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11:30 PM ET, March 19, 2006

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Marks Anniversary, Never Says 'War'  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush marked the anniversary of the Iraq war Sunday by touting the efforts to build democracy there and avoiding any mention of the daily violence that rages three years after he ordered an invasion.  —  The president didn't utter the word "war."
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
White House Disputes Iraq Is Sinking Into Civil War  —  Three years after the American-led invasion of Iraq, top Bush administration officials today reiterated their upbeat assessment of the American military effort and political progress in the country, insisting that the violence plaguing Iraq did not amount to civil war.
Discussion: AMERICAblog, BBC and Bring it On!
White House:
President Remarks on Third Anniversary of Beginning of Iraq Liberation  —  Fact Sheet: Operation Iraqi Freedom: Three Years Later  —  THE PRESIDENT: This morning I had a phone call with our ambassador to Iraq.  And the ambassador informed me of the progress that the Iraqis are making in forming a unity government.
Reuters:
Rumsfeld: Leaving Iraq like giving Nazis Germany  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaving Iraq now would be the same as handing postwar Germany back to the Nazis, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a column published on Sunday, as retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton called Rumsfeld incompetent and urged him to resign.
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MSNBC:
Transcript for March 19  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday, March 19, 2003: The war in Iraq  —  begins with shock and awe.  Exactly three years later, millions have voted in free elections and a parliament have been seated.  But 2,300 Americans have been killed, more than 17,000 wounded and injured.
Discussion: CorrenteWire
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Crooks and Liars:   Murtha on Meet the Press
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Let's Play Strategery  —  Ryan Lizza isn't a complete idiot, his piece on Gold Bars Luskin is the best I've read and I thoroughly enjoyed his portrait of McCain's unprincipled backdown from the steel-caged death match with Grover Norquist now that he's eyeing the white house.
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John Amato has / Hullabaloo:
Changing Public Opinion
Discussion: Rook's Rant
Crooks and Liars:
Brit Hume's head explodes
Discussion: Democrats.com
Fox News:
Transcript: Sen. Dick Durbin on 'FOX News Sunday'  —  The following is a partial transcript of the March 19, 2006, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":  —  "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Joining us now to discuss Iraq and other national security issues is the number …
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
The Democrats' Disciplinarian  —  Emanuel's approach is giving Democrats the feeling they might not blow it this time.  That's what worries him now: overconfidence.  —  March 27, 2006 issue - Lyndon Johnson was famous for something called "the treatment," where he would loom over cowering colleagues …
Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
Wilkes Campaign Money to Doolittle Is Just The Beginning  —  Earlier, we noted today's San Diego Union-Tribune piece on Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA).  The basic charge underlying the piece is that Brent Wilkes, a crooked defense contractor, paid $14,400 to Doolittle.
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Giovanni Rodriguez / eastwikkers:
NEW PR JOBS — PART II  —  The first post in this series generated great conversation on an important topic: that is, whether Neville Hobson's good looks and accent should earn him the title of "king" of new media.  —  That's an interesting job title, but we'll stay true to the non-monarchical spirit …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Lobbyists Foresee Business As Usual  —  Post-Abramoff Rules Expected to Be Merely a Nuisance  —  Some of Washington's top lobbyists say that they expect to find ways around congressional efforts to impose new restrictions on lobbyists' dealings with lawmakers in the wake …
Discussion: BrothersJudd Blog
Zev Chafets / New York Times:
Ministers of Debate  —  Correction Appended  —  The slogan of Lynchburg, Va., is engraved on the tile floor of its modest airport: "The most interesting spot in the state."  This was the assessment of an early resident of Lynchburg, Thomas Jefferson, who also suggested that someday Lynchburg would be a great metropolis.
Discussion: AtlanticBlog
Timothy L. O'Brien / New York Times:
Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?  —  HUNDREDS of feet above Manhattan, the reception area of Proskauer Rose's headquarters boasts all of the muscular, streamlined ornamentation that symbolizes authority and power in a big city law firm — modern art, contemporary furniture …
Editorials & Commentary:
The Iraq War: Three Years Later An incomplete mission, a war-weary nation  —  At the onset of the war in Iraq, Americans were anxious but supportive of President Bush sending the U.S. military to the Persian Gulf to topple the dangerous regime of Saddam Hussein.  That invasion began three years ago today.
Jeanne / Body and Soul:
Camp Nama  —  There are a several very strange items floating in today's front page New York Times piece on Camp Nama, the torture chamber run by Special Operations forces at Baghdad airport.  —  Consider: American soldiers treated prisoners so viciously that even the CIA blanched …
Telegraph:
Iran's secret talks with Iraqi militants spark fears of proxy war  —  Iran held secret talks with Shia militant leaders from Iraq and Lebanon only days before the country's nuclear negotiators threatened America with "harm and pain", independent sources in Teheran have revealed.
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
'Impeach Bush' chorus grows  —  THE movement to impeach President George W Bush over the war on terror began with a few tatty bumper stickers on the back of battered old Volvos and slogans such as "Bush lied, people died" on far-left websites.  But as Democrat hopes rise of gaining control …
 
 
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Right Blogosphere Scammed by Bogus Document Dump
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Vicki Haddock / San Francisco Chronicle:
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David Kaspar / Davids Medienkritik:
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
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