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9:00 AM ET, May 24, 2006

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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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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.
Washington Post:
Officials Defend Raid on Lawmaker's Office
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Senate Panel Backs Hayden for C.I.A. Chief
Discussion: On Deadline
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Intelligence Panel Backs Hayden as CIA Director
CNN:
Hayden nomination moves to full Senate
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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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Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
Another fake soldier tale debunked
Discussion: TBogg and Sadly, No!
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: NewDonkey.com
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MSNBC:
Former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen dies at 85  —  He also served as treasury secretary, ran for vice president  —  HOUSTON - Former Senator and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, a courtly Texan who as the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 1988 famously told rival Dan Quayle he was "no Jack Kennedy," died Tuesday.
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David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
Lloyd Bentsen Dies at 85; Senator Ran With Dukakis
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 …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
The Fall Of Knight-Ridder: Publishing Tragedy Or Darth Vader Victim?  —  by Joe Gandelman And so the latest bit of hard news in the sad, sad tale of the demise of the once-great Knight-Ridder newspaper chain hit the wires today: … A sad tale?  Or is it a case of shooting yourself in the foot and bleeding to death?
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?
Dennis Prager / Real Clear Politics:
Harry Reid & The End of Liberal Thought  —  The highest-ranking Democrat in America, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, described the Senate bill making English the national language of the American people as "racist."  And the New York Times editorial page labeled the bill "xenophobic."
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
ABC News Experiment Ends With Return to Solo Anchor  —  Charles Gibson Moves To Evening Newscast  —  ABC News said yesterday that it is replacing Elizabeth Vargas as anchor of its struggling nightly newscast with Charles Gibson, a move that at once abandons a dual-anchor experiment …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Demagogue
Lina Das / Daily Mail:
Madonna concert review: 'Even the bouncers looked scared'  —  Video: Madonna rehearsing  —  Gallery: Pictures of Madonna in concert More: Madonna's mock crucifixion  —  Riding crop in hand, leather boots gripping her legs, equestrian-cum-bondage gear strapped across her body and, of course …
Amy Teibel / Associated Press:
U.S. praises Israeli West Bank plan  —  WASHINGTON - In a policy shift, the White House is praising Israel's plan to set its borders with the Palestinians and is convinced those boundaries could create side-by-side states if a negotiated solution proves elusive.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
 
 
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Discussion: Daily Kos
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THE DEATH OF POLICY....The White House has been searching …
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