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New York Times:
Bush Would Veto Any Bill Halting Dubai Port Deal — WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — President Bush, trying to put down a rapidly escalating rebellion among leaders of his own party, said Tuesday that he would veto any legislation blocking a deal for a state-owned company in Dubai to take over the management …
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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.
Squiggler:
Dubai Port deal - good or bad? Everyone needs to calm down and take a deep breath. — Like so many others, when I first heard about the proposed Dubai port deal, my gut reaction was "no way!" I had many of the same questions and reservations as I've been reading on many, many blogs, including some of the most influential.
Washington Post:
Bush Threatens Veto Against Bid To Stop Port Deal — State-Run Arab Firm Poses No Threat, President Says Amid Bipartisan Criticism — President Bush yesterday strongly defended an Arab company's attempt to take over the operation of seaports in Baltimore and five other cities …
New York Times:
The President and the Ports — If President Bush follows through on his threat, he'll be making a strange choice for his first veto after more than five years in office. After giving a pass to a parade of misbegotten Congressional initiatives and irresponsible budget packages …
Opinion Journal:
Ports of Politics — How to sound like a hawk without being one. — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is the latest Republican to broadcast his "independence" from President Bush on homeland security, yesterday joining Senator Lindsey Graham, Representative Peter King and numerous state politicians …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SO NOW BUSH IS THREATENING TO VETO any legislation that would block the Dubai ports deal? Either this deal is somehow a lot more important than it seems (a quid pro quo for, well, something . . . ) or Bush is an idiot. Your call. — UPDATE: Here's an argument that there's less to the port deal than meets the eye.
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
There's No Such Thing As a Pro-Choice Republican (or Lieberman) — We knew it would happen sooner or later, and I guess it's going to be sooner: … Everybody who didn't seen this coming raise their hand. Oh, is that you, Planned Parenthood? … Well, you might have f**king thought …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Blast Destroys Golden Dome of Sacred Shiite Shrine in Samarra — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 22 - Insurgents dressed as police commandos detonated powerful explosives on Wednesday morning inside one of Shiite Islam's most sacred shrines, destroying most of the building, located in the volatile town of Samarra …
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BBC:
Iraqi blast damages Shia shrine — A bomb attack in Iraq has badly damaged one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, sparking furious protests. — Thousands of Iraqis have gathered at the al-Askari shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad, where two men blew up the famous golden dome in a dawn raid.
Daniel Finkelsteim / Times of London:
The test that David Irving set me: do I really believe in the power of truth? — THIS IS HOW you play Juden Raus. Just throw the dice and move your smiling Aryan piece round the board. As quickly as you can, start rounding up the Jewish pieces. You can't miss them — they are the nasty …
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Elizabeth White / Associated Press:
Hecklers Disrupt Scalia at D.C. Appearance — WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia grew tired of a persistent heckler Tuesday and asked organizers of a legal seminar to do something about the outbursts - gently. — "Don't use force," Scalia told American Enterprise Institute workers …
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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 …
New York Times:
President of Harvard Resigns, Ending Stormy 5-Year Tenure — Lawrence H. Summers resigned yesterday as president of Harvard University after a relatively brief and turbulent tenure of five years, nudged by Harvard's governing corporation and facing a vote of no confidence from the influential Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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New York Times:
Furor Over Cartoons Pits Muslim Against Muslim — AMMAN, Jordan, Feb. 21 — In a direct challenge to the international uproar over cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad, the Jordanian journalist Jihad Momani wrote: "What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures …
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New York Times:
Force-Feeding at Guantánamo Is Now Acknowledged — WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — The military commander responsible for the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, confirmed Tuesday that officials there last month turned to more aggressive methods to deter prisoners …
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Alex Massie / Scotsman:
Neocon architect says: 'Pull it down' — NEOCONSERVATISM has failed the United States and needs to be replaced by a more realistic foreign policy agenda, according to one of its prime architects. — Francis Fukuyama, who wrote the best-selling book The End of History and was a member …
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 …
