handed down' — Indictments in the CIA leak investigation case are expected to be handed down by a grand jury on Wednesday, bringing to a head a criminal inquiry that threatens to disrupt seriously President George W. Bush's second term.
Jo Becker / Washington Post:
In Speeches From 1990s, Clues About Miers Views — Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers said in a speech more than a decade ago that "self-determination" should guide decisions about abortion and school prayer and that in cases where scientific facts are disputed and religious beliefs vary, "government should not act."
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Senators in G.O.P. Voice New Doubt on Court Choice — WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 - The drumbeat of doubt from Republican senators over the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers grew louder Tuesday as several lawmakers, including a pivotal conservative on the Judiciary Committee, joined those expressing concerns about her selection.
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ScrappleFace, danieldrezner.com, Hugh Hewitt, Confirm Them, Wonkette, ACSBlog, Althouse, Brendan Nyhan and PoliBlog
Washington Post:
U.S. Military Death Toll in Iraq Hits 2,000 — The number of U.S. troops who have died in the Iraq war hit 2,000 yesterday, a toll felt deeply at big military bases across America that active-duty soldiers and families call home, as well as in hundreds of communities where the National Guard and reservists work, live and train.
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The Glittering Eye
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James Dao / New York Times:2,000 Dead: As Iraq Tours Stretch On, a Grim Mark
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Rantingprofs
Associated Press:
Iran Leader Calls for Israel's Destruction — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" and said a new wave of Palestinian attacks will destroy the Jewish state, state-run media reported Wednesday. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also denounced attempts …
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Lost Budgie Blog:
Hillsborough Florida Schools Ban Christmas & Easter Good Friday Holidays - Response to Muslim Demands — UPDATED & ADDITIONS TO ORIGINAL POST: Oct26/05 12:12pm Toronto Scroll Down for Updates — Tampa Florida in the United States of America in the year 2005 A.D.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Bill Would Allow Second Attempts at Federal Death Sentence — If all 12 members of a jury in a capital case in federal court cannot agree on whether to impose the death penalty, a convicted defendant is automatically sentenced to life in prison. — But that may be about to change.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:Measure Would Alter Federal Death Penalty System
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Just a Bump in the Beltway
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Calling Galloway's Bluff — The Senate uncovers a smoking gun. — Just before my last exchange with George Galloway, which occurred on the set of Bill Maher's show in Los Angeles in mid-September, I was approached by a representative of the program and asked if I planned to repeat my challenge to Galloway on air.
Pejman Yousefzadeh / RedState.org:
Fare Thee Well, Sweet Fence — Note that this post is not meant to speak for any of the other Editors at Red State. I state only my own personal position. — Ever since the nomination of Harriet Miers, I have promised myself that no matter how pessimistic and depressed I got over her selection …
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Priya Sridhar / timesrecord.com:
Student's deployment brings home Iraq war to Bowdoin College campus — BRUNSWICK — On Dec. 1, Alex Cornell du Houx, a 21-year-old Bowdoin College senior from Solon will head to Iraq for approximately 10 months as part of the Alpha 1st Company Battalion of the Marines.
New York Times:
Wal-Mart Memo Suggests Ways to Cut Employee Benefit Costs — Wal-Mart workers set up furniture at the store near Bella Vista, Ark. — An internal memo sent to Wal-Mart's board of directors proposes numerous ways to hold down spending on health care and other benefits while seeking to minimize damage to the retailer's reputation.
Discussion:
NathanNewman.org, Facing South, Pam's House Blend, The Carpetbagger Report and skippy the bush kangaroo
Michelle Malkin:
DEMONIZING CONDI — ***scroll down for updates*** — Check out the photo of Condoleezza Rice that was published by USA Today last week: — Notice anything peculiar about her eyes? — No, Condi isn't possessed; the photo was manipulated. — This news comes courtesy of From The Pen …
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Confederate Yankee, Classical Values, The Anchoress, sisu, Independent Sources and Florida Cracker
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Better To Be Wrong Than Gutless — If my blog hosting service is willing, I will post my *PURELY SPECULATIVE* guesses in the Plame leak investigation: — Karl Rove walks - no indictment, nada. Jeralyn Merritt, who has been doing a superb job on this, keeps the flame flickering for a …
Stan / Two Minute Offense:
Why Bush will not withdraw the Miers nomination — [Note- I've had this post in mind for about 5 days, but wanted to wait until I had time to do it justice. I'm not going to get the time, so I'm just throwing it out there in rough form.] — Everything I think I know about President Bush tells …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Brown Had Resignation Plans Before Katrina Hit — Michael D. Brown was days away from announcing plans to resign as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency when Hurricane Katrina hit Aug. 29, according to e-mails released by separate House and Senate investigations into the government's flawed response to the disaster.
