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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.
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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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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.
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.
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 …
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.
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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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Leader: Israel Will Be Annihilated — The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.
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Jim Kouri / The National Ledger:
Bill Clinton and CIA Gave Iranians Blueprint for Nuclear Bomb — Last night, radio talk show host and former US Justice Department official Mark Levin shocked many listeners when he reported that President Bill Clinton gave nuclear technology to the Iranians in a harebrained scheme.
Washington Post:
2002 N.H. Scandal Shadows GOP Anew — A three-year-old political scandal in New Hampshire — where Republican operatives conspired to jam Democratic get-out-the-vote phone lines on Election Day 2002 — has suddenly become a national headache for GOP leaders, who are being pressed to explain …
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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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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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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 …
Dave Price / Dean's World:
Freedom. Cartoons, and Religion — If you've been asleep all day, you may have missed the controversy over Comedy Central's decision to censor an image of Mohammed on South Park. It's been discussed quite a bit, so I won't rehash a lot of the earlier points made.
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Jerusalem Post:
Report: Hamas will recognize Israel — According to a Thursday report on Al-Jazeera, the Hamas government will recognize Israel if Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders. — Hamas officials close to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh expect Haniyeh to announce the change …
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 …
Thomas McInerney / Weekly Standard:
Target: Iran — A MILITARY OPTION AGAINST Iran's nuclear facilities is feasible. A diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis is preferable, but without a credible military option and the will to implement it, diplomacy will not succeed. The announcement of uranium enrichment last week …
Paul Thomasch / Reuters:
Earnings fall at three major newspaper publishers — NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Times Co. (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research), McClatchy Co. (MNI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Tribune Co. (TRB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted sharply lower quarterly earnings on high newsprint costs and depressed advertising sales.
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 …
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.
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