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Don Van Natta Jr / New York Times:
Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says — LONDON — In the weeks before the United States-led invasion of Iraq, as the United States and Britain pressed for a second United Nations resolution condemning Iraq, President Bush's public ultimatum to Saddam Hussein was blunt: Disarm or face war.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Telling Us What We Already Knew — The New York Times reports on leaked notes from a US-UK White House summit in January 2003 that shows both George Bush and Tony Blair determined to remove Saddam Hussein and to put an end to the twelve-year quagmire that kept Saddam in power.
Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Groundswell of Protests Back Illegal Immigrants — When members of the Senate Judiciary Committee meet today to wrestle with the fate of more than 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, they can expect to do so against a backdrop of thousands of demonstrators …
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Holly Bailey / Newsweek:
A Border War — Tom Tancredo is pulling the immigration debate to the right-and away from Bush. — April 3, 2006 issue - The lights were on, the cameras were rolling, but the special guest star was nowhere to be found. Last Friday afternoon, 55 men and women from 30 countries sat …
New York Times:
Shiite Officials Express Anger Over U.S. Clash With Militia — BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 27 — Shiite officials reacted angrily today to a clash that pitted American and Iraqi government forces against Shiite militiamen in Baghdad on Sunday night. — Iraqi security officials Sunday night …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Mr. Levin, Meet Ms. Rohbar — If Yale's president wants to educate a deserving Afghan, I've got just the woman for him. — NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The BBC calls Malalai Joya the most famous woman in Afghanistan. On Thursday the 27-year-old women's rights activist, a member of the Afghan Parliament …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Detainee Case Will Pose Delicate Question for Court — WASHINGTON, March 26 — The Supreme Court's announcement four months ago that it would rule on the validity of the military commission by which the Bush administration wants to try Osama bin Laden's former driver, on charges of conspiracy …
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Editor and Publisher:
Iraq Reporters Hit Back at Claims They Are Biased on War — NEW YORK After the latest round of blaming the media for distorted coverage in Iraq, which emerged this week from top Bush administraton officials, war reporters and editors strongly defended their coverage this weekend in a variety of venues …
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Time:
Republicans On The Run — As midterm campaigns gear up, Bush's party fears a backlash that could end its 12-year hold on the House — [This article consists of a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Considering that Vice President Dick Cheney had come a long …
Val Prieto / Babalu Blog:
Let me be buried on this spot! — Guillermo Fariñas Hernandez doesnt have any RBI's. He's hit no fastballs out of the park and he doesnt play shortstop, second base, center field or otherwise. He's never been on the pitching mound and has never struck out a soul.
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil — WASHINGTON, March 26 — It was after midnight and every lawmaker in the committee room wanted to go home, but there was still time to sweeten a deal encouraging oil and gas companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Evangelical teens rally in S.F. — More than 25,000 evangelical Christian youth landed Friday in San Francisco for a two-day rally at AT&T Park against "the virtue terrorism" of popular culture, and they were greeted by an official city condemnation and a clutch of protesters who said their event amounted to a "fascist mega-pep rally."
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Karl Vick / Washington Post:
In Iran, Even Some On Right Warning Against Extremes — TEHRAN — Nine months after the election of hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president, Iranian politics has shifted so sharply to the right that some traditional conservatives are warning of the dangers of radicalism.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Proposals Call For Disclosure of Ties to Lobbyists — Lawmakers May Be Forced to Detail Contacts, Cash Received — In October 2001, executives from a small start-up with a promising technology approached their congressman, Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (R-N.Y.), for help getting Pentagon notice.
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C.H. Truth / Coldheartedtruth:
RINO Sighting Carnival — Apparently this is a membership that requires you actually do something? It's now 'my' turn to link the best of the best of the bloggers who are part of the very exclusive RINO club. RINO (btw) stands not for Republican In Name Only, but for Republicans and Independents Not Overdosed on party kool-aid.
New York Times:
In an Election Year, a Shift in Public Opinion on the War — ALBUQUERQUE, March 25 — Neil Mondragon watched with approval at an auto repair shop recently as Representative Heather A. Wilson, a New Mexico Republican visiting her district, dropped into the pit and drained the oil from a car.
Laurel J. Sweet / Boston Herald:
Judicial intemperance - Scalia flips message to doubting Thomases — Minutes after receiving the Eucharist at a special Mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a special blessing of his own for those who question …