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Washington Post:
Web Site Attacks Critic of War — Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), the former Marine who is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, has become the latest Democrat to have his Vietnam War decorations questioned. — In a tactic reminiscent of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth assault on Sen. John F. Kerry …
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Murray Waas / whatever already!:
The Washington Post gives major play this morning to an attack of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) on the website of the (until now) obscure Cybercast News Service. It accuses Murtha— who won a Silver Starr and three Bronze Stars in Vietnam— of purportedly saying that he had not deserved to win …
CNSNews:
David Thibault — Editor-in-Chief — Has been in this position with CNSNews.com since April 2005 after joining the organization in 2000 as managing editor, assigning coverage of stories and developing the site's overall news philosophy. Before arriving at CNSNews.com …
Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of Airstrike — DAMADOLA, Pakistan - Al-Qaida's second-in-command was the target of a U.S. airstrike near the Afghan border but he was not at the site of the attack, two senior Pakistani officials said Saturday. At least 17 people were killed.
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CNN:
Source: Al-Zawahiri not among 18 killed in airstrike — (CNN) — Ayman al-Zawahiri — Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network — was not killed in a CIA airstrike on a remote Pakistani village, according to a Pakistani intelligence official.
Michelle Malkin:
IRAN: PREPARING FOR THE WORST — We are on the brink. — Via AP: … "Peaceful." Right. — Europe is dangerously squishy, as usual. The Wall Street Journal editorial board cuts to the chase: … Victor Davis Hanson lays out the options—from bad to worse: … Dr. Sanity follows up:
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Nazila Fathi / New York Times:U.N. Scrutiny Won't Make Iran Quit Nuclear Effort, President Says
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Iran's New Threat, The UN And The U.S
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New York Times
Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:NEGOTIATIONS OFFICIALLY END WITH IRAN
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A Daily Briefing on Iran
New York Times:
Democrats See Wide Bush Stamp on Court System — Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. being sworn in on Monday, the first day of his confirmation hearings. His approval now appears to be almost assured. — WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 - Disheartened by the administration's success with the Supreme Court nomination …
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Boston Globe:
Not fit for the court — SAMUEL ALITO tells a moving and very American personal story about the path his immigrant father took to raise a son who would one day be poised to sit on the US Supreme Court. But Judge Alito's judicial philosophy, his written record of court decisions …
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Crooks and Liars:
We're all (Paranoid, Imbalanced) Homeland Security Agents now — We're all (Paranoid, Imbalanced) Homeland Security Agents now — If you're interested in viewing the results of mixing sickly paranoia with abject stupidity — or if you want to catch a glimpse of what our country will look …
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B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:Did the NSA Leak Lead to a Surge in Disposable Phone Sales?
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Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
The States Step In As Medicare Falters — Seniors Being Turned Away, Overcharged Under New Prescription Drug Program — Two weeks into the new Medicare prescription drug program, many of the nation's sickest and poorest elderly and disabled people are being turned away or overcharged at pharmacies …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
How It Goes — Winter/Spring - The clone army of foreign policy "experts" from conservative foreign policy outfits nobody ever heard of before suddenly appear on all the cable news programs all the time, frowning furiously and expressing concerns about the "grave threat" that Iran poses.
Terry Eastland / Weekly Standard:
Inside "Concerned Alumni of Princeton" — Samuel Alito had virtually nothing to do with the notorious CAP. I did. — ABOUT THE ALITO HEARINGS, one thing is certain: If it had been the Concerned Alumni of Princeton that was up for confirmation, the nomination wouldn't even make it out of the Judiciary Committee.
Tony Paterson / Independent:
Berlin admits giving US bombing targets in Iraq — Chancellor Angela Merkel's fence-mending visit to the United States is being overshadowed by a growing scandal over reports that German intelligence had fed America key information about military targets in Iraq before the US invasion.
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Andrew Exum / New York Times:
All Dressed Up With No Way to Fight — THIS week Senator Hillary Clinton, citing a secret Pentagon report that suggested some marines killed in Iraq might have survived had they been wearing more body armor, became the latest in a long line of politicians to castigate the Pentagon …
