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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.
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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.
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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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Intelligence Panel Backs Hayden as CIA Director
Intelligence Panel Backs Hayden as CIA Director
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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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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.
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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 …
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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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Crooks and Liars:
Comparing Al Gore to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels — Comparing Al Gore to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels — Sterling Burnett, a man who works for an organization which takes huge amounts of money from Exxon Mobile went on "Dayside" today to smear Al Gore. These people are beyond shameless.
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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?
Bloomberg:
Seven Indonesian Bird Flu Cases Linked to Patients (Update1) — May 23 (Bloomberg) — All seven people infected with bird flu in a cluster of Indonesian cases can be linked to other patients, according to disease trackers investigating possible human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
THE DEATH OF POLICY....The White House has been searching for a replacement for Treasury Secretary John Snow for quite a while, but apparently Robert Zoellick isn't on the list. Why not? … Rule #1 in the Bush White House: never admit that you take policy analysis seriously if you want to get ahead.
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.
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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."
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.
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Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Honorable Americans — The editors at National Review focus on a "Profile in Disgrace", of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library's bestowal Monday of a Profile in Courage Award on Rep. John Murtha: … Contrast this with the Vets For Freedom: … See this:
David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Eye On White House — Dodd Building Foundation For Presidential Race — WASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher J. Dodd said Monday he has "decided to do all the things that are necessary to prepare to seek the presidency in 2008." — The Connecticut Democrat will hire staff …