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8:50 AM ET, April 21, 2006

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New York Times:
Bush Counsel May Be Next in White House Shake-Up  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — Joshua B. Bolten, the new White House chief of staff, has raised the possibility of moving Harriet E. Miers from her job as President Bush's counsel as part of a continuing shake-up of the West Wing …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
China and Its President Greeted by a Host of Indignities  —  Chinese President Hu Jintao got almost everything he wanted out of yesterday's visit to the White House.  —  He got the 21-gun salute, the review of the troops and the Colonial fife-and-drum corps.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Protester Disrupts Hu Arrival Ceremony  —  President Bush expressed personal regret to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a protest during an elaborate welcoming ceremony on the White House lawn Thursday.  —  The protester interrupted the ceremony by shouting to Bush to stop the Chinese president from "persecuting the Falun Gong."
Joseph Kahn / New York Times:   Bush and Hu Vow New Cooperation
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Protester Yells at Hu; Bush Apologizes
Discussion: Attytood
Jonathan Beale / BBC:   US protocol crumbles on Hu visit
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that "no sound scientific studies" supported the medical use of marijuana, contradicting a 1999 review by a panel of highly regarded scientists.
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fda.gov:   Inter-Agency Advisory Regarding Claims That Smoked Marijuana Is a Medicine
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
SORRY, YOUR VIEWPOINT IS EXCLUDED FROM FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION: That's what the Ninth Circuit holds today, as to student speech in K-12 schools, in a remarkable — and in my view deeply unsound — decision (Harper v. Poway Unified School Dist.).  —  Tyler Harper wore an anti-homosexuality T-shirt …
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Henry Weinstein / Los Angeles Times:
Court Rules Against Gay-Bashing T-Shirts
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and Feministe
Bill Torpy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Tech student charged with supporting terror group  —  Another Atlanta area man arrested in Bangladesh  —  A 21-year-old Georgia Tech student taken into federal custody last month has been charged with giving "material support" to a terrorist organization, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
FBI detains Tech student, won't say why
Discussion: Knowledge Is Power
James Robison / Ray Robison:
Fitting the pieces together  —  In February 2001, the Sunday Times ran the article Was this Saddam's Bomb by Gwynne Roberts.  I couldn't find the original but it is also on Globalsecurity.org .  —  I only recently read this article and found it interesting but very hard to believe.
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James Robison / Ray Robison:
More support to the claim that Saddam conducted nuclear tests
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
The American Thinker:   Saddam's bomb?  —  Our contributor Ray Robison notes …
New York Times:
Shiite Drops Bid to Keep His Post as Iraqi Premier  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 20 — Under intense domestic and American pressure, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari dropped his bid to retain his job on Thursday, removing a major obstacle to forming a new government during a time of rising sectarian violence.
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Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Bloggers fanning the controversy over Rumsfeld  —  Pentagon studies proliferation of military Web logs  —  WASHINGTON — The war of words between Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and former generals has spread to the lower ranks as soldiers, recent war vets, and Pentagon civilians alike use …
Discussion: OPFOR
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Jason / COUNTERCOLUMN:
Countercolumn makes the papers!
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Milblog Wire
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Seeing red over 'green scare'  —  MEET AL GORE, scaremonger.  In 2004, Gore denounced President Bush for "playing on our fears."  Today, he is at the forefront of a "green scare" about global warming intended to terrify Americans into submitting to his environmental policies.
Mary Foster / Associated Press:
New Orleans Police to Return Seized Guns  —  NEW ORLEANS - Under pressure from the National Rifle Association, police this week began returning guns confiscated after Hurricane Katrina.  —  The police department is making the guns available three days a week.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and alicublog
Kurt Andersen / New York Magazine:
Introducing the Purple Party  —  Depressed about the Democrats?  Revolted by the Republicans?  You're not alone.  Here in New York (with its Republican mayor and Democratic voters), a third way is being plotted.  Follow the purple-brick road.  —  B  —  efore I was old enough to vote …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Crackdown Set Over Hiring of Immigrants  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — The apprehension on Wednesday of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants employed by a pallet supply company based in Houston, as well as the arrest of seven of its managers, represented the start of a more aggressive federal crackdown …
Michael Janofsky / New York Times:
Democrats Eager to Exploit Anger Over Gas Prices  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — Democrats running for Congress are moving quickly to use the most recent surge in oil and gasoline prices to bash Republicans over energy policy, and more broadly, the direction of the country.
 
 
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