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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
F.B.I. Raid Divides G.O.P. Lawmakers and White House — WASHINGTON, May 23 — After years of quietly acceding to the Bush administration's assertions of executive power, the Republican-led Congress hit a limit this weekend. — Resentment boiled among senior Republicans for a second …
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Patrick O'Connor / The Hill:
Hastert tells President Bush FBI raid was unconstitutional — House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) told President Bush yesterday that he is concerned the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) raid on Rep. William Jefferson's (D-La.) congressional office over the weekend was a direct violation of the Constitution.
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House speaker protests to Bush over raid — WASHINGTON - The FBI's raid on a congressman's office is rippling through Capitol Hill, with majority Republicans in the House complaining to a GOP president and predicting a constitutional showdown in the Supreme Court.
Edwin Meese Iii / New York Times:
An Amnesty by Any Other Name ... IN the debate over immigration, "amnesty" has become something of a dirty word. Some opponents of the immigration bill being debated in the Senate assert that it would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Supporters claim it would do no such thing.
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
House-Senate Battle On Immigration Likely — With the Senate marching toward completion of an immigration bill that is more generous to illegal immigrants than the House-passed version, House leaders said yesterday that it will be difficult to reach a compromise and enact a measure.
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Senate Panel Endorses C.I.A. Nominee — WASHINGTON, May 23 — The Senate Intelligence Committee strongly endorsed Gen. Michael V. Hayden on Tuesday to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with all but three members, all Democrats, voting to send General Hayden's nomination to the Senate floor.
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David Burge / iowahawk:
STOP THE LIES — Iowahawk Guest Commentary — by Jesse Macbeth — Iraq War Veterans Against Google — Breakfast Shift Associate, Wendys of Tacoma — As a decorated combat veteran of Bush's Iraq misadventure, I am all too familiar with the saying "the first casualty of war is truth."
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David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
Lloyd Bentsen Dies at 85; Senator Ran With Dukakis — Lloyd Bentsen, former congressman and senator from Texas, onetime secretary of the Treasury and the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1988, died yesterday at his home in Houston. He was 85. The cause was complications of a stroke he suffered in 1998, his family said.
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Washington Post:
Iran Requests Direct Talks on Nuclear Program — TEHRAN, May 23 — Iran has followed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent letter to President Bush with explicit requests for direct talks on its nuclear program, according to U.S. officials, Iranian analysts and foreign diplomats.
Jerusalem Post:
Iran test-fires long-range missile — Iran conducted a test launch Tuesday night of the Shihab-3 intermediate-range ballistic missile, which is capable of reaching Israel and US targets in the region, Israel Radio reported. The test came hours before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met …
New York Times:
West Bank Pullout Gets a Nod From Bush — WASHINGTON, May 23 — President Bush offered conditional support on Tuesday for Israeli ideas for a substantial withdrawal of settlers from the West Bank, but insisted that the new prime minister, Ehud Olmert, first exhaust all possibilities for a negotiated solution.
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CBS News:
Fierce Fighting Kills Afghan Militants — U.S. Says 24 Killed After Rebels Attacked Afghan-Coalition Patrol — (CBS/AP) Fighting in southern Afghan mountains that involved U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 24 militants, four Afghan soldiers and one policeman, the coalition said Wednesday.
Maamoun Youssef / Associated Press:
Bin Laden: Moussaoui not linked to 9/11 — CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden purportedly said in an audio tape Tuesday that neither Zacarias Moussaoui — the only person convicted in the U.S. for the Sept. 11 attacks — nor anyone held at Guantanamo had anything to do with the al-Qaida operation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Should the Net Be Neutral? — The "net neutrality" debate has reached a fever pitch as Congress mulls legislation that would allow Internet service providers to charge Web sites for preferred delivery of digital content. — Net neutrality advocates, including Internet giants like Google and Amazon.com …
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Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
A.C.L.U. May Block Criticism by Its Board — The American Civil Liberties Union is weighing new standards that would discourage its board members from publicly criticizing the organization's policies and internal administration. — "Where an individual director disagrees with a board position …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Avoiding Another 'Slam-Dunk' — Amid all the debate about intelligence, there has been surprisingly little focus on the question the average citizen (and average policymaker, too) would probably have at the top of the list: Will these guys get it wrong again?