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11:25 AM ET, March 17, 2006

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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
PORT SECURITY....We have been told by conservative hawks that Iran is actively building a nuclear weapon and that we should do everything we can to stop this, up to and including a military assault on suspected nuclear sites.  Since Iran is incapable of delivering a nuclear weapon 7,000 miles across …
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New York Times:
U.S. and Iranians Agree to Discuss Violence in Iraq  —  TEHRAN, March 16 — Iran and the United States agreed Thursday to hold direct talks on how to halt sectarian violence and restore calm in Iraq, offering the first face-to-face conversation between the sides after months of confrontation over Iran's nuclear program.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Bush clings to pre-emptive force
Discussion: QandO
Washington Post:
Congress Raises Ceiling for Borrowing  —  $100 Billion Is Spent Without Offsetting Cuts  —  Congress raised the limit on the federal government's borrowing by $781 billion yesterday, and then lawmakers voted to spend well over $100 billion on the war in Iraq, hurricane relief, education …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and QandO
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Approves Budget, Breaking Spending Limits  —  WASHINGTON, March 16 — The Senate narrowly approved a $2.8 trillion election-year budget Thursday that broke spending limits only hours after it increased federal borrowing power to avert a government default.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Raise U.S. Debt Limit to Nearly $9 Trillion
Discussion: Air America Radio
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Bill Would Allow Warrantless Spying  —  GOP Plan Would Bring Surveillance Under Review of Congress, FISA Court  —  The Bush administration could continue its policy of spying on targeted Americans without obtaining warrants, but only if it justifies the action to a small group of lawmakers …
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Significantly Loosening Its Requirements / Unclaimed …:
The new Nixon Law is introduced — that which the President does is legal
Discussion: Balkinization
apnews.excite.com:
Witness Tampering Cited in Moussaoui Case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for two airlines being sued for damages by 9/11 victims prompted a federal lawyer to coach witnesses in the trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui so the government's death penalty case would not undercut their defense, victims' lawyers allege.
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Big Lizards
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Dafydd / Big Lizards:
Moussaoui Case - Shocking Allegation
Discussion: Wizbang and Below The Beltway
ABCNEWS:
New Documents from Saddam Hussein's Archives Discuss Bin Laden, WMDs  —  U.S. Government Releases Papers From Saddam's Reign  —  March 16, 2006 — Following are the ABC News Investigative Unit's summaries of four of the nine Iraqi documents from Saddam Hussein's government, which were released by the U.S. government Wednesday.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and AMERICAN FUTURE
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David Morgan / Reuters:
US releases confiscated prewar Iraqi documents
Discussion: Sadly, No! and AMERICAblog
Investor's Business Daily:
Declassified Truth  —  The War On Terror: The government is finally getting around to unloading some of Saddam Hussein's secret documents.  A look at just a few pages already leads to some blockbuster revelations.  —  In the early stages of the war that began three years ago …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Fighting Smarter In Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — Three years on, the U.S. military is finally becoming adept at fighting a counterinsurgency war in Iraq.  Sadly, these are precisely the skills that should have been mastered before America launched its invasion in March 2003.
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
GOP Irritation At Bush Was Long Brewing  —  President Bush's troubles with congressional Republicans, which erupted during the backlash to the Dubai seaport deal, are rooted in policy frustrations and personal resentments that GOP lawmakers say stretch back to the opening days of the administration.
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Democracy Push by Bush Attracts Doubters in Party  —  Even as it presents an updated national security strategy, the Bush administration is facing fresh doubts from some Republicans who say its emphasis on promoting democracy around the world has come at the expense of protecting other American interests.
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Kurds Destroy Shrine in Rage at Leadership  —  HALABJA, Iraq, March 16 — For nearly two decades, Kurds have gathered peacefully in this mountainous corner of northern Iraq to commemorate one of the blackest days in their history.  It was here that Saddam Hussein's government launched …
Discussion: The American Street and Needlenose
MSNBC:
Airline screeners fail government bomb tests  —  21 airports nationwide don't detect bomb-making materials … WASHINGTON -  —  Lisa Myers  —  Imagine an explosion strong enough to blow a car's trunk apart, caused by a bomb inside a passenger plane.  Government sources tell NBC News …
 
 
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
Judith Miller's New Excuse
Michael Kinsley / Slate:
To Your Health  —  Why modest reform is preferable to single-payer health care.
Tristero / Hullabaloo:
Dear Amy Sullivan
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Twelve Newspapers in a State of Nature
Gateway Pundit:
AP Pops Another Bogus Anti-Bush Story on America
Discussion: Power Line and PoliPundit.com
Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Same Washington, Different Office
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Pandora and Polygamy
Clifford D. May / USA Today:
Inaction failed  —  United States can't just sit back and wait to be attacked.
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Associated Press:
Bush names Idaho Gov. Kempthorne interior secretary
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Police Memos Say Arrest Tactics Calmed Protest
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Radio Blogger:
Mark Steyn's position on commissions.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt and Wizbang
Bruce Mutsvairo / Associated Press:
Gay-vs.-Muslim Soccer Set in Netherlands
Discussion: Peaktalk
Brad Smith / redstate.com:
OnLine Freedom of Speech Act - Stay Positive, We're Winning
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Can Democrats Play This Game?
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
2008: The Case Against Rudy Giuliani
Discussion: MyDD, The Gadflyer and Decision '08
Shmuel Rosner / Haaretz:
Saddam Hussein maintained pretense of chemical arms to prevent Israeli attack
 

 
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