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10:35 AM ET, March 29, 2006

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Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Democrats Opening Assault on Bush Security Policies
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The Corner on National Review Online:
POWER VACUUM IN ISRAEL [JPod]  —  So the polls are closed, and the story is: Oy.  Exit polls say the new party founded by Ariel Sharon did the best, winning around 30 seats.  But since last week it was projected to win 40 seats or more, the results have to be a huge disappointment for the party, Kadima, and its head, Ehud Olmert.
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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Joy in PA over Likud collapse
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Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
Crunch time again  —  Here are a couple of disturbing reports from Baghdad.  Alaa the Mesopotamian says that its unclear which security forces are to be trusted. … Baghdad Burning reports a somewhat similar picture.  She was watching television when a strange message was broadcast.
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BBC:
Afghan convert given Italy asylum  —  The Italian cabinet has approved a request for asylum from an Afghan who escaped a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity.  —  Welfare Minister Roberto Maroni said the case of Abdul Rahman, 41, was now in the hands of the interior ministry.
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Toronto Star:   Tell Afghan court belief is no crime
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross / Weekly Standard:
The New Roman Lions
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Card's Departure Seen as a Sign President Hears Words of Critics  —  A few weeks ago, President Bush's spokesman dismissed talk of an impending staff change as "inside Washington babble."  —  White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr.'s resignation yesterday suggests that Bush was listening.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Top Aide Leaves White House Job; Budget Chief In
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Judges on Secretive Panel Speak Out on Spy Program  —  WASHINGTON, March 28 — Five former judges on the nation's most secretive court, including one who resigned in apparent protest over President Bush's domestic eavesdropping, urged Congress on Tuesday to give the court a formal role in overseeing the surveillance program.
Michelle Malkin:
THE AMERICAN FLAG COMES SECOND  —  ***scroll for updates***  —  You will not see this heart-stopping photo on the front page of the NY Times or on the lead story of the major news networks.  You should (hat tip: Mika and F/R): … More:  —  Meanwhile: Mexico Cheers Passage of Immigration Bill
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justices Question Law on Detainee Trials  —  WASHINGTON, March 28 — As the justices of the Supreme Court took their seats Tuesday morning to hear Osama bin Laden's former driver challenge the Bush administration's plan to try him before a military commission, one question …
Amir Taheri / Opinion Journal:
'The Last Helicopter'  —  Mideast dictators try to "wait Bush out."  They may be miscalculating.  —  Hassan Abbasi has a dream—a helicopter doing an arabesque in cloudy skies to avoid being shot at from the ground.  On board are the last of the "fleeing Americans," forced out of the Dar al-Islam …
Will / Attytood:
Can you spot the mistakes in this photo?  —  This is a picture that Howard Kaloogian, a conservative Republican candidate in San Diego's upcoming congressional special election to replace disgraced GOPer Duke Cunningham, has placed on his Web site.  It is billed as a photo that Kaloogian and his party took on a recent trip to Iraq.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Redemption Among the Faithful  —  There are those who would say Tom DeLay lost his job as House majority leader because he was indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges of money laundering and conspiracy, or because of his extensive ties to lawbreaking lobbyist Jack Abramoff.  But they would be wrong.
Agence France Presse:
Saudis, with Pakistani help, working on nuclear programme  —  BERLIN (AFP) - Saudi Arabia is working secretly on a nuclear programme, with help from Pakistani experts, a German magazine reports in its latest edition, citing Western security sources.  —  The German magazine Cicero says that during …
Discussion: protein wisdom and A Blog For All
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Senate Votes Down Outside Ethics Office  —  The Senate rejected a proposal to establish an independent office to investigate ethics complaints against its members, and then cleared the way to pass a broad-based ethics and lobbying bill this week.  —  On a 67 to 30 vote …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Senate to Weigh Guest-Worker Proposal  —  With the Republican Party deeply divided, the Senate will take up a broad revision of the nation's immigration laws today amid signs that conservatives are ready to compromise on efforts to offer illegal immigrants new avenues to lawful employment.
Garance Franke-Ruta / TAPPED:
PARTY OF HUH?  This is a small thing, but a week ago, National Review writer Ramesh Ponnuru criticized me on The Corner for trusting Amazon.com's description that his forthcoming book, The Party of Death, was about the Democratic Party.  According to Amazon, "The Party of Death is the first book …
Rukmini Callimachi / Associated Press:
New Orleans to Sell Flooded Buses on EBay  —  Starved for cash, the New Orleans school district is taking a long shot and hoping to sell its flooded, unsalvageable school buses on eBay.  —  Some submerged to their roofs in the black flood waters, the yellow school buses were widely photographed …
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