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Drudge Report:
CNN MARKS CHENEY: NETWORK FLASHES 'X' OVER VP'S FACE DURING LIVE SPEECH  —  At 11:04:45 AM ET Monday CNN was airing Vice President Dick Cheney's speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington — when a large black 'X' repeatedly flashed over the vice president's face!
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Cheney Accuses Iraq Critics of Shameless Revisionism  —  Vice President Cheney today accused political opponents of engaging in "corrupt and shameless" revisionism by charging that the Bush administration misled the nation into the Iraq war, and he warned that any sudden withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq …
Mary Katharine Ham / hughhewitt.com:
X Marks the Vice President
Jeff Harrell / The Shape of Days:   Oddness at CNN, supplemented with more oddness in the blogosphere
Michelle Malkin:
CNN'S X-MEN...UPDATE: IT WAS JUST A GLITCH
Discussion: Wizbang
mediabistro.com:
Woodward & King: Transcript  —  The full, unedited transcript of Bob Woodward's appearance on Larry King Live is after the jump...  CNN's Larry King Live  —  Guest: Bob Woodward  —  LARRY KING, CNN HOST: Tonight, an exclusive, Pulitzer Prize-winning  —  journalist Bob Woodward, caught up in the CIA leak controversy.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
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John / AMERICAblog:
Larry King Live blogging - Bob Woodward tries to save his ass
Discussion: Eschaton and Hullabaloo
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Bob Woodward: Not Exactly Hero Material
Crooks and Liars:
I've got a leak to sell you
Discussion: TalkLeft
New York Times:
Former Aide to DeLay Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Case  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Michael Scanlon, former aide to a powerful congressman and onetime partner of a wealthy lobbyist, pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge as part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with an investigation …
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Bloomberg:
Scanlon Pleads Guilty, Cooperates in Abramoff Probe (Update2)  —  Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Michael Scanlon, a former associate of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to conspiring to corrupt public officials and defraud clients, clearing the way for his cooperation in an investigation of his one-time partner.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Ex-Aide to DeLay Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy  —  WASHINGTON — Michael Scanlon, a former partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to bribe public officials, a charge growing out of the government investigation of attempts to defraud Indian tribes and corrupt a member of Congress.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Scanlon, Abramoff `Backroom Guy,' Points Probers at DeLay, Ney
Nico / Think Progress:
Declassified Pentagon Document Describes White Phosphorus As 'Chemical Weapon'  —  To downplay the political impact of revelations that U.S. forces used deadly white phosphorus rounds against Iraqi insurgents in Falluja last year, Pentagon officials have insisted that phosphorus munitions …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:   Willy Pete LIVES!  (UPDATED TO SHOWCASE THE MORAL OBTUSENESS OF THE KOSSACKS)
Daily Kos:
Pentagon has called WP a "chemical weapon"
Discussion: Pacific Views
Scott Shane / New York Times:   U.S. Is Slow to Respond to Phosphorus Charges
White House:
Vice President's Remarks on the War on Terror  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, and thank you all very much.  And thank you, Chris.  It's great to be back at AEI.  Both Lynne and I have a long history with the American Enterprise Institute, and we value the association …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
The Revolution will be blogged, 5  —  Vice President Dick Cheney's latest speech to the American Enterprise Institute takes on his media critics who chose to frame his recent remarks about Democratic war critics as an "attack" on their patriotism.  A few excerpts:
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Iraqi Factions Seek Timetable for U.S. Pullout  —  CAIRO, Nov. 21 - For the first time, Iraq's political factions on Monday collectively called for a timetable for withdrawal of foreign forces, in a moment of consensus that comes as the Bush administration battles pressure at home to commit itself to a pullout schedule.
Discussion: The Reaction and The Mahablog
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Caroline Alexander / Bloomberg:
Iraqi Leaders Urge a Timetable for Eventual Troop Withdrawal  —  Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Iraqi leaders, meeting at a reconciliation conference in Cairo, urged an end to violence in the country and demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.
Confederate Yankee:
Armando: Zarqawi Wasn't a Problem  —  Ever willing to downplay any strides towards peace or a more stable Iraq, Armando at Daily Kos is downplaying the significance of Musab al-Zarqawi's possible death after a protracted gunbattle today in Mosul: … Will the death of Musab al-Zarqawi (if confirmed) put an end to all violence in Iraq?
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Jerusalem Post:   Iraqi FM: Al-Zarqawi thought to be dead
OSM:
Excuse us while we change back into our pajamas  —  Once upon a time, some friends who met in the casual atmosphere of the blogosphere (us) got together and decided it would be groovy to start a blog company.  "We could call it Pajamas Media," we said, referring to the now-famous quote by whatshisface …
Discussion: TalkLeft
NewsMax.com:
Rep. John Murtha Urged Somalia Pullout in '93  —  After terrorists attacked U.S. troops in Mogadishu, Somalia 12 years ago, anti-Iraq war Democrat, Rep. John Murtha urged then-President Clinton to begin a complete pullout of U.S. troops from the region.  —  Clinton took the advice and ordered …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Genie In A Bottle by di  —  Genie In A Bottle  —  Nobody is going to ask me who should be hired at The New York Times to replace Judith Miller, but if they did I would say that they should hire the best and most unsung national security reporter in the country —  Jason Vest.

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