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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
House Rejects Iraq Pullout After GOP Forces a Vote — Differences over policy on the Iraq war ignited an explosion of angry words and personal insults on the House floor yesterday when the chamber's newest member suggested that a decorated war veteran was a coward for calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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John / Discriminations:
"The Swift-Boating Of Jack Murtha"? — Those damn Republicans! How low can they stoop? You'd think that lying us into war would at least provide the limit to their perfidy, but now they've outdone themselves and sunk even lower: they've had the temerity to take a leading Democrat …
Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
House Erupts in War Debate — Lawmakers launch personal attacks as Republicans force a vote on whether to pull out of Iraq immediately. The measure is rejected. — WASHINGTON — House Republicans forced a vote Friday over a proposal to begin the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Lawmakers Reject Immediate Iraq Withdrawal — The House on Friday overwhelmingly rejected calls for an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq, a vote engineered by the Republicans that was intended to fail. Democrats derided the vote as a political stunt. — "Our troops have become the enemy.
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Murtha's Moment — The White House is still attacking critics by questioning their patriotism. But Congress—and the public—are becoming more skeptical. — Nov. 18, 1005 - Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha is a burly ex-Marine with a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts who rarely speaks to the press.
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Juan / Informed Comment:Straw Man Resolution in Congress: — Joking around with the Lives of the Troops
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:Uproar in House as Parties Clash on Iraq Pullout
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Washington Post:(JOINED IN PROGRESS) — MURTHA: And I started out by saying …
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Money Politic$ / Kudlow's Money Politic$:Unserious — Any preannounced timetable for troop withdrawal …
Kevin Aylward / Wizbang:WITH ALL DUE RESPECT... Democrats - Sen. Harry Reid in particular …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Democrats Don't Bite GOP-Baited Hook As Iraq Withdrawal Resolution Fails
Washington Post:
Mr. Woodward's Sources — WE'VE SAID from the start of the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame's identity that if administration officials deliberately set out to unmask a secret agent, they should be punished. But we've also said that, absent evidence of such behavior …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Media Alert! — "On The Story", a CNN show airing tonight at 7 PM ET, will include a segment on the Fitzgerald investigation. It is hosted by Jacki Schechner and will feature bloggers Jeralyn Merritt and, yes, yours truly. The spot will probably air in the second half hour.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Bob Woodward's 'Firecracker,' the Second Coming of Judy's Notebook? — So Patrick Fitzgerald is going to impanel a new Plamegate grand jury. Meaning this thing is far from over. And that Bob Woodward, among others, is going to continue to have some more explaining to do.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
DECONSTRUCTING WOODWARD....OK, based on a couple of comments from the previous post, here's a possible scenario that explains why Woodward and his source (Mr. X) came forward only after they had listened in on Patrick Fitzgerald's press conference announcing the indictment of Scooter Libby:
Washington Times:
200,000 protest Amman attacks — AMMAN, Jordan — At least 200,000 persons demonstrated yesterday against the recent bombings of three luxury hotels, while a new online statement attributed to terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi defended the attacks and threatened to cut off the head of Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF A LONG WAR (IRAQ, 1990-2003) — The 2003 invasion of Iraq is likely to be a contested topic in the American discussion for many years to come. As with any fractious issue, opinions will vary and even individual opinions will shift and change with time.
Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:
Columbus Dispatch Poll: Past Performance No Guarantee of Future Results — "Past performance is no guarantee of future results." We typically hear that disclaimer applied to financial investments, but in an era of declining response rates, it should apply just as well to polls.
David Nason / The Australian:
US author lauds suicide bombers — ONE of the greatest living US writers has praised terrorists as "very brave people" and used drug culture slang to describe the "amazing high" suicide bombers must feel before blowing themselves up. — Kurt Vonnegut, author of the 1969 anti-war classic Slaughterhouse Five …
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
IRS Reviews Church's Status — 2004 Antiwar Sermon Sparked Look at Tax Exemption — The Internal Revenue Service is examining the tax-exempt status of a liberal church in Southern California because its former pastor delivered a fiery antiwar sermon that criticized President Bush by name …
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