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1:20 PM ET, April 14, 2006

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Donald Rumsfeld News:
More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld' s Resignation  —  From left, Major General Paul D. Eaton, General Anthony C. Zinni, Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold, Major General John Batiste, Major General John Riggs and Major General Charles H. Swannack Jr.  —  WASHINGTON, April 13 …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House Defends Rumsfeld's Tenure  —  The White House came to the aid of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday, rebuffing calls from several retired generals for his resignation and crediting him with leading the Pentagon through two wars and a transformation of the military.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Replace Rumsfeld  —  With luck, Iraq will make a fresh start soon with the formation of a new government.  The Bush administration should do the same thing by replacing Donald Rumsfeld as defense secretary.  —  Rumsfeld has lost the support of the uniformed military officers who work for him.
Discussion: TAPPED, Booman Tribune and Wonkette
rawstory.com:
Ret. General hits three network morning shows calling for Rumsfeld's ouster  —  Retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who led the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, appeared on the morning talk shows of all three major networks on Friday calling for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's resignation.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Generals clamor for Rumsfeld's ouster  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more retired U.S. generals called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign on Thursday, claiming the chief architect of the Iraq operation ignored years of Pentagon planning for a U.S. occupation and should be held accountable for the chaos there.
Billmon:
Rummy Punch  —  The campaign to relieve Field Marshal Von Rumsfeld of his baton is picking up steam, with more retired generals and the hawkish Washington Post columnist David Ignatius calling for his resignation.  —  The catcalls have grown so loud that the White House apparently has decided …
Karen Gutiérrez / news.nky.com:
Display on abortion destroyed  —  400 crosses removed; NKU prof investigated  —  HIGHLAND HEIGHTS - A professor at Northern Kentucky University said she invited students in one of her classes to destroy an anti-abortion display on campus Wednesday evening.
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Michelle Malkin:
THE CROSSES THEY CANNOT BEAR
Discussion: The American Thinker
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
Third Party Blues  —  Glenn Reynolds looks at our immigration problem, and concludes: … I'd wager I'm a lot less sober than The Blogfaddah, so I'm certain I know exactly who would be hurt more.  Going further out on a limb then Glenn, there's a better chance I'll fall off.
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MSNBC:
A third party possibility
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Whites Take Flight on Election Day  —  Bad news for Michael S. Steele, the leading Maryland Republican candidate for Senate in November: The scuttling noise he hears on Election Day could be the sound of tens of thousands of white Republicans crossing over to vote for the Democrat.
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:   A Republican on the Edge  —  Chafee's Defections Loom Large in Senate Race
Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Moussaoui: 'No Regret, No Remorse'  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Reasserting his role in Sept. 11, al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui told jurors Thursday he has "no regret, no remorse," was disgusted by the heart-rending testimony of victims and relatives and only wished they had suffered more.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Waste in Katrina Response Is Cited  —  Housing Aid Called Inefficient in Audits  —  Nearly eight months after Hurricane Katrina triggered the nation's largest housing crisis since the Second World War, a hastily improvised $10 billion effort by the federal government has produced vast sums …
Michelle Malkin:
NEW COMEDY CENTRAL LOGOS  —  ***scroll for new entries and updates***  —  Blogger Jay Inman e-mails his submission:  —  Damian Penny dubs the network: "Cowardly Central."  —  From Patrick at Clarity & Resolve:  —  From reader Ray:  —  From almighty Allah Pundit:
Washington Times:
DeLay on short list for OMB job  —  The White House is looking at a list of cost-cutting candidates to head the Office of Management and Budget, and Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, may be on it.  —  The former House majority leader, who announced he will resign from Congress and is under …
Robert Tait / Guardian:
Heard the one about the president?  —  The misdirected email or text message is a hazard of our age.  It can sour relationships and upset the closest of our friends.  But now a stray electronic missive has been blamed for a spate of arrests, a national scandal and a very grumpy president of Iran.
Ruth Gledhill / Times of London:
Pope condemns geneticists 'who play at being God'  —  THE Pope will deliver a blistering attack on the "satanic" mores of modern society today, warning against an "inane apologia of evil" that is in danger of destroying humanity.  —  In a series of Good Friday meditations that he will lead in Rome …
Vince Leibowitz / Capitol Annex:
The Broken Promises Of An Aging Prom Queen  —  Kay Bailey Hutchison has broken her promise to Texans.  Not only did she promise to adhere to term limits herself, but she co-sponsored legislation to create a constitutional amendment mandating term limits for senators and congressmen not once, but at least twice!
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Judge in CIA Leak Case Threatens Gag Order  —  The federal judge presiding over the pending trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby threatened yesterday to impose a gag order barring statements or disclosures to the news media by Libby's defense team or by the special prosecutor investigating alleged wrongdoing …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Attacks on Egypt churches: 1 dead
USA Today:
Iraq speeches have done little to buoy war support
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Michael Kinsley / Slate:
Setting Iran Straight
Discussion: Hit and Run
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Ex-Mayor, Legislator From Derby To Announce Run For U.S. Senate
Discussion: LamontBlog and ConnecticutBLOG
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Associated Press:
Gay, lesbian parents to line up for Easter Egg Roll tickets
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
The Irrelevance of Intelligence Again, and Collective Illusions
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
3 Deaths in China Reveal Disparity in Price of Lives
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Jerusalem Post:
Report: Hamas will recognize Israel
 

 
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