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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Brit Hume, Cheney's Choice For a Straight Shooter — Brit Hume was in his morning staff meeting at Fox News yesterday when his cell phone rang. It was Dick Cheney. — The network's Washington managing editor had been pressing for the interview that every news organization was hotly pursuing …
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Washington Post:
Vice President Cheney Interviewed by Fox News — Eisenhower Executive Office Building 2:01 P.M. EST — Q Mr. Vice President, how is Mr. Whittington? — THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, the good news is he's doing very well today. I talked to him yesterday after they discovered the heart problem …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hit Refresh? — Why Bush may be thinking about replacing Cheney. — The Dick Cheney shooting incident will, in a way, go away. And, in a way, not—ever. Some things stick. Gerry Ford had physically stumbled only once or twice in public when he became, officially, The Stumbler.
New York Times:
Silence Broken as Cheney Points Only to Himself — WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 —Vice President Dick Cheney broke a four-day silence on Wednesday about his accidental shooting of a hunting partner, saying he took full responsibility for the incident while vigorously defending his decision to delay releasing news about it until the next day.
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:Cheney Speaks — Fox has played a first clip from the Brit Hume interview.
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Radio Blogger:
MSNBC pundit and West Wing producer/writer Lawrence O'Donnell and Hugh on whether Vice President was drunk. — HH: Hi, Lawrence. Welcome back. — LO: Thank you. — HH: Good to have you on. Lawrence O'Donnell, yesterday you posted at the Huffington Post about Dick Cheney, Was Cheney Drunk?
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
No Checks, Many Imbalances — The next time a president asks Congress to pass something akin to what Congress passed on Sept. 14, 2001 — the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) — the resulting legislation might be longer than Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Saddam Tapes To Air On Nightline — ABC News will review the Saddam tapes that prompted the House Intelligence Committee to re-open its investigation into the WMD programs in Iraq last month. The late-night news show Nightline will broadcast a special report, bumping a scheduled broadcast on premature births.
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:The New Documents — FOR MORE than a year, THE WEEKLY STANDARD …
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Hugh Hewitt, Melanie Phillips's Diary, Flopping Aces, Newsweek, The Counterterrorism Blog, Ace of Spades HQ and Power Line
ABCNEWS:
Secret Tapes Show Saddam's Son-in-Law Admitted WMD Deception — In Recording, Iraqi Dictator Is Briefed on Efforts to Hide Weapons Programs — Feb. 15, 2006 — The following is a translation of portions of one pivotal tape-recorded meeting that took place in late April or May of 1995.
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Vadkins / QT Monster's Place:
Able Danger Hearing - Liveblogging — UPDATE: AJ Strata is now writing his analysis of today's hearings. His AD analyses are always top drawer and I'm sure this will be no exception. Be sure to read the whole thing. — I will be liveblogging the Able Danger/Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing at 2:30 PM today, in this post.
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Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
From Arrival to Errant Shot, a Timeline of Cheney's Hunting Accident — HOUSTON, Feb. 15 — Harry M. Whittington had just made two great shots — "a double, two birds with two shots" — recalled Pamela Pitzer Willeford. He had dropped back to retrieve the quail and, she said, "the vice president and I started walking forward."
Richard Williamson / brandweek.com:
Report: Bush Spent $1.4 Billion on 'Spin' — DALLAS — The Bush administration spent $1.4 billion in taxpayer dollars on 137 contracts with advertising agencies over the past two-and-a-half years, according to a Government Accountability Office report released by House Democrats Monday.
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
Poll finds Patrick and Reilly running even among Democrats — Political newcomer Deval Patrick was running even with Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly among Democratic primary voters in a recent poll, a sign that Reilly's political missteps have cost him in the race for the party's gubernatorial nomination.
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
The Lessons of Counterinsurgency — U.S. Unit Praised for Tactics Against Iraqi Fighters, Treatment of Detainees — TALL AFAR, Iraq — The last time the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment served in Iraq, in 2003-04, its performance was judged mediocre, with a series of abuse cases growing out of its tour of duty in Anbar province.
Washington Post:
The Legal Woes Of Rep. Jefferson — Probe of La. Democrat Provides Fodder for GOP — Around Washington, Rep. William J. Jefferson nurtured a reputation as a serious, even wonkish, lawmaker, a grade-school dropouts' son who graduated from Harvard Law School and was elected Louisiana's first black congressman since Reconstruction.
Ben Smith / New York Observer:
Will Mike Run For President As Sane Perot? — Back in the late 1990's, Mike Bloomberg was just another media mogul and Kevin Sheekey was a young aide floating a crazy idea: that his boss would run for Mayor of New York. — Now Mr. Bloomberg is Mayor, and Mr. Sheekey …
popularmechanics.com:
Congressional Report On Katrina: First Look — At 2:00 this afternoon, the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina will release its final report after more than five months of investigation. POPULAR MECHANICS obtained excerpts of a draft copy of the report last night.
Tristero / Hullabaloo:
Herbert's Right. Dammit. — I didn't post my suspicions, but My Smart Spouse will confirm that within minutes of first hearing the news that Cheney had shot a 78 year old man in the face, I suspected there was drinking involved. And unfortunately, I was right.
