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6:45 AM ET, May 18, 2006

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MSNBC:
Lawmaker: Marines killed Iraqis 'in cold blood'  —  Navy conducting war crimes probe into November violence in Haditha  —  A video provided to Reuters in March by Hamourabi, a human rights group, shows covered bodies, which Hamourabi says are of 15 civilians shot to death by Marines in Haditha in November.
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate OKs Border Fence, Mulls Citizenship  —  The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.  —  Amid increasingly emotional debate …
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New York Times:
Senate Votes to Extend Fence Along Border  —  WASHINGTON, May 17— The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to add hundreds of miles of fencing along the border between the United States and Mexico and to bar illegal immigrants convicted of a felony or three misdemeanors from remaining …
Discussion: ParaPundit, dartblog.com and VDARE.com
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Keep Those Goalposts Moving
Discussion: opednews.com
John Conyers Jr / Washington Post:
No Rush to Impeachment  —  As Republicans have become increasingly nervous about whether they will be able to maintain control of the House in the midterm elections, they have resorted to the straw-man strategy of identifying a parade of horrors to come if Democrats gain the majority.
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Zachary Roth / Washington Monthly:
Investi-Gate  —  What's really at stake in the November elections.  —  There are plenty of reasons why George W. Bush managed to eke out a 51 percent re-election victory in 2004: John Kerry was a lousy candidate; Iraq had not yet descended into civil war; and anti-gay-marriage ballot initiatives …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Said to Weigh a New Approach on North Korea  —  WASHINGTON, May 17 — President Bush's top advisers have recommended a broad new approach to dealing with North Korea that would include beginning negotiations on a peace treaty, even while efforts to dismantle the country's nuclear program …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Who Isn't A 'Values Voter'?  —  An aggressively annoying new phrase in America's political lexicon is "values voters."  It is used proudly by social conservatives, and carelessly by the media to denote such conservatives.  —  This phrase diminishes our understanding of politics.
Henryk M. Broder / Spiegel Online:
"Voltaire and Erasmus Are Spinning in their Graves"  —  Holland's most famous immigrant — Ayaan Hirsi Ali — has been stripped of her citizenship overnight following television revelations about news that's long been public: she lied a little on her application for asylum years ago.
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Dingbat Billing Dust-up Shuts Down Security Clearances  —  A minor billing dispute between the Pentagon and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is threatening operations throughout the U.S. national security community.  —  Last month, OPM — which currently handles background investigations …
Siobhan Gorman / Baltimore Sun:
NSA killed system that sifted phone data legally … WASHINGTON // The National Security Agency developed a pilot program in the late 1990s that would have enabled it to gather and analyze massive amounts of communications data without running afoul of privacy laws.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
'Arafat used aid to buy weapons'  —  Yasser Arafat transferred millions of dollars in international aid and taxes transferred to the Palestinian Authority by Israel to purchase large quantities of weapons, the PA chairman's former financial aide, Fuad Shubaki, has told the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
In Defense Of Mark Tapscott  —  Over the past couple of weeks, many conservative bloggers have debated the future of the conservative movement and the potential electoral strategies that we feel will most benefit the cause.  Over the course of that time, the bloggers have appeared to separate us …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Seeking to Control Borders, Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors  —  WASHINGTON, May 17 — The quick fix may involve sending in the National Guard.  But to really patch up the broken border, President Bush is preparing to turn to a familiar administration partner: the nation's giant military contractors.
Discussion: appletree
 
 
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Rumsfeld Reveals Split Over Interrogations
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Rump States  —  President Bush . . . has a positive job approval …
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Forget privacy, we need to spy more
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Pyow pyow pyow . . . hack hack hack hack!  Let's get out of here (in monkey talk)
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Aljazeera:
Saudi king calls for female picture ban
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english.pravda.ru:
US President 2008: Hillary Clinton or Condoleezza Rice?
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Esmay's dismay, and his response
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Rejects European Nuclear Incentives
Gregory / belgraviadispatch.com:
LET'S TALK TO IRAN—A GROWING CHORUS!
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Al Gore Overcomes the Fear Factor, Hillary Succumbs
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
IRA Swaps Could Cost U.S. Billions in Tax Revenue
Joseph Carroll / Gallup:
Americans Increasingly View Most Members of Congress as Corrupt
Discussion: Daily Kos and Decision '08
Will / Attytood:
The coming tidal wave
Discussion: MyDD and Philly.com
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Alberto's " unclear" about how his grandparents got here