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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Call for Censure Is Rallying Cry to Bush's Base — WASHINGTON, March 15 — Republicans, worried that their conservative base lacks motivation to turn out for the fall elections, have found a new rallying cry in the dreams of liberals about censuring or impeaching President Bush.
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John E. Mulligan / projo.com:
Chafee refuses to rule out voting to censure Bush
Chafee refuses to rule out voting to censure Bush
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Report Backs Iraq Strike and Cites Iran Peril — WASHINGTON, March 15 — An updated version of the Bush administration's national security strategy, the first in more than three years, gives no ground on the decision to order a pre-emptive attack on Iraq in 2003, and identifies Iran …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush to Restate Terror Strategy — 2002 Doctrine of Preemptive War To Be Reaffirmed — President Bush plans to issue a new national security strategy today reaffirming his doctrine of preemptive war against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, despite the troubled experience in Iraq.
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Largest Iraq Air Assault Since '03 Begins — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. forces, joined by Iraqi troops, on Thursday launched the largest airborne assault since the U.S.-led invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds north of the capital, the military said. — The military said the operation …
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CNN:
U.S. launches largest Iraqi air assault since invasion — Body count rises in Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — U.S. and Iraqi forces on Thursday launched the largest air assault operation since the invasion of Iraq nearly three years ago, the U.S. military said.
Roy Temple / Fired Up! Missouri:
House GOP Bans County Health Clinics From Providing Birth Control — Submitted by Roy Temple on Thu, 03/16/2006 - 6:18am. — Yesterday, during debate on HB1010, the budget for the Departments of Health and Mental Health, House Republicans voted to ban county health clinics from providing family planning services.
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justice Reveals Death Threats — WASHINGTON (March 16) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have been the targets of death threats from the "irrational fringe" of society, people apparently spurred by Republican criticism of the high court.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
JUSTICE GINSBURG THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET
JUSTICE GINSBURG THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET
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John Solo / Associated Press:
First Declassified Iraq Documents Released — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration Wednesday night released the first declassified documents collected by U.S. intelligence during the Iraq war, showing among other things that Saddam Hussein's regime was monitoring reports that Iraqis and Saudis …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Post-Haste — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence …
Post-Haste — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence …
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WorldNetDaily:
Jessica snubs Bush, porn starlet doesn't — 'Daisy Dukes' turns down meeting with president — at GOP fund-raiser, while Mary Carey still on board — WASHINGTON - One PG-13 star turned down a meeting with President Bush at a major Republican fund-raiser today, but a XXX-rated star …
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Congress forms panel to study Iraq war — Panel to recommend Iraq policy to Congress, White House — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Congress unveiled an independent panel on Wednesday assigned to study the U.S.-led war in Iraq and to make policy recommendations for both Capitol Hill and the White House.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Researcher Will Face Charges in Steele Case — Federal prosecutors have decided to bring charges against a Democratic researcher accused of fraudulently obtaining a credit report on Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
'Temporarily Relieved' — Yale suspends the anonymous emailer who blasted Taliban critics. — Yale University still isn't talking about why it admitted a former top Taliban official as a student, but yesterday the Yale Law School issued an apology to two alumni whom one of its officials …
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Washington Post:
GOP Seeks Curbs On '527' Groups — House Republican leaders proposed changes in lobbying laws yesterday that would include a crackdown on independent, big-money committees that heavily aided Democrats in the 2004 elections. — The proposed ethics package would increase the amount …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hey, Big Spender — Should we have known that President Bush would bust the budget? — This week's column is a question, a brief one addressed with honest curiosity to Republicans. It is: When George W. Bush first came on the scene in 2000, did you understand him to be a liberal in terms of spending?
The Hill:
Impeachment is a shortcut for oversight — Since talk of impeachment is in the air, it seems incumbent on all vocal critics of the president to go on the record with their points of view on this momentous question. So let me devote this column to explaining why I think it's a bad idea on both policy and political grounds.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Bush ratings continue to drop to new lows — NBC/WSJ poll: Majority now prefer a Democrat-controlled Congress … WASHINGTON - — Mark Murray — The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll might sound like a broken record, but the tune grows louder as congressional midterm elections …
Mr. Right / The Right Place:
Results of New In-Depth Study Revealed: Bush May Actually Be Hitler! — After careful research into the claims of many leftists that President George W. Bush is, in fact, a carbon copy of infamous German dictator Adolf Hitler, The Right Place was more than a bit disturbed by the many eerie similarities …
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Weldon 9/11 tale unravels, but wait — Congressman has more allegations, one on bin Laden. — WASHINGTON - Late one night in June, Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) stood up in a largely empty House chamber and made an incendiary charge. — With dramatic rhetorical flourish …