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Washington Post:
President Bush's State of the Union Address — Following is President Bush's State of the Union Address, as delivered to Congress: — SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — BUSH: Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, members of the Supreme Court …
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National Review:
SOTU Critics Room — EDITOR'S NOTE: National Review Online asked a group of experienced experts for their take of the president's State of the Union address immediately after the speech or in the wee hours after. Here's what they had to say. — DANIEL CASSE
Washington Post:
Sheehan Arrested Before Speech — Activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested last night after demonstrating inside the House of Representatives gallery as part of a larger war protest that was held outside the Capitol. — Sheehan, who was apparently given a gallery ticket by a member of Congress …
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Lowered Expectations Reflect Political and Fiscal Realities — Coming off his most difficult year in office, President Bush used his State of the Union address last night to try to give his embattled administration a new start, speaking expansively about his aspirations for the final years …
Michelle Malkin:SHAME ON LYNN WOOLSEY
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CNN:Sheehan arrested in House gallery
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:Bush Paints Democrats As Defeatist on Iraq
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
New Justice's First Challenge: Clap On or Clap Off? — Samuel A. Alito Jr., barely eight hours into his job as a Supreme Court justice, had to make a series of important rulings as he sat in the House chamber for last night's State of the Union address. — For instance: How enthusiastically would he applaud for President Bush?
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BBC:
France enters Muslim cartoon row — A French newspaper has reproduced a set of Danish caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have caused outrage in the Muslim world. — France Soir said it had published the cartoons to show that "religious dogma" had no place in a secular society.
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Times of London:
French newspaper reprints Muhammad cartoons — Under the headline "We have the right to caricature God," a French newspaper today reprinted the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have ignited extraordinary anti-Danish protests, death threats and boycotts across the Muslim world.
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
A Speech Both Stately And Stolid — Whether George W. Bush is, at best, the worst president since Herbert Hoover — as a seemingly sizable number of Americans appear to believe — he acquitted himself fairly well and came off as basically competent when he delivered his fifth State of the Union speech last night.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
State Of The Union: Live Blog — I'll be live-blogging the State of the Union at this post starting at 8 pm CT. Keep checking back ... 7:12 CT - Michelle has a number of links to other live-bloggers, but her son's stomach bug will consume her attention during speech-time.
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Pamela Hess / UPI:
SECURITY & TERRORISM — Some US troops question Woodruff coverage — WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) — The American media stood up and took notice when an improvised explosive device grievously injured an ABC News crew Sunday. — In Iraq, and throughout the military, there is sympathy …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Bush's New Ally: France? — PARIS — Once every five or six weeks, a French presidential adviser named Maurice Gourdault-Montagne flies to Washington to meet with his American counterpart, national security adviser Stephen Hadley. They spend several hours coordinating strategy on Iran …
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Michael Hedges / Houston Chronicle:
DeLay's defense fund in red — Congressman raised $590,000 last year but still owes hundreds of thousands more — WASHINGTON - Embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay raised more money for his legal defense in 2005 than ever before but still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers, according to documents released Tuesday.
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
Dynamics of a Smear — I always find it wryly amusing, the mental gymnastics that liberals will undertake just to "prove" that conservatives are really just racists. Which, of course, they knew all along; so it's jolly convenient that their studies keep proving it over and over.
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Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Egypt Calls on Hamas to Recognize Israel — CAIRO, Egypt - Two top Egyptian officials called on Hamas to recognize Israel, disarm and honor past peace deals Wednesday, the latest sign Arab governments are pushing the militant group to moderate after its surprise election victory.
