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11:35 AM ET, May 23, 2006

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Washington Post:
FBI Raid on Lawmaker's Office Is Questioned  —  An unusual FBI raid of a Democratic congressman's office over the weekend prompted complaints yesterday from leaders in both parties, who said the tactic was unduly aggressive and may have breached the constitutional separation of powers between …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The New Temptation Of Democrats  —  When mega-pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church opened last year in its new Houston home, the city's former professional basketball arena, a most unlikely guest was on hand for the celebration: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
For Clintons, Delicate Dance of Married and Public Lives  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton flew to Chicago together last month to deliver speeches a few hours and a few miles apart.  And like any couple, they thought about having dinner at day's end.  But life is not so simple when you are married to a Clinton.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Heathers Reunion  —  I don't know it it's coincidence or by design, but today I have seen three —  three different stories trashing the GOP's favorite Democratic punching bags in that patented superficial tabloid nastiness that we have mercilessly been spared since the Bush administration came …
James Gordon Meek / NY Daily News:
2 in CIA to testify Libby lied on leak  —  WASHINGTON - Two top CIA officials will bolster prosecutors' charge that Vice President Cheney's chief aide lied to them, court papers show.  —  Prosecutors say disgraced Cheney chief of staff Lewis (Scooter) Libby learned CIA spy Valerie Plame's identity from …
Discussion: Wonkette
Peter Wehner / Opinion Journal:
Revisionist History  —  Antiwar myths about Iraq, debunked.  —  Iraqis can participate in three historic elections, pass the most liberal constitution in the Arab world, and form a unity government despite terrorist attacks and provocations.  Yet for some critics of the president, these are minor matters.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
VOA's Baghdad Bureau Still Closed After Six Months  —  The Voice of America's bureau in Baghdad has been closed for the past six months, ever since the government-funded agency withdrew its only reporter in Iraq after she was fired upon in an ambush and her security guard was later killed.
Discussion: Rox Populi
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Slate:   Handing Off a War, Dispatches From Iraq
Washington Post:
Personal Data on Veterans Is Stolen  —  Burglary Leaves Millions at Risk Of Identity Theft  —  As many as 26.5 million veterans were placed at risk of identity theft after an intruder stole an electronic data file this month containing their names, birth dates and Social Security numbers …
ABCNEWS:
Charles Gibson Named Sole Anchor of 'World News Tonight'  —  Elizabeth Vargas to Step Down to Take Maternity Leave and Return to Co-Anchor '20/20' and Anchor ABC News Specials in the Fall  —  May 23, 2006 — ABC News has named Charles Gibson to be sole anchor of "World News Tonight."
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Immigration Bill Expected To Pass Senate This Week  —  Hastert May Block Version That Divides House GOP  —  Backers of President Bush's bid to revamp immigration laws scored another small victory in the Senate yesterday, but they are increasingly concerned about a House Republican policy …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Iraqi Charities Plant Seed of Civil Society  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 22 — In the wave of lawlessness and frantic self-interest that has washed over this war-weary nation, small acts of pure altruism often go unnoticed.  —  Like the tiny track suits and dresses that Najat al-Saiedi takes …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and BrothersJudd Blog
White House:
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror  —  Arie Crown Theater at Lakeside Center — McCormick Place  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  It's great to be back in Chicago, home of the mighty Chicago White Sox.  (Applause.)  World champs.
Lou Dolinar / Real Clear Politics:
Katrina: What the Media Missed  —  Remember the dozens, maybe hundreds, of rapes, murders, stabbings and deaths resulting from official neglect at the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina?  The ones that never happened, as even the national media later admitted?
 
 
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