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CNN SENIOR MANAGEMENT LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION OF CHENEY 'X'; CONTROL ROOM STAFFER 'LAUGHED' WHEN X FLASHED — CNN management has launched an internal investigation into how a giant black 'X' mark appeared over Vice President Dick Cheney's face — as he delivered a speech from Washington on Monday!
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Michelle Malkin:
CNN'S X-MEN...UPDATE: IT WAS JUST A GLITCH...OR NOT? — ***see updates*** — Ok, just got home and have been deluged with e-mails asking for comment and more info on the Drudge Report's big story tonight about CNN's X-tra special treatment of Vice President Cheney.
Drudge Report:CNN MARKS CHENEY: NETWORK FLASHES 'X' OVER VP'S FACE DURING LIVE SPEECH
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Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Iraqi Leaders Call for Pullout Timetable — AP Photo XAN107 — CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Leaders of Iraq's sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis called Monday for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in the country and said Iraq's opposition had a ``legitimate right'' of resistance.
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John / AMERICAblog:
Iraqi leaders adopt Murtha proposal for withdrawal — This is an extremely bizarre and rather earth-shattering story. Basically, Iraq's leaders want us out, and they seem to have just endorsed Congressman Murtha's proposal for a timed withdrawal, a real beefing up of the Iraqi armed forces, and stronger protection at the borders.
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:Iraqi Factions Seek Timetable for U.S. Pullout
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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 …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Cheney Sees 'Shameless' Revisionism on War — WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Vice President Dick Cheney stepped up the White House attacks on critics of the Iraq war on Monday, declaring that politicians who say Americans were sent into battle based on a lie are engaging in "revisionism of the most corrupt and shameless variety."
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:Opening the Door to Debate, and Then Shutting It
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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.
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Agence France Presse:
Blair talked Bush out of bombing al-Jazeera: report — LONDON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush planned to bomb pan-Arab television broadcaster al-Jazeera, British newspaper the Daily Mirror said, citing a Downing Street memo marked "Top Secret". — The five-page transcript …
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Financial Times:
Threat of federal charges against DeLay grows — The likelihood of federal charges against members of Congress intensified on Monday when a key player in a broad corruption probe pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to co-operate with investigators. — Under a plea agreement …
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Malia Rulon / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt in war of words — Rookie lawmaker's 'coward' remarks ricochet — WASHINGTON - Three days after Rep. Jean Schmidt was booed off the House floor for saying that "cowards cut and run, Marines never do," the Ohioan she quoted disputed the comments. — Danny Bubp, a freshman state …
Daily Kos:
Pentagon has called WP a "chemical weapon" — About the most frustrating thing about the White Phosphorus "debate" has been the endless discussion whether it's a chemical weapon or not. There are legitimate uses for WP — battlefield illumination and target spotting …
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City Journal:
Baghdad's Real Torturers — A harsh discovery puts U.S. pundits' distorted reports in perspective. The U.S. military recently uncovered alleged evidence of torture in Iraqi-run Baghdad prisons, including what appeared to be a torture chamber in an Iraqi Ministry of Interior detention facility.
Brendan Miniter / Opinion Journal:
Friendly Fire — John Murtha unites the Republicans. — Shortly after stepping off a plane at Dulles Airport last week, Rep. Duncan Hunter was on a cell phone delivering a surprisingly stern message to a few reporters. Coverage of the debate in the Senate to "ban" the use of torture …
Mark Steyn / Telegraph:
Listen to the word on the 'Arab street' — Rumours of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death may be exaggerated. He was reported by several Arab TV networks to have been among eight terrorists who self-detonated in Mosul on Sunday. Still, whether or not he's sleeping with the fishes or the 72 virgins …
James Dao / New York Times:
Louisiana Sees Faded Urgency in Relief Effort — BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 18 - Less than three months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, relief legislation remains dormant in Washington and despair is growing among officials here who fear that Congress and the Bush administration are losing interest in their plight.
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