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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush: Arab Co. Port Deal Should Proceed — 0acbc64803ce@news.ap.org President Bush said Tuesday that the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and that he would veto any congressional effort to stop it. — "After careful review by our government …
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Judd / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Rumsfeld and Pace Not Consulted On Transfer Of Port Operations To UAE — In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism.
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
Bush Shrugs Off Objections to Port Deal — WASHINGTON - Brushing aside objections from Republicans and Democrats alike, President Bush endorsed the takeover of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates.
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Frist to Offer Bill Halting U.S. Port Deal — WASHINGTON - Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist called Tuesday for the Bush administration to stop a deal permitting a United Arab Emirates company to take over six major U.S. seaports, upping the ante on a fight that several congressmen …
White House:
Roundtable Interview of the President by the Press Pool — En route Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. A couple of points I want to make to you. First, I'm excited about the energy initiative. American people are beginning to see that we've …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:SO NOW BUSH IS THREATENING TO VETO any legislation that would block the Dubai ports deal?
President Lawrence H. Summers / president.harvard.edu:
Letter to the Harvard community — Dear Members of the Harvard Community, — I have notified the Harvard Corporation that I will resign as President of the University as of June 30, 2006. Working closely with all parts of the Harvard community, and especially with our remarkable students …
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New York Times:
Embattled President of Harvard to Step Down at End of Semester — Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University, said today that he would step down at the end of the academic year. — Dr. Summers will likely take a yearlong sabbatical and then return to Harvard as a distinguished professor …
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Summers Resigns as Harvard President — Lawrence Summers, the embattled president of Harvard University, resigned today after a tumultuous year during which he repeatedly clashed with the faculty at one of the nation's oldest and more prestigious schools. — His resignation takes effect at the end of the academic year.
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Blames Cuts at Energy Lab on Mix-Up — GOLDEN, Colo. — President Bush, on a three-state trip to promote his energy policy, said Tuesday that a budgeting mix-up was the reason 32 workers at one of the nation's premier renewable energy labs were laid off and then reinstated just before his visit.
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CNN:
Bush blames mix-up on lab's funding shortfall — Employees rehired before president's visit to tout energy plans — GOLDEN, Colorado (CNN) — President Bush told workers at a renewable energy lab Tuesday that the government had sent "mixed signals" over the future of its federal funding.
Liza Porteus / Fox News:
Three Charged in Plan to Attack U.S. Military in Iraq — A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted three Ohio men for their role in assisting terrorism on U.S. targets overseas, specifically American military personnel and their allies in Iraq. — The indictment, which was unsealed Monday …
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Ted Frank / Information and opinion …:
Media coverage of Scalia speech — Justice Scalia spoke at AEI today. In a speech of about 40 minutes (the web-cast should be available later this week), he laid out when it was and wasn't appropriate to use foreign law in American jurisprudence, and pointed out the contradictions …
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USA Today:
Drives to ban gay adoption heat up in 16 states — Efforts to ban gays and lesbians from adopting children are emerging across the USA as a second front in the culture wars that began during the 2004 elections over same-sex marriage. — Steps to pass laws or secure November ballot initiatives …
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Supreme Court Reopens Abortion Issue on Alito's First Day — The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a challenge to a federal law outlawing a late-term abortion procedure, reopening the contentious issue on Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s first day on the bench.
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Stand up for Denmark! — Why are we not defending our ally? — Put the case that we knew of a highly paranoid religious cult organization with a secretive leader. Now put the case that this cult, if criticized in the press, would take immediate revenge by kidnapping a child.
Will Bunch / American Prospect:
Sour Charity — Exclusive: Inside Rick Santorum's charity, which isn't very charitable and hasn't filed the required papers with the state. The sidebar to Bunch's cover story posted yesterday. — Ever conscious of political fashion, Rick Santorum wanted to demonstrate that he, too …
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Will Bunch / Philadelphia Daily News:Santorum's mortgage raises interest
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Associated Press:
Austria Imposes 3-Year Sentence on Notorious Holocaust Denier — VIENNA, Feb. 20 (AP) — The British historian David Irving on Monday pleaded guilty to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in prison. He conceded that he was wrong when he said there were no Nazi gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp.
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Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me — One student skipped class and then sent the professor an e-mail message asking for copies of her teaching notes. Another did not like her grade, and wrote a petulant message to the professor. Another explained that she was late …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Is Sean Hannity Addicted to Coulter Crack? — Venturing into enemy territory, I was on "Hannity and Colmes" last night, along with Ann Coulter. We were ostensibly there to discuss the ongoing Muslim cartoon controversy and the media's reaction to the Cheney shooting story.
Jon / GOP Bloggers:
Why Is Profiling Only OK for Port Ownership? — It seems pretty clear by now that the Administration is going to have to back down from its approval for Dubai to acquire port operations in the U.S. While actual management of the physical operation of the ports is distinct from the security functions …
