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2:40 PM ET, April 26, 2006

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White House:
President Announces Tony Snow as Press Secretary  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I'm here in the briefing room to break some news.  I've asked Tony Snow to serve as my new press secretary.  —  Tony already knows most of you, and he's agreed to take the job anyway.  (Laughter.)
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush Taps Snow As New Press Secretary  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush on Wednesday named conservative commentator Tony Snow as White House press secretary, putting a new face on a troubled administration.  —  Snow, a Fox news pundit and former speechwriter in the White House under Bush's father …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Fox News Commentator Joins White House  —  WASHINGTON, April 25 — Tony Snow, the Fox News radio and television commentator, has agreed to become the White House press secretary and could be officially named to the post as early as Wednesday, administration officials said on Tuesday.
Media Matters for America:
Suggested questions for the White House press corps to ask on Tony Snow's first day  —  National Journal's "The Hotline" reported on April 25 that "Republicans close to the White House expect Pres.  Bush to formally name Tony Snow as his new press secretary."
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Picks Fox Commentator as Spokesman  —  WASHINGTON, April 26 — President Bush today named Tony Snow, the Fox News radio and television commentator, as the new White House press secretary, despite Mr. Snow's past criticisms of his policies.  —  Mr. Bush, while praising Mr. Snow's long experience …
Steve Doocy / Fox News:   Tony Snow Is Moving On
Associated Press:
CIA Leak Prosecutor Goes to Grand Jury  —  WASHINGTON - Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald early Wednesday went before a federal grand jury looking into the leak of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.  —  It is believed to be only the second session the prosecutor …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Back in the Grand Jury Saddle This Morning  —  UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video of the MSNBC reporting from O'Donnell.  (Thanks, John!)  —  Guess who went back before the Grand Jury this morning, according to the AP?  Yep, it's our boy Fitz.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Eschaton and Decision '08
Opinion Journal:
Our Rotten IntelligenCIA  —  To media partisans, some leaks are more equal than others.  —  Fired CIA officer Mary O. McCarthy went on offense Monday, denying through her lawyer that she has done anything wrong.  But the agency is standing by its claim that she was dismissed last week because she …
John Solo / Associated Press:   Source: Rove to Testify in CIA Leak Case
Washington Post:
Rumsfeld and Rice Make Unannounced Visit to Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, April 26-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced joint visit to Iraq Wednesday to bolster the new emerging government and to ensure that the sometimes disjointed U.S. political …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Senate Panel Considers Hearing on Rumsfeld  —  The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, underscoring lawmakers' concerns about the Iraq war's progress, said yesterday that he may invite testimony from retired generals who have called for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bush Takes Steps to Ease Increase in Energy Prices  —  WASHINGTON, April 25 — President Bush announced a series of short-term steps on Tuesday intended to ease the rise in energy prices, including a suspension of government purchases to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve …
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The Big Pharaoh:
Mirror?  What Mirror?  —  The poll above was posted on Egypt's number one web portal Masrawy.com.  The question asks people whom they think was behind the bombings in Dahab yesterday.  48.9% of the respondents so far think that the Israeli Mossad was behind the terrorist attack.
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. to Free 141 Terror Suspects  —  The Guantanamo prison detainees pose no threat, an official says.  Most of those still in custody have no charges pending against them.  —  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba — The Pentagon plans to release nearly a third of those held at the prison …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
101st Fighting Keyboarder Uniforms  —  Whenever you visit a rightwing site, you are sure to see "those" tshirts.  I saw an ad for them on the Washington Times the other day.  Now, I know that wingnuts have great sense of humor as you can tell by the huge number of successful comedians and humorists on the right.
BBC:
Experts make flatulence-free bean  —  A method of creating super-nutritious but flatulence-free beans has been developed by scientists.  —  Beans are a cheap and key source of nutrition especially in the developing world, but many people are thought to be put off by anti-social side-effects.
Washington Post:
Bad Targeting  —  CIA Director Porter Goss has been busy chasing press leaks.  It's easier than improving U.S. intelligence.  —  IF CIA OFFICIALS leaked information about the agency's secret prisons to The Post's Dana Priest, then the American public owes them a debt of gratitude.
 
 
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