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David Johnston / New York Times:
Prosecutor Corrects Filing About Former Aide to Cheney — WASHINGTON, April 12 — The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case has corrected an assertion he made in a court filing last week about actions taken by I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby's Team Replies On Disclosure — Jeralyn Merritt has Team Libby's latest on the disclosure question (29 page .pdf or here) and has added some must-read UPDATES. It's hard to believe this will make as many headlines as Fitzgerald's last filing, but dig in.
New York Times:
Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away — Western nuclear analysts said yesterday that Tehran lacked the skills, materials and equipment to make good on its immediate nuclear ambitions, even as a senior Iranian official said Iran would defy international pressure and rapidly expand its ability to enrich uranium for fuel.
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Wade Zirkle / Washington Post:
Troops in Support Of the War — Earlier this year there was a town hall meeting on the Iraq war, sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), with the participation of such antiwar organizations as CodePink and MoveOn.org. The event also featured Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a former Marine who had become an outspoken critic of the war.
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New Statesman:
The Euston Manifesto — It started with some like-minded progressives meeting in a London pub. Disenchanted with what they saw as the wrong-headed thinking of the anti-war movement, they began to talk of a new left movement. By Norman Geras and Nick Cohen
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Opinion Journal:
The Minority Maker — The clever GOP strategy for defeat in November. — If Republicans lose control of Congress in November, they might want to look back at last Thursday as the day it was lost. That's when the big spenders among House Republicans blew up a deal between the leadership …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Rebuked By Retired Generals — Ex-Iraq Commander Calls for Resignation — The retired commander of key forces in Iraq called yesterday for Donald H. Rumsfeld to step down, joining several other former top military commanders who have harshly criticized the defense secretary's authoritarian style …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Face Uphill Battle to Retake House — An 18-month recruitment drive by the Democrats has produced nearly a dozen strong candidates with the potential for unseating House Republicans, but probably not enough to take back control of the House absent a massive anti-incumbent wave this fall, according to House political experts.
William Perry Pendley / mountainstateslegal.org:
RUMSFELD ASKED TO DENY FUNDS TO CALIFORNIA COLLEGE — DENVER, CO. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should withhold federal funds from a California college given the failure of the college to ensure the safe presence of military recruiters on campus, the Secretary was advised by a public interest law firm in a letter released today.
DefenseLINK:
Coalition Launches 'Operation Mountain Lion' in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Coalition forces, in cooperation with the Afghan National Army, began "Operation Mountain Lion" yesterday to establish security, deter the re-emergence of terrorism, and enhance the sovereignty of Afghanistan, military officials reported today.
Washington Post:
At Trial, Flight 93 Myth Finally Becomes Reality — It began with a muted series of thumps from a sharp knife or maybe clenched fists. The sounds were muffled but unmistakable, one body blow after another, ending with a squishy thud. — "No, no, no, no, no. No," came the high-pitched voice …
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law — After fighting ferociously for months, federal prosecutors relented yesterday and agreed to allow a Connecticut library group to identify itself as the recipient of a secret F.B.I. demand for records in a counterterrorism investigation.
CBS News:
Poll: Sinking Perceptions Of Islam — (CBS) Although Americans believe they are better informed about Islam than they were five years ago, a new CBS News poll finds fewer than one in five say their impression of the religion is favorable. — Forty-five percent of respondents queried April 6 …
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Michelle Malkin:
WHERE IS BILAL HUSSEIN? — Where is Bilal Hussein—and who is he working for? — A year ago, I blogged about a controversial, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken by an unidentified Associated Press stringer in Iraq. More background from the blogosphere here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
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Rachel Tuinstra / Seattle Times:
Anger, apology over "Condoleezza" quiz — Bellevue Community College President Jean Floten apologized Wednesday at an emotional open-campus meeting called after students complained about what they said was a racially offensive math question used on a practice test.
Drew Griffin / CNN:
Congressman accused of using staff to baby-sit — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two former staff members of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan, say the longtime Detroit congressman made them baby-sit his children, run errands and work on political campaigns while they were on his congressional payroll.