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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Hawkish Democrat Calls for Iraq Pullout — WASHINGTON - An influential House Democrat who voted for the Iraq war called Thursday for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, another sign of growing unease in Congress about the conflict. — "It is time for a change in direction …
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The Honorable John P. Murtha — War in Iraq — (Washington D.C.)- The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion. The American public is way ahead of us. The United States and coalition troops have done all they can in Iraq, but it is time for a change in direction.
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Rod Dreher / The Corner on National Review Online:
MURTHA BREAKS — Don't know how many of you caught Rep. John Murtha's very angry, very moving speech just now in which he called on the White House to institute an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. CNN didn't air the entire thing, but as I listened to it, I could feel the ground shift.
CNN:
Senior Democrat calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraq — Rep. Murtha: 'U.S. and coalition troops have done all they can' — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Warning that other global threats "cannot be ignored," Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, a leading adviser on defense issues …
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
House Democrats Defeat Spending Bill — WASHINGTON - Legislation to fund many of the nation's health, education and social programs went down to a startling defeat in the House Thursday, led by Democrats who said cuts in the bill hurt some of America's neediest people.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Grand Old Spenders — The storm-tossed and rudderless Republican Party should particularly ponder the vote last week in Dover, Pa., where all eight members of the school board seeking reelection were defeated. This expressed the community's wholesome exasperation with the board's campaign …
Open Source Media:
About Our Name — We are OSM. A gentleman named Christopher Lydon has an excellent web site called Open Source. He uses that as his corporate name, but not as his trade name. His URL is RADIOopensource, and he's given up opensourcemedia.net - which we and our lawyers confirmed before we chose our name.
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New York Times:
A Star With Multiple Roles Now Faces Questions of Conflict Among Them — For 30 years, Bob Woodward has reigned as a one-man investigative reporting franchise from his base at The Washington Post. With the blessing of Post management, he has juggled his roles as star reporter …
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Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:New Disclosure Could Prolong Inquiry on Leak
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The Hill:
Remember — please remember — 'Boogie to Baghdad' — I have to admit that I have failed miserably in my small effort to make the words "Boogie to Baghdad" part of the national conversation on ties between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. — In case you don't remember, "Boogie to Baghdad" …
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Knight Ridder:
In challenging war's critics, administration tinkers with truth — WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney turned up the White House rhetoric Wednesday in attacking critics of the Iraq war, accusing some unnamed lawmakers of lacking "backbone." — Cheney's rough-edged remarks were the latest …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Widen Inquiry Into Iraqi Prisoner Abuse — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 17 - American investigators plan to work with an Iraqi commission to widen an inquiry into prisoner torture and abuse by scrutinizing all Iraqi-run detention centers across the country, American officials said today.
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Washington Post:
1985 Memo by Alito Has Legal Weight, Senators Say — Two key Republicans and some Democrats said yesterday that Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. will be unable to assert during his confirmation hearing that his personal views have no bearing on how he might rule because he has stated legal opinions …
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
A lie for a just cause — STOP ME IF YOU'VE heard this already. But there are people out there — honest, decent, sincere people and deranged moonbats, too — who think that George W. Bush lied about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. No, seriously, it's true. "Bush lied, people died" is one of their catchier slogans.
Louis Freeh / Opinion Journal:
An Incomplete Investigation — Why did the 9/11 Commission ignore "Able Danger"? — It was interesting to hear from the 9/11 Commission again on Tuesday. This self-perpetuating and privately funded group of lobbyists and lawyers has recently opined on hurricanes, nuclear weapons …
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Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Approval Rating Falls Again, Poll Shows — President Bush's positive job rating continues to fall, touching another new low for his presidency, the latest Harris Interactive poll finds. — Bush's current job approval rating stands at 34%, compared with a positive rating of 88% soon after 9/11 …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Post Reporter Is Held in Contempt in Civil Suit — A federal judge found a Washington Post reporter in contempt of court yesterday for refusing to reveal who gave him information about an investigation of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. — U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled …
Guardian:
A new wave of political bloggers is challenging Britain's old media pundits. But who are they, and which ones matter? Oliver Burkeman reports — In the days after September 11 2001, a Londoner in his 30s who prefers to be known only as David T made two grim discoveries.
