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Oliver Duff / Independent:
Galloway says murder of Blair would be 'justified' — The Respect MP George Galloway has said it would be morally justified for a suicide bomber to murder Tony Blair. — In an interview with GQ magazine, the reporter asked him: "Would the assassination of, say, Tony Blair by a suicide bomber …
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Washington Post:
Bush, Blair Concede Missteps on Iraq — President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair last night acknowledged a series of errors in managing the occupation of Iraq that have made the conflict more difficult and more damaging to the U.S. image abroad, even as they insisted that enough progress …
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New York Times:
Bush and Blair Concede Errors, but Defend War — WASHINGTON, May 25 — President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, two leaders badly weakened by the continuing violence in Iraq, acknowledged major misjudgments in the execution of the Iraq war on Thursday night even while insisting …
White House:
President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom Participate in Joint Press Availability — PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all. Good evening. I want to thank Prime Minister Tony Blair for coming to Washington to discuss his recent visit to Iraq.
Peter Daou / The Grit:
In a Stunning Admission, Bush Regrets Saying "Bring It On" — A jaw-dropping moment occurred in Bush and Blair's Thursday presser: Bush said he regretted saying "bring it on" (precise wording in 2003 was "bring 'em on") and "wanted dead or alive." He admitted he should have been more sophisticated in his use of language.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:Bush, Blair Acknowledge Mistakes in Iraq
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Border Fight Divides G.O.P. — WASHINGTON, May 25 — The negotiations between the White House and Congress that will follow the Senate's passage on Thursday of an immigration bill could decide not just how the nation confronts illegal immigration but also what strain of conservatism …
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Wall Street Journal:
Lawmaker Raid May Come Back to Bite Bush — Anger in Congress Could Cost — The President Some Allies — And Curb His Legislative Influence — WASHINGTON — The recent FBI raid of a congressman's office is fueling a power struggle between Congress and the administration …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Senate Approves Immigration Bill — The Senate yesterday approved legislation that would trigger the biggest changes to U.S. immigration policy in decades, by strengthening border security, establishing a guest-worker program, and providing the means for millions of illegal immigrants to stay …
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:Senate Passes Comprehensive Immigration Bill, Setting Up Showdown With House
New York Times:
Military Expected to Report Marines Killed Iraqi Civilians — WASHINGTON, May 25 — A military investigation into the deaths of two dozen Iraqis last November is expected to find that a small number of marines in western Iraq carried out extensive, unprovoked killings of civilians …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Say No to Tehran's Gambit — All of a sudden, revolutionary Iran has offered direct talks with the United States. All of a sudden, the usual suspects — European commentators, American liberals, dissident CIA analysts, Madeleine Albright — are urging the administration to take the bait.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Nobody home / Santorum tries to cover his tracks on residency — Before every election, the Post-Gazette routinely sends letters to the candidates seeking material for the Voters Guide. Back in March, as part of that process for the primary, the newspaper sent a letter to Rick Santorum at his home address …
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Eric Boehlert / The Huffington Post:
Why Is The Press (Still) Unfair To Al Gore? — A confession: In my new book, "Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush," I didn't really have the heart to revisit the 2000 campaign to document, yet again, how the Beltway press corps, enamored with Bush's charm and alleged authenticity …
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Carol Rust / Washington Post:
Defendants Sunk by Their Testimony — HOUSTON, May 25 — Jurors in the Enron trial made it clear that it would have been better for former executives Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling if they'd kept their mouths shut and stayed off the witness stand. — Speaking shortly …
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Faculty's Chilly Welcome for Ex-Pentagon Official — WASHINGTON, May 24 — Douglas J. Feith's table at the Georgetown University faculty club is shaping up as a lonely one. — The move to a teaching position at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown by Mr. Feith, a former Pentagon official …
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Norm / normblog:
A beginning — [The following is the text of my talk at last night's Euston Manifesto launch.] — By one of those coincidences that don't mean anything, 70 years ago today - and I mean to the very day - the poet T.S. Eliot paid a visit to a small hamlet in Cambridgeshire.
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littlegreenfootballs.com:
We Got Mail from Reuters (Bumped) — Early this morning at about 3:00 am on the West Coast, someone in [Sweden] Britain connected to the Internet and browsed over to this article at the Guardian by Inayat Bunglawala, media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain: This code could open doors.
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