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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War — Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary — On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured …
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Confederate Yankee:
Well, the Smell is Certainly Biological... The Washington Post, which within the past week blasted President Bush for declassifying a story to defend false allegations by Joe Wilson, collected classified information of its own through anonymous sources and leaked it on page one Wednesday, declaring:
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Minority Report — The Washington Post runs a deceptive and dishonest report about the evaluation of the Iraqi trailers that had been identified as biological weapons labs prior to the invasion in March 2003. Their front-page story announces breathlessly that the Bush administration ignored …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Fitzgerald Retreats on a Claim Critics Had Used Against Bush — In a startling move, a special prosecutor investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity retreated yesterday from an assertion that news outlets and critics of the administration seized on as evidence that President Bush …
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Wilson Report / Washington Post:
Prosecutor in CIA Leak Case Corrects Part of Court Filing — The federal prosecutor overseeing the indictment of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, yesterday corrected a claim in an earlier court filing that Libby had misrepresented the significance placed …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Immigrant Bill Fallout May Hurt House GOP — In the wake of this week's massive demonstrations, many House Republicans are worried that a tough anti-illegal-immigration bill they thought would please their political base has earned them little benefit while becoming a lightning rod …
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Hugh Hewitt:
The Arguments Against Striking Iran — After conversations yesterday with Jonathan Alter on my program, and Lawrence Korb, Peter Brooks and me on Kudlow & Company, I noticed the similarities between Alter's and Korb's objections to any military action against Iran.
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New York Times:
At the White House, Engaging Iran With Words Over Action — WASHINGTON, April 11 — One of President Bush's most senior foreign policy advisers spoke with unusual candor last week about the quandary the White House faces as it tries to confront Iran. — "The problem is that our policy …
New York Times:
Iran Reports Big Advance in Enrichment of Uranium — TEHRAN, April 11 — Iran announced Tuesday that its nuclear engineers had advanced to a new phase in the enrichment of uranium, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a series of the country's ruling clerics declared that the nation would now speed ahead …
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National Review:
Disastrous — Brilliant improvisers as they are, Italians will be hard put to find a way through the horrible bog in which the elections have now landed them. Not just bad, things are disastrous, virtually intractable. Italy's national debt is one of the highest in the world, far exceeding the limits that the European Union allows.
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Carrie Sheffield / The Hill:
Norquist seeks trademark on 'K Street Project' name — Conservative activist Grover Norquist is seeking a trademark on "K Street Project," saying Democrats and Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) have wrongfully acquired the term to describe unethical practices that have nothing to do with his organization.
Jay Cost / The RCP Blog:
Thoughts on California 50 — I used to be a frequent moviegoer. I am not any more. For some reason, I still really enjoy keeping tabs on what movies come out, and the reviews they receive. The reviewer I read most is Roger Ebert - but not because I think he is the best. Ebert likes far too many movies.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Deaths of U.S. Soldiers Climb Again in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 12 - The death toll for American troops is rising steeply this month, with the military today announcing the deaths of two more soldiers, bringing the number of troops killed this month to at least 33.
Richard Lindzen / Opinion Journal:
Climate of Fear — Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence. — There have been repeated claims that this past year's hurricane activity was another sign of human-induced climate change. Everything from the heat wave in Paris to heavy snows in Buffalo …
W. Thomas Smith, Jr / Townhall.com:
Dispelling myths about American soldiers — Myths abound when it comes to military personnel in the modern American armed forces. Most are in some way related to recruiting new soldiers, who's fighting, and who's dying. — Five of the biggest myths include:
Amy Har / New York Times:
Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests — Alan Moldawer's adopted twins, Matt and Andrew, had always thought of themselves as white. But when it came time for them to apply to college last year, Mr. Moldawer thought it might be worth investigating the origins of their slightly tan-tinted skin …
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John Byrne / rawstory.com:
Pentagon admits spying on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' protests — The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that the Defense Department surveilled groups opposed to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law banning openly lesbian, gay and bisexual service members, RAW STORY has learned.
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New York Times:
Company Finds Clinton Useful, and Vice Versa — Corning Inc., one of upstate New York's largest and oldest employers, has supported Republican candidates for so long that its chairman once joked that it had not raised money for a Democrat since 1812. — But since Hillary Rodham Clinton …